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Nations urged to improve climate pledges by April 2017
2015-12-22 13:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: In a new global warming pact, countries set out milestones over the next five years in a bid to bridge the gap between national targets and what science recommends. Climate offers from 187 out of 195 countries fail to cap warming to the upper limit of 2C this century. Instead the planet is set to heat up at least 2.7C, according to the UN. Thats why a global stocktake of pledges to reduce greenhouse emissions or intended nationally determined contributions is slated for 2018. And by 2020,...
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Paris talks: US pledges to double aid to climate-hit countries
2015-12-09 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The US has promised to double to $861m aid to countries on the frontline of climate change in the final push to reach an agreement to avoid dangerous global warming at crucial UN talks in Paris. As the negotiations moved into their critical final phase, the White House said the US would deepen its commitment to help low-lying and poor countries that are already threatened by rising seas and powerful storms. The additional aid, announced by John Kerry, the secretary of state, came as part of...
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Trucking Industry Pledges Support for Wreaths Across America
2015-12-07 23:38:24| Trucking - Topix.net
Several trucking associations, businesses and fleets have pledged support this holiday season for Wreaths Across America, a non-profit organization that lays wreaths on the graves of veterans at locations around the nation. A wreath-laying ceremony is set to take place on Dec. 12 at Arlington National Cemetery.
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2400 coal-fired power plants planned despite climate-friendly pledges
2015-12-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Living on Earth: Coal-fired power plants have provided cheap energy for over a hundred years, and despite coal-burnings high emissions, about 2,400 are planned globally. A new study calculates that emissions from global energy generation must reach zero before the middle of the century to keep climate change below a two-degree Celsius temperature rise. Niklas Hohne of the New Climate Institute discusses the study with Living on Earths Helen Palmer and explains why building these plants is inconsistent with emissions...
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Here's What Big Banks Won't Say About Their Anti-Coal Pledges
2015-12-06 01:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: One after another, the big banks have rolled out new policies that limit the business they can do with the coal industry. In the last six months alone, nine banks have announced coal-financing restrictions. They have a long way to go: Between 2009 and 2014, the world's largest banks provided $257 billion in financing to the coal industry, newly compiled data show. Look closely at the new coal policies, and you'll see the banks aren't rushing to change that. "The biggest banks in the U.S. and Europe...
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