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Climate Pledges Too Weak to Avert Disaster
2015-10-20 00:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: World leaders gathering in Paris in December for the 21st annual UN Climate Conference, COP21, are expected to sign a legally-binding international agreement to limit global warming to no more than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Ahead of the conference, organizers have requested that countries submit Intended Nationally Determined Contributions, or INDCs, pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, by an amount that supposed to be fair and ambitious. To date, 150 INDCs have been...
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Pledges by top three greenhouse gas emitters shut out other nations
2015-10-19 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Over two weeks in December, delegates from virtually every country in the world will gather in Paris for the 21st annual United Nations Climate Change Conference. Their ambitious goal: to hammer out a binding international agreement on climate action. In advance of the conference, organizers have requested that countries submit Intended Nationally Determined Contributions -- pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, by an amount that should be "fair and ambitious," in order to limit global warming...
Delta pledges to appeal any adverse court ruling in its Dallas Love Field fight over gate use
2015-10-15 04:36:58| Airlines - Topix.net
A message board shows the status for Delta, Southwest and Virgin America departing flights at Dallas Love Field this summer. Delta Air Lines today pledged to appeal any adverse decision made by a federal judge in its ongoing legal dispute with Southwest Airlines and the city of Dallas over whether it can continue flying at Dallas Love Field.
Global climate pledges not enough but good start: European Commission
2015-10-12 20:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: National pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions, even if fully implemented, would cap global warming at 3 degrees Celsius rather than the 2 degrees targeted to avoid dangerous consequences, the European Commission said on Monday. European Climate and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete said 149 countries had submitted pledges known in U.N. language as INDCs, or Intended Nationally Determined Contributions, ahead of pivotal climate change talks in Paris in December. "According to our in-house...
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World Bank pledges $29bn green aid; Morocco hosts EU climate summit
2015-10-11 22:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Late Friday the World Bank announced was boosting its climate finance offering from 21% up to 28% of the groups funding -- with support of its members (188 countries). The pledge means funds could potentially rise from a projected $16 billion in 2020 to $29 billion, and also means theres also progress towards generating $100 billion a year by 2020 to help poor countries cope with future impacts. We are committed to scaling up our support for developing countries to battle climate change,...
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