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Current climate pledges won't prevent dangerous warming agency says
2015-06-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate News: Pledges made so far by Europe, the United States and China to cut greenhouse gas emissions aren't enough to keep global warming within safe limits, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency. But the agency also said that if nations increase their efforts, there is just enough time to change direction with existing technology and without economic penalty. In this year's climate talks, the analysis says, the overall test of success is whether the world's governments demonstrate...
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New climate pledges only buy eight more months before climate tipping point
2015-06-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Age: New global pledges to cut greenhouse gases have delayed by just eight months the moment when the world is expected to breach a threshold that keeps global warming at safer levels, the world's leading energy agency has found. In a new report the International Energy Agency has warned collective emissions targets, along with the energy plans in those countries yet to set out new goals, puts the world on track by 2040 to release more than the total greenhouse gases than can be allowed and still have...
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G7 pledges to end greenhouse emissions this century
2015-06-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science: Top world leaders agreed Monday to dramatically reduce or altogether eliminate greenhouse gas emissions by 2100, in an announcement meant to build momentum for a global climate deal in Paris this December. Pressure continues to mount on world leaders to accelerate a switch to cleaner energy sources particularly if the world is to avert the worst impacts of climate change. Emissions from coal, oil, and natural gas burned in power plants, cars, airplanes, and elsewhere have already warmed the...
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IKEA pledges 1 billion euros to help slow climate change
2015-06-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: IKEA, the world's biggest furniture retailer, plans to spend 1 billion euros ($1.13 billion) on renewable energy and steps to help poor nations cope with climate change, the latest example of firms upstaging governments in efforts to slow warming. Chief Executive Peter Agnefjall said the measures would "absolutely not" push up prices at the Swedish group's stores. The investments will be "good for customers, good for the climate and good for IKEA too," he told Reuters. He said the plan was motivated...
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Ikea pledges 1bn on renewable energy and climate change efforts
2015-06-04 15:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Ikea, the worlds biggest furniture retailer, plans to spend EUR1bn ($1.13bn) on renewable energy and steps to help poor nations cope with climate change, the latest example of firms upstaging governments in efforts to slow warming. Chief Executive Peter Agnefjall said the measures would absolutely not push up prices at the Swedish groups stores. The investments will be good for customers, good for the climate and good for Ikea too, he told Reuters. He said the plan was motivated by a...
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