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More Renewable Energy Needed To Avoid Catastrophic Climate Change
2014-04-17 11:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CleanTechnica: The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) reinforced the call to action from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to limit global temperature increase and avert catastrophic climate change in a statement issued [this week]. The transition to a sustainable global energy mix must be accelerated, the Agency said, in order to reduce global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 40-70 percent compared with 2010 by 2050. Renewable energy, IRENA highlights, is the economically viable...
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Climate change and desertification a threat to social stability - UN
2014-04-17 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: William Tell, in popular legend, takes a stand against a system that undermined his human dignity tyranny and oppression. He refused to bow down before the hat of the evil bailiff Gessler, but was then forced to shoot an apple off his sons head with a crossbow. This tale has a universal message. When you are pushed into a corner, your freedom and liberty are under pressure and your family and future are threatened, you take a stand. So why are we ignoring the fundamental threats to the liberty...
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New Zealand Bids Goodbye to Ozone-Depleting Substances in Response to Climate Change
2014-04-17 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
International Business Times: Ms Adams said the country is meeting its international obligations as declared in the 2012 Annual Report on the Operation of the Ozone Layer Protection Act tabled in Parliament. Since the late 1990s, the amount of ozone-depleting substances has been declining which has helped the environment and human health. The report said that the ozone layer is on its way to full recovery within the century due to the global response of reducing the use of ozone-depleting substances household products like...
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Ten Ways 3D Printing Could Change Space
2014-04-17 04:43:53| rfglobalnet News Articles
This close-up shows a titanium ball manufactured by 3D printing. ESA is investigating the potential of this promising new technology to transform the way space missions are put together.
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Revision of climate change policy scheme nears completion
2014-04-17 03:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Jamaica Gleaner: JAMAICA'S CLIMATE Change Framework Policy and Action Plan could receive parliamentary approval early this new financial year, following a series of public consultations to inform amendments to the document. "We have gone through the consultation stage. It is now at the Green Paper stage. The feedback received is now being included in the draft policy document with a view to having approval from Cabinet and Parliament early in this financial year. We are moving towards it becoming a White Paper,"...
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