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EU, UN create largest coalition of mayors to combat climate change
2016-06-23 07:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Examiner: Wednesday marked the creation of the new Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy, the worlds largest coalition of mayors, spanning six continents, representing 7,100 cities and 119 countries. The Covenant joins two of the worlds primary city-led climate change and energy initiatives, the EU Covenant of Mayors and the Compact of Mayors, in what has been dubbed the first-of-its-kind global initiative of cities and local governments leading in the fight against climate change. The purpose...
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UN boss: Brexit would mean rewriting Paris Agreement on climate change
2016-06-23 07:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EurActiv: A vote for Brexit in tomorrow's UK referendum on EU membership (23 June) would mean that the COP21 agreement would have to be rewritten, the executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change said today (22 June) in Brussels. Christiana Figueres, one of the architects of the historic deal struck last December to limit warming to no more than two degrees above pre-industrial levels, said the international pact, "would require recalibration". It is currently in the process of ratification....
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Our new alliance unites 600m city dwellers in fight against climate change
2016-06-23 07:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: When it comes to confronting climate change, the worlds cities are proving that theres strength in unity. The historic climate agreement reached in Paris in December, which was approved by nearly all of the worlds nations, was made possible in part by the progress that cities have made by working together. Today, the two biggest coalitions of cities in the world the EU-based Covenant of Mayors and the UN-backed Compact of Mayors are forming an alliance to link more than 600 million city...
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Political leaders take action climate change prevent devastation to regional economies
2016-06-23 04:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Political leaders urged to take action on climate change and prevent devastation to regional economies A dry sheep farm in Tasmania in 2011. A signatory to an open letter calling for climate change action says regional Australia is going to bear the brunt of its damaging effects. More than 20 prominent Australian scientists, community and business leaders signed an open letter in The Age newspaper on Thursday to declare a climate emergency. The letter was addressed to those appointed to...
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Mayors and EU Covenant of Mayors launch largest global coalition fighting climate change
2016-06-23 02:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Today, the worlds two primary city-led climate change and energy initiatives, the EU Covenant of Mayors and the Compact of Mayors, announced the formation of a new, first-of-its-kind global initiative of cities and local governments leading in the fight against climate change. This single initiative will create the largest global coalition of cities committed to climate leadership, building on the commitments of more than 7,100 cities from 119 countries and six continents, representing more than...
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