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Combating climate change: India, US reaffirm their commitment to Paris deal
2016-06-07 13:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
First Post: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama on Tuesday committed themselves to join the Paris climate change deal this year, which would provide a "significant global momentum" towards implementation of the historic agreement, a top White House official said. "The US reaffirms its commitment to join the agreement as soon as possible this year. India similarly has begun its processes to work toward this shared objective," the White House said. Noting that the US and India share...
Revealed: Ontario's 'climate change action plan'
2016-06-07 12:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: Queens Park will start a cash-for-clunkers program to encourage motorists to switch to electric cars, subsidize free overnight electrical charging at home, and make garage plugs mandatory in all new houses and condos, the Star has learned. Those are some of the 28 key measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Ontarios Five Year Climate Action Plan 2016-2020 to be introduced Wednesday in Toronto. The 85-page plan will also increase the availability and use of lower-carbon fuel to...
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Temperatures warming faster in Arctic, climate change making regions greener: NASA
2016-06-07 08:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press Trust of India: According to a NASA study, Arctic regions of North America are getting greener, with almost a third of the land cover looking more like landscapes found in warmer ecosystems, owing to the climate change. With 87,000 images taken from Landsat satellites, converted into data that reflects the amount of healthy vegetation on the ground, the researchers found that western Alaska, Quebec and other regions became greener between 1984 and 2012. The new Landsat study further supports previous work that...
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Here is why pandas don't like climate change
2016-06-07 07:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: Pandas do not like it hot and rising temperatures can also put pressure on their food supply by eliminating vast amounts of bamboo plants, researchers say. "Higher climate temperatures would upset the entire system in the panda reserves and the wild, eliminating vast amounts of bamboo," said one of the researchers James Spotila, Professor at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US. But burning out food sources is not the only problem when it comes to climate change . Rising temperatures...
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Bennett returns from Pacific climate change trip
2016-06-07 06:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scoop: Climate Change Minister Paula Bennett has returned from a trip to the Pacific where she saw first-hand how communities are working to mitigate the effects of climate change and adapt to big weather events and King tides. Mrs Bennett travelled to Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Kiribati, and Tuvalu last week. While in those countries she met climate change ministers and officials and reinforced New Zealands commitment to providing climate-related support to the region. Mrs Bennett also visited some...
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