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Speakers use Earth Day for climate change focus
2016-04-23 09:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times Argus: While 175 countries signed an agreement on climate change on Friday, the president of the Sierra Club called the agreement a cop-out. The fawning and applause over a signing of an agreement, its not ... Aaron Mair, president of the Sierra Club, said Friday at an appearance at the Vermont Law School in honor of Earth Day, Its just not enough and the need to build a movement and the need to shock America into action is dire, he said. Mair said his biggest objection to the agreement, sometimes...
South-South Cooperation Needed to Tackle Climate Change
2016-04-23 06:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: - As countries came together at the United Nations this week to sign the Paris Climate Change Agreement, partnerships were forged between countries of the global South to support the implementation of the global treaty. On Thursday, the eve of the signing of the Paris agreement, UN member States, UN officials and civil society representatives met to discuss how South-South cooperation can help developing countries tackle climate change. "South-South cooperation is a manifestation of solidarity...
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Global warming: 175 nations at UN sign Paris climate change agreement
2016-04-23 01:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
First Post: United Nations: Representatives from 175 countries met on Friday at the UN to sign the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and made clear the urgency of taking action to stop global warming. In order for the accord to take effect, at least 55 countries responsible for 55 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions must complete the ratification process, Efe news reported. At least 15 countries, mostly small island states, have already done so on Friday. The two countries leading the world in...
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Has climate change really improved U.S. weather?
2016-04-22 23:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Conversation: According to a new report published in Nature on April 20, 2016 by Patrick Egan and Megan Mullin, weather conditions have improved for the vast majority of Americans over the past 40 years. This, they argue, explains why there has been little public demand so far for a policy response to climate change. Egan and Mullin do note that this trend is projected to reverse over the course of the coming century, and that Americans will become more concerned about climate change as they perceive more...
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US Presidential Candidates' Positions on Climate Change
2016-04-22 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of America: The White House says the United States is leading global efforts in addressing climate change. But with President Obama's last term coming to an end, where do the presidential hopefuls stand on climate change? NBC News reported that Republican candidates Donald Trump and Senator Ted Cruz have said they do not believe in climate change. While Ohio Governor John Kasich said humans contribute to it. Meanwhile on the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders both agree that climate...
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