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Climate change: Is the 1.5 C target a mirage?
2016-04-21 10:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The Paris Agreement to try to cap global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius was a stunning political victory for poor countries threatened by climate change. But scientists tasked with explaining how to get there are less than thrilled. The U.N.`s climate science panel announced last week it would deliver -- at the request of governments -- a "special report" in 2018 on the risks and impacts associated with a target of 1.5 C (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit). But even as three-quarters of the 195 nations...
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Cabinet approves signing the Paris Agreement on Climate change
2016-04-21 07:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Quadrangle: Cabinet approves signing the Paris Agreement on Climate change Thanks to China, global Carbon dioxide emissions have flatlined after years of rampant growth. Once 55 countries that account for more than 55 percent of the world's emissions have formally joined the agreement it will enter into force (here is a cheat sheet to keep track of where things stand as we approach these thresholds). Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo starts a visit to the USA on Thursday. Developed countries "shall...
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Some of the Worst CO2 Offenders on Climate Change: 'Meh
2016-04-20 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
U.S. News: Republican front-runner Donald Trump has indicated he doesn't put much stock in man-made climate change. In the past, he tweeted that "global warming is a total, and very expensive, hoax!" Meanwhile, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has said that as president, she would go after polluters and people in the U.S. and around the world "who don't recognize the seriousness of this crisis." But while politicians continue to debate the existence of man-made climate change, the scientific community...
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India to sign Paris pact on climate change in New York
2016-04-20 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: India will sign the Paris Agreement on climate change, adopted by more than 190 countries in December last, on Friday in New York. The Union Cabinet today aopproved the signing of the agreement, adopted during the 21st Conference of Parties held in the French capital. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar will sign the agreement on behalf of India on April 22 at a high-level signature ceremony convened by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon. India had advocated a strong...
It's too late to halt climate change and our society is doomed but wait that's the good news
2016-04-20 01:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: It was a full decade ago now that not-quite-president Al Gore and director Davis Guggenheim captured the worlds attention with An Inconvenient Truth, a film based on the premise that we still had time to prevent or limit the most devastating effects of climate change if we acted immediately. In case you havent noticed, we didnt. In the United States, the fossil-fuel industry and its Republican lackeys picked away at a handful of loose scientific threads in the film, depicting it as some partisan,...
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