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UN praises China's leadership in climate change deal
2016-04-09 05:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The United Nations has commended China's "continued strong leadership" for backing a landmark international agreement to curb climate change. Led this year by China, the Group of 20 rich and developing nations issued a statement earlier this week following a meeting in Guangzhou to back the Paris climate accord and pledge domestic measures to bring it to force as soon as possible. Spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Friday that U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was "encouraged by the strong political...
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Climate Change Lawsuit by 21 Youths Takes Big Step Forward
2016-04-09 02:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The federal government and big energy companies lost an important round Friday in their effort to block a climate change lawsuit by young plaintiffs who contend the U.S. is failing to protect them from the harmful effects of greenhouse gas emissions. U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Coffin in Eugene rejected motions by the U.S. government and trade groups representing the energy companies to dismiss the lawsuit by 21 plaintiffs ages 8 to 19. A U.S. District Court judge has final say over whether the...
To stop global warming, change how we eat?
2016-04-08 21:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Producing and cooking food is actually a huge contributor to global carbon emissions. How to take a bite out of the problem: Reduce food waste and change farm practices and eating habits. What we eat affects the earth. When most of us take a bite of a sandwich during lunchtime, were not thinking about how our meal impacts the earths atmosphere and contributes to climate change. Yet scientists say the food and agriculture sector is a major emitter of planet-warming greenhouse gases. Producing...
Climate Change Is Moving the North Pole
2016-04-08 20:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Climate Change Is Moving the North Pole As ice melts and aquifers are drained, Earth's distribution of mass is changing-and with it the position of the planet's spin axis. The collapse of Antarctica's Larsen B Ice Shelf in 2002 is just one example of shrinking glaciers around the world, a process that is changing the planet's mass distribution. Finding the North Pole means traveling north, right? Yes, but with a slight caveat: Earth's northern pole is drifting rapidly eastward, and it looks...
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World Bank goes big on fighting climate change
2016-04-08 13:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNBC: The World Bank has announced plans to fight climate change through a new Climate Change Action Plan that it hopes will see investment in environmental projects reach $29 billion a year by 2020. In a statement on Thursday, the Bank said that, in the next five years, it planned to help countries in the developing world add 30 gigawatts of renewable energy to global energy capacity; provide "early warning systems" to 100 million people; and develop "climate-smart agriculture investment plans for...
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