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Scripps: Ocean plays big role in climate change
2015-11-29 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
San Diego Union-Tribune: Scientists and students from UC San Diegos Scripps Institution of Oceanography are in Paris for the United Nations 21st climate change conference with a message about the planets oceans: Efforts to address climate change have taken marine ecosystems for granted. The oceans are a huge factor in climate, said Scripps director Margaret Leinen, who is part of the contingent attending the convention, which will start Monday and run until Dec. 11. For our (summits accord) negotiations not to...
Bill McKibben: What Paris conference on climate change can do for planet Earth
2015-11-29 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Starting Monday, diplomats and scientists, activists and heads of state at the 2015 U.N. climate change conference in Paris will scramble to reach the first truly global agreement on the greatest problem the planet has ever faced. It will make for compelling headlines, but it's not the real story. Because that already happened. Think back to Copenhagen in 2009 and the last of the great U.N. climate gatherings. There too the world watched expectantly, only to see negotiations break down. No firm...
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Is climate change really to blame for Syria's civil war?
2015-11-29 14:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Was the Syrian civil war partly caused by climate change? Prince Charles, for one, seems to think so. There is very good evidence indeed that one of the major reasons for this horror in Syria was a drought that lasted for about five or six years, he told Sky News, adding that climate change is having a huge impact on conflict and terrorism. The Prince is not alone on this one: he joins a chorus of voices making similar claims. In the US President Obama, Al Gore, and the democratic presidential...
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Climate change rally in Sydney draws thousands of protesters
2015-11-29 04:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Thousands of protesters have gathered in Sydney to urge leaders to take action on climate change, with environmentalist Tim Flannery declaring the event the "biggest climate march this country's ever seen". People with drums, placards and costumes gathered in The Domain on Sunday, before the march down Macquarie Street to the Opera House, following speeches and performances calling on those at the Paris climate summit to shift more rapidly to renewable energy. Huge crowds gather for Sydney...
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Paris climate change talks: What different groups attending expect from crucial meetings
2015-11-28 22:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Almost 150 heads of state, including David Cameron, Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, are heading to Paris for the start of the most important environmental meeting for decades. Ahead of the summit, more than 175 countries have tabled pledges (known as intended nationally determined contributions, or INDCs) to cut their carbon emissions which, if enacted, would be enough to limit global warming to 2.7C. But the United Nations has pledged to limit climate change to 2C and would...
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