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Can world leaders reach climate change deal?
2015-11-28 22:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: About 40,000 negotiators from nearly 200 countries are descending on the French capital for the UN conference on climate change or COP 21. The decisions they make will have a major impact on how we live our lives and those of future generations. Scientists have warned that if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, we will pass the threshold after which climate change will become catastrophic and irreversible. That threshold is two degrees Celcius above pre-industrial levels, and scientists...
COP21: Security crackdown in Paris sees climate change protesters under house arrest
2015-11-28 21:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: French climate change activists have been placed under house arrest ahead of the opening of the UN climate change conference in Paris. Public demonstrations are banned in France under the state of emergency that was declared after the Paris terrorist attacks two week ago, in which 130 people were killed. Green groups have described the move as "an abuse of power" but the French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the activists were suspected of planning violent protests. "These 24 people...
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Short Answers to Hard Questions About Climate Change
2015-11-28 21:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The issue can be overwhelming. The science is complicated. Predictions about the fate of the planet carry endless caveats and asterisks. We get it. And so, as the Paris climate talks get underway, weve provided quick answers to often-asked questions about climate change. You can submit your own questions here. 1. How much is the planet heating up? 1.7 degrees is actually a significant amount. As of this October, the Earth had warmed by about 1.7 degrees Fahrenheit since 1880, when...
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China to stake leadership claim on climate change, emissions reduction at Paris UN conference
2015-11-28 21:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Despite pumping as much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as the next four biggest polluters combined, China will use this week's UN conference in Paris to stake a global leadership claim on climate change. Six years on from the disappointing Copenhagen conference, where China was seen by the West as largely impeding a binding agreement, Beijing is bringing a raft of ambitious commitments to the table. Chief among them, a state-led investment drive for renewables with an aim of sourcing 20...
Rachel Notley will sell a 'different' Alberta at climate change talks
2015-11-28 19:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Premier Rachel Notley says she's heading to climate change talks in Paris to show the world it`s dealing with a new Alberta. "I think it's just very, very important for people to see that they're dealing with a different thing now in Alberta, and hopefully they'll view our efforts to engage in international trade more positively as a result," she said. One focus at the conference will be selling Alberta's new climate change plan in meetings with stakeholders and governments, focusing on buy-in...
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