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Is there an economic case for tackling climate change?
2015-11-28 03:35:36| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Is there an economic case for tackling climate change?
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Thousands turn out in Brisbane march calling for climate change action
2015-11-28 03:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: About 5,000 people have braved hot and humid weather in the Brisbane CBD for a climate change rally ahead of United Nations climate talks in Paris next week. They included members of the Pacific Climate group, who spoke at the rally to raise concerns that many Pacific islands would face catastrophic sea level rise without serious international effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The protest is one of a number of demonstrations planned across Australia this weekend. From the gathering...
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Emma Thompson's presence adds weight to climate change march in Ottawa
2015-11-28 00:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: Emma Thompsons view on global warming is, in a sense, fairly simple: We change or we die. The two-time Oscar-winning British actor has thrown her weight behind a march planned for Sunday in Ottawa ahead of the United Nations climate change conference kicking off in France next week. Activists are pushing Canadas newly minted Liberal government to adopt lofty fossil fuel reduction targets, with an end-goal of a completely clean, renewable economy by 2050. The march is one of about 2,000...
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Thousands march on climate change in Manila, Brisbane
2015-11-28 00:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Thousands turned out for climate change marches in Manila and Brisbane Saturday, part of a weekend of action across the globe to demand results from next week's historic Paris summit. Religious clergy, students and activists marched through the Philippine capital calling for curbs on emissions to mute the impact of climate change, which is blamed for a spike in typhoons and extreme weather that has wreaked havoc on the nation. The march, attended by more than 2,500 people according to police...
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Canada: Govt announces $2.65B help developing countries fight climate change
2015-11-27 22:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Canada today promised $2.65 billion over the next five years to help developing countries fight climate change. The funding was announced on Friday in Malta, where Commonwealth leaders are meeting. "I'm here today not just to say Canada's back, but to show it," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the leaders before making the announcement. Under the previous climate deal signed in 2009 in Copenhagen, nations had agreed to commit $100 billion annually in fast-track financing by 2020. The...
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