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Paris climate talks: Six years on, climate change is killing fish, flooding our fields
2015-11-22 01:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: They are humanitys hope for tomorrow, but each faces a future that looks increasing bleak and uncertain. Born in four different parts of the globe, these children came into the world in the weeks leading up to the Copenhagen climate conference in December 2009. At the time, the Observer described the lives of these young people as their families struggled to cope with the impact of climate change. Now, before the Paris climate summit at the end of the month, we have returned to meet those...
Paris climate change talks 'will provide false dawn in UK's contribution', warns Labour frontbencher
2015-11-22 00:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: A week before the long awaited talks on climate change, a Labour frontbencher has expressed concerns that the Paris conference will provide a false dawn in Britains contribution to combating global warming. Lisa Nandy, the shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, told The Independent on Sunday: I think David Cameron will be very conscious that he has to stand on the world stage and say the right things, but Im really worried about what will happen after Paris. She said she believed...
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A Group of Kids Is Suing Federal Government Over Climate Change
2015-11-21 18:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Motherboard: Its becoming more and more clear every day that governments, big business, politicians, scientists, and pretty much everyone else is not getting much done to fix climate change. But now, one group is trying to succeed where others have failed--and theyre all just kids. A lawsuit filed by 21 young Americans--ages eight to 19--is demanding "a science-based climate recovery plan" that includes sharp emissions cuts. Brought by the Oregon-based group Our Childrens Trust, it is one of the first efforts...
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Climate Change Boosted Australia's 2010 Floods
2015-11-21 15:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: For the first time, researchers have linked the catastrophic floods in Australia in the summer of 2010 with global warming. And they warn that the double hazard of long-term ocean warming and rising atmospheric temperatures makes the risk of extreme rainfall greater in years to come. In 2010, during a natural cyclic Pacific phenomenon called La Nia, sea surface temperatures in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific were high, and the air became saturated with moisture. When the clouds billowed...
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Paris climate change talks: Why are some people global warming deniers?
2015-11-21 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Times: Climate change denial, or doubt, or scepticism - however you want to brand it - is a broad spectrum. At the extreme end are those with enough religious fervour, perhaps delusion, to believe God will sort climate change out. At the moderate end are those who see the climate change campaign as a political effort, led by left-wing progressives, to make the state bigger. "One of the most common explanations for understanding public attitudes about climate change focuses on political factors," Cary...
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