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Al Gore inspires 'CO2,' an opera; a physicist lectures on climate change w/ string quartet
2015-06-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Climatologist David Adamson stood alone onstage. A film featuring images of the Earth appeared on a screen behind him. He spoke directly to the audience, laying out the case that climate change threatens civilization as we know it. "Greenhouse gas emissions, including CO2, chlorofluorocarbons and methane, produced by modern industry and the modern way of life, are causing the Earth's climate to heat up with potentially devastating consequences for the future," Adamson said. "And we now know, because...
IKEA pledges 1 billion euros to help slow climate change
2015-06-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: IKEA, the world's biggest furniture retailer, plans to spend 1 billion euros ($1.13 billion) on renewable energy and steps to help poor nations cope with climate change, the latest example of firms upstaging governments in efforts to slow warming. Chief Executive Peter Agnefjall said the measures would "absolutely not" push up prices at the Swedish group's stores. The investments will be "good for customers, good for the climate and good for IKEA too," he told Reuters. He said the plan was motivated...
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Ikea in big climate change plan
2015-06-04 15:18:48| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Furniture giant Ikea says it will spend 1bn over the next five years to tackle climate change.
Ikea pledges 1bn on renewable energy and climate change efforts
2015-06-04 15:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Ikea, the worlds biggest furniture retailer, plans to spend EUR1bn ($1.13bn) on renewable energy and steps to help poor nations cope with climate change, the latest example of firms upstaging governments in efforts to slow warming. Chief Executive Peter Agnefjall said the measures would absolutely not push up prices at the Swedish groups stores. The investments will be good for customers, good for the climate and good for Ikea too, he told Reuters. He said the plan was motivated by a...
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On the way to a historic agreement on climate change
2015-06-04 15:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Deutsche Welle: UN talks in Bonn this week are paving the way for COP21 in December. We asked Jennifer Morgan of the World Resources Institute how things are shaping up for a historic international agreement on climate change. Where are we in terms of getting a binding climate agreement in Paris at the end of this year? I think we're well on the way. Countries are showing that they are taking negotiations seriously, they're putting their offers on the table of how much they are going to introduce emissions...
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