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Cancel developing countries debt in exchange for climate change action
2014-09-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: One of the main objectives of this weeks New York climate summit was to mobilise finance to tackle climate change. Slow progress in scaling up finance has been a key bottleneck in negotiating a global climate treaty. The World Bank estimates that adapting to a warmer climate could cost $70bn to $100bn per year by 2050, assuming warming is kept to the target of 2C. However, the real costs could be far higher, as recent analysis shows the world is currently on course for 4C of warming, a level...
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A woman in the eye of the political storm over climate change
2014-09-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Judith Curry thinks climate scientists view her as their "biggest threat." "I do not pay obeisance to the consensus and I think for myself, and they don't like that," said Curry, a professor at the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology. "Biggest threat" might be hyperbole, but she certainly is a persistent thorn in the side of the climate community. Google her name, and the descriptors that come up are climate skeptic, climate heretic, climate misinformer,...
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Climate bear 'Frostpaw' says public uprising needed fight climate change
2014-09-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Deutsche-Welle: "Frostpaw" - aka Peter Galvin - shares with DW the story of why he went to the climate actions dressed as a polar bear, what it was like being on the streets, and why public uprising is necessary for climate action. DW: Why did you participate in the people's climate train and the people's climate summit? Peter Galvin: I went there because I'm feeling real desperation. I'm 51 years old, and even in my short life, I've seen the planet change dramatically: flooding in the Philippines related...
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What Narendra Modi's big American debut means for climate change
2014-09-27 14:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Week: Next week, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make his first official visit to the United States since his election in May. Modi will spend two days in Washington, D.C., meeting with President Obama on a wide variety of issues -- and for a refreshing change, climate change is likely to be at the top of the agenda. The U.S.'s relations with India have suffered over the past year. The arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York City and trade-related disputes have been two high-profile tiffs,...
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India sends mixed signals on climate change
2014-09-27 12:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: Experts said Modi's presence at UN summit could have changed India's image as an obstructionist in climate talks. Climate change activists in India have expressed criticism of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision not to attend the UN Climate Summit in New York earlier this week. The summit, organised by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to raise the political and public profile of the climate change crisis, was attended by more than 120 world leaders, including US President Barack...
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