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Atmosphere of Hope: Solutions to Climate Crisis by Tim Flannery
2015-11-02 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: In a few weeks, world leaders will gather in Paris in an attempt to reach a deal that will have critical implications for our species. At the COP21 climate talks, they will try to find a formula for reducing the worlds carbon emissions and give humanity an evens chance of holding global warming to a 2C rise above pre-industrial levels. Past efforts to negotiate such deals have been riddled with frustration and failures, in particular the 2009 climate talks in Copenhagen, which ended in disarray....
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This could be worst climate crisis in world right now
2015-10-28 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: On Monday afternoon, Indonesian President Joko Widodo cut short a visit to the United States and headed home to oversee efforts to extinguish a rash of epic wildfires that have engulfed his country. Joko was in Washington, DC, for a photo op with President Barack Obama, to talk about climate change, and to promote Indonesia as a choice venue for foreign investors. His trip was also supposed to include a stopover in San Francisco for meetings with tech industry executives. But Joko's decision to...
Climate change fans global security crisis: Kerry
2015-10-17 16:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Saturday that climate change was a threat to global security and has inflamed volatile situations from Europe's migration crisis to the Syrian conflict. "Climate change is perhaps the most significant threat to global food security today. Make no mistake: the implications here extend well beyond hunger," he said just weeks before a key world climate conference in Paris. "This isn't only about food security; it's about global security, period," he said...
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Bernie Sanders Slams GOP Ignoring Planetary Crisis of Climate Change
2015-09-17 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Last night during the GOP debate, Bernie Sanders, like many Americans, noticed a pressing international crisis being ignored by Republican candidates: climate change. In terms of climate change, "I did not hear anybody say 'Oh, This is a planetary crisis, we have got to do something,'" the insurgent Democratic presidential candidate told CNN after the GOP showdown. .@BernieSanders slams GOP for not addressing climate change, childhood poverty, racial justice http://t.co/6OZtrfIwim http://t.co/y6epzwbSx2...
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Migrant crisis: If we dont stop climate change...what we see right now just beginning
2015-09-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: The surge of people fleeing to Europe from the Middle East highlights how quickly mass migrations can occur. It may also offer a glimpse of what's to come as climate change makes some regions around the world unlivable, according to a leading researcher on the human effects of climate change. Frank Biermann, a professor of political science and environmental policy sciences at VU University Amsterdam, led researchers in the Netherlands five years ago in a study that warned there may be as many...