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Climate Crisis: Who Will Act?
2013-11-24 02:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The last-minute deal at the United Nations Climate Conference in Warsaw keeps hopes for a comprehensive successor agreement to the 1997 Kyoto protocol alive. But let us be clear: Much more decisive action will be needed if we are to stand any chance at fending off the dangers of climate change. We now have just one more shot, next year in Peru, to make more substantive progress toward a successor agreement before the crucial 2015 Paris conference. Even before then, it will be crucial for governments...
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China climate chief says EU CO2 crisis will not hurt domestic plans
2013-04-18 12:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The crisis facing the European carbon market will not deter China from plans to establish its own emissions trading platform or its other climate pledges, the senior official responsible for climate change said on Thursday. Xie Zhenhua, vice-director of the National Development and Reform Commission in charge of climate policies, said efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions were a "domestic requirement". They were, he said, designed to address longstanding inefficiency and environmental problems,...
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Australia: Climate change is the existential crisis with us right now
2013-02-04 12:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canberra Times: Australia was once again devastated by bushfires over the summer. When Parliament resumes on Tuesday after the Christmas break, it's presented with a stark choice. It can seize the opportunity to discuss the fires and the floods; the devastation and the losses and pluck up the courage to deal with the reality of climate change. This remains the biggest and most immediate danger facing the nation. The evidence of the threat lies all around us. Even if you still believe there is doubt about the...
Climate change is indeed a crisis and is very real
2013-01-15 22:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tallahassee Democrat: Being a good debater does not mean your facts or conclusions are correct. That was the case Tuesday night, when James M. Taylor, senior fellow for environment policy at the Heartland Institute, debated our own Dr. Ray Bellamy, a longtime physician in our community on the reality of climate change. Taylor is among the best that money can buy. He is paid by the Heartland Institute, a prominent free-market think tank that promotes skepticism about man-made climate change. He is a confident, articulate...
Perceived timings of economic crisis and climate change prevent action
2013-01-09 14:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: As climate change becomes undeniable and the global economy continues to stutter, the world is facing an unprecedented dual crisis. But with economic and environmental stresses playing out over different timeframes, deep-rooted biases in the way we judge risks may mean we are too preoccupied with firefighting short-term economic problems to tackle longer-term climate threats. That is one of the key messages to emerge from the Global Risks 2013 report, published by the World Economic Forum. The...
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