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In a major day climate policy, China, Brazil and the U.S. all announce new commitments
2015-07-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Brazil, the United States and China -- three of the worlds top 10 greenhouse gas emitters -- all announced new goals Tuesday to curb climate change. President Obama and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, leaders of the Western Hemispheres two most populous countries, released a statement Tuesday pledging each country to get 20 percent of its electricity by 2030 from renewable sources, not including hydropower. In addition, Brazil pledged to restore 12 million hectares, or 46,332 square miles,...
The surprisingly important climate policy moment thats coming this week
2015-06-29 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: White House officials confirmed Thursday that in President Obamas meetings this coming week with the president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, theyre going to be talking about climate change. Its unclear whether the result will be any kind of climate-related pact between the U.S. and Brazil on emissions, as we saw between the U.S. and China last year. But theres certainly plenty of speculation about one. Brazil is a nation of more than 200 million people the fifth most populous in the world ...
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Australian climate policy paralysis has end, business roundtable says
2015-06-28 16:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: An unprecedented alliance of business, welfare and environmental groups and trade unions is demanding an end to Australias decade of political paralysis and division on climate policy, insisting the Abbott government make credible emission reduction commitments and the major parties agree on how the pledges should be implemented. In an attempt to reset the bitter political debate on climate policy, the powerful lineup of interest groups has reached a historic agreement on principles that should...
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Australia to be quizzed on climate policy at UN meetings in Germany
2015-06-01 00:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australia will be quizzed on its carbon emission reduction policies during United Nations climate change meetings in Germany this week. The 10-day meetings in Bonn are part of negotiations in the lead-up to Decembers climate change conference in Paris, where all countries are hoping to sign an agreement to cut carbon pollution. The international community has agreed to limit global warming to two degrees and countries have begun submitting their emissions reduction plans post-2020. Under...
Pakistan pushes to put stalled climate policy into action
2015-05-04 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Pakistan's provinces will create committees to oversee reductions in carbon emissions and support climate change adaptation, in a push to implement a long-stalled national climate policy. Under an agreement reached at the first meeting of the National Climate Change Policy Implementation Committee in late April, climate change sections will be established within the federal Planning Commission and the five provincial governments as well as Pakistan-administered Azad Jammu & Kashmir, to coordinate...
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