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Oceans, ocean activism, deserve broader role in climate change discussions
2015-11-15 04:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: When President Barack Obama visited the shrinking Exit Glacier in September, he pointed to a very obvious sign of our warming planet literally at his feet. Less visible, but perhaps more indelible, signs of changing climate lie in the oceans. A University of Washington researcher argues in the journal Science that people -- including the world leaders who will gather later this month in Paris for the latest round of climate change negotiations -- should pay more attention to how climate change's...
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Cities must take lead role in tackling climate change, says Mexico City mayor
2015-11-12 15:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Once notorious for air pollution, Mexico Citys ability to clean its skies has shown it can also be a leader in reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, according to the citys mayor, Miguel Angel Mancera. Speaking at the signing of a new pledge to commit the equivalent of 10% of the citys discretionary budget to defined resilience goals many of which are environment-related Mancera stressed the role that megacities will have to play in tackling global warming. Cities are drivers for...
Brown Carbon Plays Larger Role in Climate Than Assumed, Study Says
2015-10-02 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Climate models are underestimating the effects of so-called brown carbon from sources such as forest fires because the models do not account for regional factors such as areas where wood-burning stoves are common when estimating brown carbon's climate-warming impacts. Black carbon, primarily from urban combustion sources like vehicles and factories, absorbs the most sunlight, the researchers explain, and it's well-accounted for in climate models. However, most models don't properly account for...
India will be playing a leading role in climate change discussions: Laurence Tubiana
2015-07-29 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: India is a very important country and will be playing a "leading role" on the climate change discussions, Laurence Tubiana, Ambassador for Climate Change Negotiations and the Special Representative of the French Government for the December climate meet today said in New Delhi. In India along with Nicolas Hulot, Special Envoy of the French President for the Protection of the Planet, Tubiana has held rounds of discussions with the Indian government on the subject of country specific action plans or...
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ITF 2015: leaders debate railways role as Paris climate conference approaches
2015-05-28 01:00:00| Railway Technology
The global transport sector is on the verge of drastic transformations in sustainability, connectivity and emerging transport pathways. This vision was emphasised at the start of the International Transport Forum 2015, as industry experts and delegat
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