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Meet the climate scientists running and cycling to Paris
2015-11-03 15:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: For Daniel Price, the toughest stretch was cycling across the Gobi Desert. For Erlend Knudsen, it was running through a two-day snowstorm in the mountains outside Bergen, Norway. Their journeys are not over. These two polar researchers have swapped physical science for physical exertion, on a mission to spread awareness of climate change. They are on twin odysseys from the Arctic and Antarctic to Paris, France, where diplomats meet to strike a global climate deal next month. Following the...
Rich states can't meet 2020 climate aid goal alone: Researchers
2015-06-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: An international commitment to provide $100 billion a year by 2020 to help vulnerable countries tackle climate change is unlikely to be met if only government funding from rich nations is counted towards it, researchers said. At U.N. climate negotiations, some developing countries have argued the annual $100 billion should come entirely from developed nations' treasuries, even though the original promise called for funding from a range of sources. Climate finance from wealthy states' coffers...
Rich states can't meet 2020 climate aid goal alone: researchers
2015-06-04 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Eco-Business: An international commitment to provide $100 billion a year by 2020 to help vulnerable countries tackle climate change is unlikely to be met if only government funding from rich nations is counted towards it, researchers said. At UN climate negotiations, some developing countries have argued the annual $100 billion should come entirely from developed nations` treasuries, even though the original promise called for funding from a range of sources. Climate finance from wealthy states` coffers...
Can US meet its climate goals? New study says 'yes.'
2015-05-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: The world's second largest emitter has made big promises to trim output of the planet-warming gases that scientists say raise global average temperatures. The question is whether or not the US can actually follow through on its ambitious climate targets. A study released Wednesday says it can, but success is by no means guaranteed. Without relying on nonexistent technologies or new federal laws, the US could meet or even exceed its climate targets at little or no cost to the economy, according...
China needs CO2 cap meet climate pledges: Legislator
2015-03-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China needs to impose a nationwide carbon cap if it is to fulfill a pledge made last year to bring emissions to a peak by around 2030, a legislator said in a proposal submitted to parliament this week. Wang Yi, a member of the China Academy of Sciences and adviser to China's climate negotiation team, said the country should include an absolute CO2 cap of around 10 billion tonnes for 2020 in its five-year plan covering the 2016-2020 period. China has not published official carbon emissions data...