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Naomi Klein criticises protest restrictions at Paris climate talks
2015-12-06 19:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: French authorities are enforcing unprecedented restrictions on civil society at the UN climate change talks in Paris, the author and activist Naomi Klein has said. Klein said the ongoing talks were a victim of austerity as the French government had failed to provide adequate state funding, leading to heavy sponsorship by corporations. Meanwhile authorities have imposed a ban on mass protests around COP21, as the conference is known, in the wake of last months terror attacks in Paris. We...
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UN talks to tame global warming enter final, crunch phase
2015-12-06 18:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Pope Francis on Sunday urged nations to act with "courage" a day before UN talks aimed at saving mankind from the direst impacts of global warming enter their crunch phase. Ministers begin a frenetic week of negotiations Monday to seal a historic 195-nation agreement in Paris. The envisaged accord seeks to revolutionise the world's energy industry by replacing coal, oil and gas with renewable sources that do not emit heat-trapping greenhouse gases. The conference in the French capital crowns...
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Five Reasons to Smile About Paris Climate Talks
2015-12-06 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Peering closely at the climate talks underway in Paris could be a formula for depression. Entrenched divisions persist between richer and poorer countries on key negotiating issues. Pledges to tackle climate pollution that were submitted by nations before the talks began a week ago were underwhelming, and they would collectively allow global warming to blow well past the dangerous benchmark of 2°C (3.6°F). These are serious problems, threatening to bake the planet -- and the human beings and...
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Crowds march, Pope urges 'courage' as climate talks reach crunch
2015-12-06 15:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Pope Francis on Sunday urged nations to act with "courage" while 10,000 climate activists took to the beach in Belgium, a day before UN talks enter their crunch phase in the search for a historic pact against global warming. Ministers begin a frenetic week of negotiations Monday to seal a historic 195-nation agreement in Paris. The envisaged deal seeks to revolutionise the world's energy industry by replacing coal, oil and gas with renewable sources that do not emit heat-trapping greenhouse...
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At Paris climate talks, experts cite looming risk from industrial coolants, methane
2015-12-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: As world leaders grapple with how to cut global emissions of carbon dioxide, diplomats in Paris are recording progress in combating other pollutants that scientists believe are contributing powerfully to rising temperatures. A coalition of governments and private businesses has agreed to take up a series of initiatives to limit so-called short-lived climate pollutants, ranging from industrial chemicals used in refrigerators to soot particles given off by diesel engines. While emissions of these...
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