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As World Leaders Kick off Paris Climate Talks, Prescriptions Abound, from a Carbon Tax to a New Nuclear Push
2015-11-29 13:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: As world leaders assemble in Paris for the Monday launch of the 21st round of negotiations aimed at improving on the ineffective 1992 climate change treaty, Ive assembled some worthwhile reading on the risks attending human-driven climate change and a host of prescriptions worth considering. None will be easy to achieve. As for the risks, Justin Gillis has a helpful set of basic climate change questions and answers. (You can ask more questions here.) Curt Stager, a paleoclimatologist and author...
George Osborne has undermined UK role in climate talks
2015-11-28 22:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Britain will enter the Paris climate change talks this week with its credentials as a responsible, low-emission power generator in tatters. That is the stark conclusion of one of the countrys leading energy experts, Professor Stuart Haszeldine of Edinburgh University. Haszeldine believes George Osbornes last-minute decision to axe the governments 1bn support for a scheme to capture and bury carbon dioxide emissions from power stations was a final act that utterly undermined British negotiators...
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Obama Legacy at Stake in Paris Talks Climate Accord
2015-11-28 22:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: At a joint news conference here Tuesday with President François Hollande of France, President Obama veered from his focus on the terrorist attacks in Paris to bring up the huge international gathering beginning in the French capital on Monday to hammer out a global response to climate change. What a powerful rebuke to the terrorists it will be when the world stands as one and shows that we will not be deterred from building a better future for our children, Mr. Obama said of the climate conference....
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Paris climate change talks: What different groups attending expect from crucial meetings
2015-11-28 22:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Almost 150 heads of state, including David Cameron, Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, are heading to Paris for the start of the most important environmental meeting for decades. Ahead of the summit, more than 175 countries have tabled pledges (known as intended nationally determined contributions, or INDCs) to cut their carbon emissions which, if enacted, would be enough to limit global warming to 2.7C. But the United Nations has pledged to limit climate change to 2C and would...
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Rachel Notley will sell a 'different' Alberta at climate change talks
2015-11-28 19:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Premier Rachel Notley says she's heading to climate change talks in Paris to show the world it`s dealing with a new Alberta. "I think it's just very, very important for people to see that they're dealing with a different thing now in Alberta, and hopefully they'll view our efforts to engage in international trade more positively as a result," she said. One focus at the conference will be selling Alberta's new climate change plan in meetings with stakeholders and governments, focusing on buy-in...
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