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EU finance ministers set for vague climate promises

2015-11-05 16:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: European finance ministers are likely to agree on Tuesday to provide more cash to help the world adapt to global warming, which campaigners say will be too weak for a successful outcome to the Paris talks on a new climate deal. Poor nations have said climate finance will be the biggest issue for the Paris negotiations that begin on Nov. 30. A draft document prepared for next Tuesday's meeting of EU finance ministers says the European Union's climate finance contribution for 2014 was 14.5 billion...

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AuraVisor Promises Wireless VR Headset, Kickstarter Successfully Funded With Three Weeks To Spare

2015-11-05 10:15:00| Wireless - Topix.net

The AuraVisor is a new VR HMD that promises a fully untethered experience without relying on the use of your smartphone. The company said the AuraVisor features a fully integrated Android computer that is focused on graphics processing rather than being required to share resources with other functions like a smartphone does.

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Paris 2015: Carbon promises lock in 2.7 degrees warming, UN says

2015-10-31 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Sydney Morning Herald: The world remains on course to exceed dangerous temperature increases even if nations carry out pledges they make at next month's global climate summit in Paris, the United Nations says. An assessment by the UN of 146 national goals and those of the European Union covering about 86 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions found they would cut average per capita pollution by as much as 8 per cent by 2025 and 9 per cent by 2030 compared with the current trajectory. So-called Intended Nationally Determined...

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