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Paris climate accord closer after United Nations meeting
2016-09-22 04:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
La Rampa di Napoli: President Maithripala Sirisena handed over the instruments pertaining to entry into force of Paris Agreement on Climate Change to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today at the United Nations General Assembly. The so-called Paris Climate Change Agreement involves action that would limit warming to well below two degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average. Sandalow added that while the agreement will not officially enter into force this week during the United Nations summit in NY, the fact...
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EU wants to speed up approval of Paris climate deal
2016-09-22 01:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
La Rampa di Napoli: Only countries which have ratified the deal have a seat at the table in drafting the rules of how it will work in practice. He said European Union environment ministers will meet Friday to discuss a plan to ratify the agreement as a bloc, even though only a handful of the 28 member states have approved it domestically. Most worldwide treaties take years, sometimes decades or more, to formally take effect as each nation goes through its own domestic process of ratifying or otherwise formally joining...
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Director & Protagonist of New Film Dare To Be Wild Call For Tree Planting To Fight Climate Change
2016-09-21 20:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Environmentalist film director Vivienne DeCourcy (DARE TO BE WILD) and Chelsea Flower Show gold medalist Mary Reynolds along with the woodland trust have come together to encourage everyone to plant one tree in their garden this Autumn/Winter to help reverse climate change. DARE TO BE WILD celebrates its UK Premiere tonight at Londons Notting Hill Gate Cinema and will be released in cinemas across the UK and Ireland from this Friday 23 September. After experiencing family tragedy, former US...
Stephen Hawking, 375 scientists slam Trump for threatening to abandon Paris climate accord
2016-09-21 19:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Earlier this year, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump sparked the ire of scientists and climate activists when he vowed to cancel the Paris climate agreement once in office. Now, hundreds of U.S. scientists, including famed physicist Stephen Hawking, have addressed this threat in an open letter warning of the perils of such action. Signed by 375 members of the National Academy of Sciences, the letter explicitly refers to the Republican nominee for President and notes that such a...
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As race tightens, Clinton might turn to climate
2016-09-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton holds a millennial-focused speech in Philadelphia at Temple University on Monday. Photo courtesy of AP Images. Hillary Clinton is pointing to climate change as one reason for young voters to support her, hoping to soften the negative perceptions they have about her candidacy six weeks before the presidential election. Clinton sought to convince an audience yesterday at a Philadelphia event for millennials that she's serious about addressing issues...
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