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Ban Ki-moon calls on world to unite behind Paris climate deal
2016-07-19 19:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has asked world leaders to ratify the Paris climate deal on 21 September at a special event during the General Assembly meeting in New York. The next step in our collective journey to a low-carbon, climate-resilient future is to ensure the rapid entry into force of the Paris Agreement, he said in a letter to governments. Doing so will create incentives for early implementation of nationally determined contributions and build support within markets and societies...
Climate Column: Why Do Farmers Care About Climate Change? Introduction
2016-07-18 21:16:35| National Farmers Union
By Tom Driscoll, NFU Director of Conservation Policy and Education At the 2016 National Farmers Union (NFU) convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota, NFU members established that the organization should lead efforts to help educate family farmers, ranchers and rural communities about how to adapt to the effects of climate change on their respective operations and support efforts […]
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Weekly wrap: Clinton proposes ambitious US climate platform
2016-07-15 13:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: This weeks top climate politics and policy stories. Sign up to have our Friday briefing and Mondays crib notes sent to your inbox Will climate change be Donald Trumps kryptonite? Hillary Clintons campaign team seem to think so, judging by the raft of low carbon policies they proposed this week. The manifesto includes tougher rules for fracking and pipelines, incentives for wind and solar plus a carbon tax a package that won the endorsement of 350 founder Bill McKibben. As green...
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Brits Cut Climate Department In Post-Brexit Vote Shake-Up
2016-07-15 12:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Popular Science: With the new government forming under Conservative PM Theresa May, the Department of Energy and Climate has been absorbed into a larger, expanded Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. As Theresa May comes into power as prime minister of the United Kingdom, shuffling department leaders are moving forward with the disbanding of the Department of Energy and Climate (DECC). The DECC will now be incorporated with other departments under the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial...
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Report warns of severe future effects of climate change on the U.K.
2016-07-15 12:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Phys.Org: The contributors, who include Environment and Climate Change Lecturer Dr Ruth Wood and Professor of Ecology Richard Bardgett, say that action to tackle urgent threats including widespread flooding and new diseases must be taken promptly. The report also warns that wars and migration around the world caused by climate change could have significant consequences for the UK through disrupted trade and more overseas military intervention. The worst-case scenarios - which will become reality if action...
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