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Earth Day Should Inspire Strengthened Focus on Climate Change, NFU Says
2016-04-22 14:00:44| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2016 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (April 22, 2016) Climate change is a shared problem that requires a collaborative solution, and the National Farmers Union (NFU) is commending the continued progress towards environmental sustainability in observance of Earth Day. From farms and rural communities to urban centers across
As PM signs UN climate treaty, now comes the hard part: respecting it
2016-04-22 13:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canadian Press: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined world leaders Friday to help formally ratify a global treaty on climate change. Putting his signature to the Paris accord was the easy part. The hard part comes next: reducing Canadas greenhouse-gas emissions by 30 per cent over the coming decades. Canada is nowhere near that target -- emissions continue to rise, and a national plan has yet to be worked out. But the prime minister promised his peers hed remain committed to it. Today, with my signature,...
US says world closer to key goal on climate deal
2016-04-22 13:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says countries representing about half of the world's global emissions that contribute to global warming intend to join the Paris climate agreement this year. "I understand that as of this afternoon, countries representing nearly 50 percent of global emissions are prepared to announce they will join this year," and the U.S. is among them, Kerry said. The U.N. says 175 countries signed the agreement Friday. Signing is one step; formally joining is the final...
United States: Chicago better poised survive climate change New York or LA
2016-04-22 13:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Chicago Reader: America's coastal cities are in for a serious pounding over the course of the next 100 years, thanks to the ravages of climate change. Catastrophic flooding events along the east coast are projected to at least double by 2030, according to a 2014 report from the Union of Concerned Scientists. Across 76 pages and in more than 200 footnotes, the MIT-based group suggests that the mid-Atlantic region will be particularly hard hit: by 2030, Washington, D.C., will see more than 150 tidal floods annually....
Carbon pricing campaign stepped up ahead of climate deal ceremony
2016-04-22 12:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A group of world leaders and international banks on Thursday urged more countries to launch schemes that put a price on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and German Chancellor Angela Merkel were among leaders calling for faster action on carbon pricing, along with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, ahead of Friday's New York signing ceremony for the climate deal agreed in Paris last December. Some 40 nations and more than 23 cities, states and...
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