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UN members fear US 'sabotage' of Obama's climate commitments
2016-04-21 13:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: UNITED NATIONS There are concerns at the United Nations about apparent attempts inside the United States to "sabotage" President Barack Obama's commitments to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the head of the U.N. General Assembly said on Wednesday. Mogens Lykketoft of Denmark, current president of the 193-nation General Assembly, issued the warning in an interview with Reuters ahead of Friday's U.N. signing ceremony for the Paris agreement aimed at slowing climate change. Both China and the...
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Climate change: Is the 1.5 C target a mirage?
2016-04-21 10:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The Paris Agreement to try to cap global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius was a stunning political victory for poor countries threatened by climate change. But scientists tasked with explaining how to get there are less than thrilled. The U.N.`s climate science panel announced last week it would deliver -- at the request of governments -- a "special report" in 2018 on the risks and impacts associated with a target of 1.5 C (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit). But even as three-quarters of the 195 nations...
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More productive U.S. national forests and grasslands could yield less water future climate
2016-04-21 09:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Phys.Org: A warmer climate may lead to higher growth and productivity on U.S. national forests and grasslands, but university and U.S. Forest Service researchers say this could reduce quantities of freshwater flowing from most of these lands, even with increases in precipitation. Results were published today in Scientific Reports. "The national forests and grasslands managed by the U.S. Forest Service represent only 9 percent of the U.S. land area,...
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Cabinet approves signing the Paris Agreement on Climate change
2016-04-21 07:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Quadrangle: Cabinet approves signing the Paris Agreement on Climate change Thanks to China, global Carbon dioxide emissions have flatlined after years of rampant growth. Once 55 countries that account for more than 55 percent of the world's emissions have formally joined the agreement it will enter into force (here is a cheat sheet to keep track of where things stand as we approach these thresholds). Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo starts a visit to the USA on Thursday. Developed countries "shall...
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Some of the Worst CO2 Offenders on Climate Change: 'Meh
2016-04-20 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
U.S. News: Republican front-runner Donald Trump has indicated he doesn't put much stock in man-made climate change. In the past, he tweeted that "global warming is a total, and very expensive, hoax!" Meanwhile, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has said that as president, she would go after polluters and people in the U.S. and around the world "who don't recognize the seriousness of this crisis." But while politicians continue to debate the existence of man-made climate change, the scientific community...
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