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UN Chief Seeks Fast-Paced Ratifications for Climate Change Treaty
2016-04-19 21:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Over 150 countries are expected to sign the Paris climate change agreement on April 22 but the historic treaty will not come into force until it has been ratified by 55 countries. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who has hailed the agreement as "a landmark of international cooperation on one of the world's most complex issues", is hoping for fast-paced ratifications - perhaps before the end of the year so that it will also be considered as one of his lasting political legacies before he steps...
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As climate warms, how do we decide when a plant is native?
2016-04-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: The fate of a tree planted at poet Emily Dickinson's home raises questions about whether gardeners can -- or should -- play a role in helping plant species migrate in the face of rising temperatures and swiftly changing botanical zones. On rare occasions, the townsfolk of Amherst, Massachusetts, would catch a glimpse of a ghostly figure dressed in white, leaning over to tend her flowers by flickering lantern light. The mysterious recluse, who was better known to neighbors for her exquisite garden...
World Bank Zeros In On Climate Change With $16B Annual Budget
2016-04-19 13:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: The World Bank, the biggest provider of loans to developing countries, announced it will dedicate 28 percent of its financial investments to confronting climate change. This amounts to approximately $16 billion a year for energy efficiency, renewable energy, and climate resiliency projects. In addition to its own financing, the World Bank said it would work to mobilize $25 billion in commercial funding for clean energy over the next five years. If we dont act, climate change threatens to drive...
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New Data Set Aims to Improve Climate Adaptation
2016-04-18 15:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inside Climate News: People in developed countries rarely think of weather in life-or-death terms. But millions in the developing world have no choice but to do so. The global rich have stable governments, savings accounts, insurance and more to fall back on when disaster strikes. People in poorer countries don't, so they're often faced with tough decisions in times of drought: Sell the only ox for food and plow by hand next year? Take the kids out of school and put them to work chopping firewood for extra cash? Abandon...
Some oil companies undeterred as global leaders sign on to Paris climate deal
2016-04-18 01:06:56| Energy - Topix.net
With almost 150 countries, including Canada, poised to sign the Paris climate agreement at the end of this week in New York, some of the world's biggest oil companies aren't convinced there's any end in sight for fossil fuel use. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be among signatories from some 147 countries convening Friday at the United Nations headquarters on Earth Day, the first opportunity to formally sign the global climate agreement completed in December.
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