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Canberra ranked as a global climate change leader
2016-04-09 15:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canberra Times: Canberra's ranking as a global climate change leader by the Carbon Disclosure Project is an "important acknowledgement", Climate Council chief executive Amanda McKenzie says. The CDP placed the capital among the top 10 cities in the world for its "quality and completeness" of environmental risk reporting. "It's not just that one area of the policy is doing well [to be ranked so highly]," Ms McKenzie said. "Reducing emissions, adequately reporting and disclosing internationally, a renewable...
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Judge Denies Motions by Fossil Fuel Industry and Federal Government in Landmark Climate Change Case
2016-04-09 15:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Coffin of the Federal District Court in Eugene, Oregon, decided in favor of 21 young plaintiffs in their landmark constitutional climate change case against the federal government. Judge Coffin ruled Friday against the motion to dismiss brought by the fossil fuel industry and federal government. The courts ruling is a major victory for the 21 youth plaintiffs, ages 8-19, from across the U.S. in what Bill McKibben and Naomi Klein call the most important lawsuit on the...
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Climate Change to Cut Global Financial Assets by Trillions
2016-04-09 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Climate change could cut the value of the world's financial assets by $2.5 trillion, according to the first estimate from economic modeling. In the worst case scenarios, often used by regulators to check the financial health of companies and economies, the losses could soar to $24 trillion, or 17 percent of the world's assets, and wreck the global economy. The research also showed the financial sense in taking action to keep climate change under the 2°C (3.6°F) danger limit agreed by the world's...
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UN praises China's leadership in climate change deal
2016-04-09 05:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The United Nations has commended China's "continued strong leadership" for backing a landmark international agreement to curb climate change. Led this year by China, the Group of 20 rich and developing nations issued a statement earlier this week following a meeting in Guangzhou to back the Paris climate accord and pledge domestic measures to bring it to force as soon as possible. Spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Friday that U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was "encouraged by the strong political...
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Climate Change Lawsuit by 21 Youths Takes Big Step Forward
2016-04-09 02:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The federal government and big energy companies lost an important round Friday in their effort to block a climate change lawsuit by young plaintiffs who contend the U.S. is failing to protect them from the harmful effects of greenhouse gas emissions. U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Coffin in Eugene rejected motions by the U.S. government and trade groups representing the energy companies to dismiss the lawsuit by 21 plaintiffs ages 8 to 19. A U.S. District Court judge has final say over whether the...
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