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Paris climate deal marks 'opportunity to change the world'
2015-12-12 13:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Paris climate deal is an opportunity to change the world, François Hollande has said as he urged negotiators at the UN talks to adopt the final text of an agreement that will provide powerful momentum to efforts to curb climate change. Encouraging countries to sign the deal, the French president said: We have to take that last step; the step that would enable us to reach our goal. And this would be a decisive step. Live Paris climate talks: French hosts release text of final deal live...
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COP21: Climate deal 'to keep rises well below 2C'
2015-12-12 12:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Organisers of climate talks in Paris are releasing details of a proposed landmark deal to curb climate change. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said a final draft text would be legally binding and set out a goal of keeping temperature rises "well below 2C".
Green MP Caroline Lucas hails climate change agreement saying will speed up switch renewables
2015-12-12 11:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The UKs only Green Party MP, Caroline Lucas, has said she hopes the new climate change agreement will mean countries will make the switch to renewable energy faster. Delegates from over 190 countries have produced a draft agreement to cut fuel emissions - the details of which are due to be announced in a press conference on Saturday morning. Ministers finally came to an agreement at around 6:45am local time (5:45am GMT) which is believed to include the pledge to reduce temperature rises to...
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El Salvador: coastal communities fight tide of climate change in pictures
2015-12-12 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Predictions that rising seas could destroy over a quarter of El Salvadors coastal areas have left people living along the countrys shoreline facing a bleak future
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Why Pulling All-Nighters For The U.N. Climate Agreement Is A Bad Idea
2015-12-12 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: What are the U.N. Climate Chief's biggest concerns gearing up to the creation of the historic climate agreement on Friday? Aside from the challenge of coming up with ambitious yet realistic legally binding guidelines for carbon reductions, and the significant financial concerns associated, she's seriously concerned about sleep deprivation. U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change Chief Christiana Figueres said that her big concern is that the negotiators getting enough rest and staying focused,...
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