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The troubling science thats pushing the world toward a much tougher climate goal
2015-12-11 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Perhaps the most surprising story out of the Paris climate talks so far is the shift that seems to be occurring in favor of at least some acknowledgment -- if not an outright embrace -- of a 1.5 degrees Celsius global temperature target in a final agreement here. Holding warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels -- rather than to 2 degrees, which up until now has been the most widely accepted target would be extraordinarily difficult, if not outright impossible. Scientists have...
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In climate debate, skeptical Congress is a world apart
2015-12-11 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The Paris talks had just reached the halfway point when a small band of climate skeptics made their stand at a hotel on the opposite side of town. With charts and slides, the group repeated a claim that is familiar to Washington but wildly out of sync with the discussions here: Man-made global warming is a fiction. To limit CO2 emissions is not only wasteful but also counterproductive, Fred Singer, a Virginia physicist and longtime critic of the scientific consensus on climate change, told the...
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Republicans make presence felt at climate talks by ignoring them
2015-12-11 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: More than 40,000 people are attending the climate talks, including scientists, activists, people living on the front lines of global warming and the negotiators for the 195 nations represented. One group is noticeably missing, however: Republicans. Except for Arnold Schwarzenegger, the former governor of California, no prominent Republican has participated in the events in this Paris suburb. No Republican attended a meeting of 400 mayors in Paris last Friday, convened by Michael R. Bloomberg, the...
Key to success of climate pact will be its signals to global markets
2015-12-11 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: As diplomats here work through the final points of a sweeping new climate change accord, experts said the ultimate measure of success of the agreement will be whether it sends a clear signal to global financial investors that they should move money away from fossil fuels and toward clean-energy sources such as wind and solar power. Without that signal, there is little chance that emissions will be reduced enough to stave off the most catastrophic impacts of global warming. The appeal to investors...
Climate talks turn to South African indaba process to unlock deal
2015-12-11 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Climate negotiators in Paris have turned to a traditional South African consultation process in a quest for common ground among the nearly 200 nations seeking a global deal to curb rising temperatures. South Africa's Zulu and Xhosa communities have long used the indaba, a gathering of community leaders summoned by the chief, to resolve important issues, said Brian Mantlana, an official with the South African delegation in Paris. Although only principal elders and headmen are at the table in...
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