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Climate summit inches towards deal
2015-12-11 01:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Negotiators at the Paris climate summit have worked through the night on a draft agreement to curb global warming. There was a widespread expectation that the deal would be signed on Friday - although reports suggest it could be postponed until Saturday. Delegates have been working on the latest draft since Thursday, in an attempt try to resolve sticking points. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who is chairing the summit, said: "I think we will make it." Participants at COP21 -...
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Weakened rights language Paris climate draft spark alarm
2015-12-11 01:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Rights experts urged ministers at U.N. climate talks to put respect for human rights back into the binding section of a draft new global deal to tackle global warming, after it was removed from the latest version released on Thursday evening. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius is hoping to have the final text ready on Friday, and key issues remain open, with talks likely to carry on through the night. Human rights organizations, aid agencies and climate-impacted people were disappointed...
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United Kingdom: Climate Change Increased Chances Of Heavy Rains Such As Storm Desmond, Scientists Conclude
2015-12-11 01:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Man-made climate change has increased the chances of heavy rainfall in the area of the UK affected by Storm Desmond, scientists conclude. Researchers from the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), University of Oxford and Climate Central used three independent analytical techniques to show that climate change has increased the likelihood of such rains by about 40%, with the range of increase running from 5% to 80%. The methods include statistical analyses of the historical temperature...
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Storm Desmond flooding partly due to climate change, scientists conclude
2015-12-11 01:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Manmade climate change was partly responsible for Storm Desmonds torrential rain which devastated parts of Scotland, the Lake District and Northern Ireland, scientists have concluded. The researchers at Oxford University and the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) calculated that climate change had made the flooding event 40% more likely, with the estimate of the increased likelihood ranging between 5% and 80%. The increase we found is small but robust, said Dr Friederike Otto...
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Shipping and aviation emissions excluded from new draft Paris climate agreement
2015-12-11 01:00:00| Ship Technology
International shipping and aviation emissions have been excluded from the new draft climate agreement being negotiated at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21) in Le Bourget, Paris.
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