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United Kingdom: Cameron government rejected flood risk warnings from climate advisers
2015-12-09 16:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The UK government was warned by its official climate change advisers in October that it needed to take action on the increasing number of homes at high risk of flooding but rejected the advice. The decision not to develop to develop a strategy to address increase flooding risk came just a few weeks before Storm Desmond brought about severe flooding in Cumbria, Lancashire and other parts of the north west causing an estimated 500m of damage. The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) also told the...
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Canada climate push spells uncertainty for oil sands
2015-12-09 16:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Canada's newly elected government is committed to being a strong ally in global efforts to curb climate change, but it is unclear yet what that will mean for its vast oil patch, Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna said on Wednesday. "We are committed to moving to a low-carbon economy and we need to look at what that means," McKenna said at a briefing on the sidelines of the U.N. climate conference in Paris. Canada's oil sands are among the largest petroleum reserves in...
Will the Paris climate deal spell out end of the fossil fuel era?
2015-12-09 16:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: We are reaching le pointy end of the Paris climate change negotiations and a freshly prepared draft for a new global deal has just been released. With less than 72 hours of scheduled negotiating time left, this is officially squeaky-bum time for the 40,000 or so negotiators, delegates, observers, civil society groups, campaigners, activists and media filling the vast plywood and plastic regaled halls and corridors of the cavernous Le Bourget venue. One of the key decisions at the talks will...
With new climate draft, a deal creeps closer in Paris
2015-12-09 15:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: After 11 days of face-to-face negotiations in Paris, a slimmer but still-troubled draft of a global climate agreement was released on Wednesday, revealing countries remain divided over several core issues. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who is chairing the talks, unveiled the latest draft that followed three days and nights of backroom negotiations aimed at breaking some of the thorniest problems. Foremost among them is who shoulders the cost of moving the world to a low-carbon energy...
COP21: 'Fireworks' expected as new climate text published
2015-12-09 15:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: A critical "clean" draft text has been published at UN climate talks here in Paris after delays. This new version, 29 pages long, marks the first time the French presidency of the meeting has pulled together an outline of a deal. The new draft has significantly reduced the options on many of the key questions after days of negotiations. One observer warned that there could be "fireworks" if countries are unhappy with the compromises proposed. Last Saturday, negotiators from 195 countries agreed...
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