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Nuclear power paves the only viable path forward on climate change
2015-12-03 14:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: All four of us have dedicated our scientific careers to understand the processes and impacts of climate change, variously studying ocean systems, tropical cyclones, ice sheets and ecosystems as well as impacts on human societies. We have used both climate models and geological records of past climates to better understand lessons from warmer periods in the Earths history and investigate future scenarios. We have become so concerned about humanitys slow response to this challenge that we havedecided...
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Low fossil fuel prices hindering climate change fight, says IMF
2015-12-03 13:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The International Monetary Fund has issued a warning before a meeting of the Opec oil cartel that permanently low fossil fuels are choking off investment in renewable sources of energy and hindering the fight against climate change. Oil prices rallied slightly amid reports later denied that Saudi Arabia plans to announce a 1m barrels a day production cut at the talks in Vienna on Friday. The price of Brent crude was up more than 2% at just under $43.50 in early trading on Thursday. But...
Climate Deal Needs Enough Public Financing
2015-12-03 12:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Investing in a low carbon infrastructure, particularly renewable energy, is key to addressing climate change. The really big investment challenges are in the developing world where access to modern energy services is far below what is needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals; indeed, almost two billion people still lack access to electricity. Globally, more than 30 million tons of oil equivalent are consumed in the form of primary energy every day, equivalent to 55 kilowatt hours (kwh)...
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Climate Change and Inequality Are Driving War and Catastrophic Conflicts from Syria to Africa
2015-12-03 11:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Democracy Now: As Democracy Now! broadcasts from the U.N. Climate Summit in Paris, France, we examine the connection between a warming planet and increasing conflicts around the globe. If we want to deal with the issues of conflict, go to the root cause: inequality and climate change, says Asad Rehman, former national organizer of the Stop the War Coalition in the UK, who now serves as Head of International Climate for Friends of the Earth. He notes that from 2006 to 2011, Syria suffered from five years of the...
Hand-in-Hand Approach Needed to Address Hunger and Climate Change
2015-12-03 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - Providing support to developing countries and their agricultural sectors is essential for the global goals of eradicating hunger and tackling the challenges of climate change, said FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva.
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