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As Paris Summit Begins, What Would A Successful Climate Deal Look Like?
2015-11-30 23:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: In the run-up to the Paris climate conference, our colleague Ari Shapiro has been speaking with leaders in the effort to come to an agreement, people like Jennifer Morgan. She is the global director of the Climate Program at the World Resources Institute. ARI SHAPIRO, BYLINE: What do you see as the key ingredients that must be in the final deal in order to consider Paris a success? JENNIFER MORGAN: I think there need to be three things. Number one are clear, long-term...
Paris Climate Summit Opens With Dire Warning
2015-11-30 23:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: When the climate summit opened in Paris on Monday, the mood was overwhelmingly pessimistic - largely about the current state of the global environment. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon set the tone when he warned that the impacts of climate change are growing. "Three out of four humanitarian disasters are now climate-related. Economic losses have increased by more than half over the past decade. And ecosystems, and food and water supplies are under increasing pressure," he said. The hardest...
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Pope Francis: World is near 'suicide' on climate change; 'it's now or never'
2015-11-30 22:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Environmental negotiators meeting in Paris should strike a climate change deal to save a world "at the limits of suicide," Pope Francis said on Monday. "I am not sure, but I can say to you 'now or never'," he told a group of reporters aboard the papal plane, en route home from Africa, according to Reuters. "Every year the problems are getting worse. We are at the limits. If I may use a strong word I would say that we are at the limits of suicide." The comments come at the start of a United...
NFU: EPAs RFS Targets Compound Damage to Family Farmers and Rural America, Undermine Administrations Efforts to Mitigate Climate Change
2015-11-30 20:58:41| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 30, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (November 30, 2015) National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson today sharply criticized the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for issuing final volume targets today that were well below their statutory levels, further damaging investment in the renewable fuel sector and undermining
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Climate change talks highlight drinks industry's cooperation efforts - Sustainability Spotlight
2015-11-30 17:57:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
As world leaders convene in Paris this week for the COP 21 climate change conference, the value of consensus, cooperation and collaboration in the face of the climate change challenge - and the threats posed if they are lacking - come into sharp relief.
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