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Paris climate summit could bring historic deal on emissions
2015-11-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: The international conference on climate change that opens here Monday is widely expected to produce a historic agreement among nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that scientists say cause global warming. Laurent Fabius, the French foreign minister, said Saturday that 183 countries accounting for nearly 95% of global greenhouse gas emissions have submitted plans for how they would reduce emissions. "This," said Fabius, speaking to reporters at the tightly secured summit venue, "is radically...
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Ban Ki-moon Urges Paris Climate Deal
2015-11-30 14:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The United Nations secretary general called the summit meeting a decisive turning point and said leaders had the power to secure the well-being of this and future generations.
Prince Charles on Climate at Paris Talks
2015-11-30 14:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Prince of Wales gave a keynote speech at the opening session of the United Nations conference on climate change in Le Bourget, near Paris.
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COP21: Paris conference could be climate turning point, says Obama
2015-11-30 13:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: US President Barack Obama has said the UN climate conference in Paris could be a "turning point" in global efforts to limit future temperature rises. Negotiators from 195 countries will try to reach a deal within two weeks aimed at reducing global carbon emissions and limiting global warming to 2C (3.6F). Leaders from 147 nations have been addressing the meeting, known as COP21. President Obama urged negotiators to deliver a meaningful deal, because the "next generation is watching". He...
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Paris Has Already Given Us a Modest Climate Deal Now to Ramp it Up
2015-11-30 13:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
GovTech: The new agreement will aim to hold average global warming below 2? above pre-industrial levels, although this goal is itself contentious. Such warming will lead to devastating longer-term impacts, is especially dangerous for least developed countries, and constitutes a death knell for low-lying island states which are arguing for 1.5? or less. With this in mind, two years ago parties agreed to submit their voluntary 2030 targets ahead of the Paris meeting. So far 177 countries, including all the...
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