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UN chief wants climate target review by 2020
2015-11-29 16:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says governments' pledges to cut global warming emissions aren't enough and should be reviewed before 2020. In an interview Sunday on the eve of a U.N. climate summit in Paris, Ban told The Associated Press he endorsed plans for reviewing targets every five years. "I would propose that the first such review session should be held before 2020," Ban said. In Paris, governments are supposed to adopt a landmark deal to fight climate change and help vulnerable...
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Paris riot police clash with activists at climate demo near attacks site
2015-11-29 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Paris riot police fired teargas Sunday in clashes with far-left activists in Paris during a climate change demonstration ahead of key UN talks after several thousand protesters had formed a human chain in the city. Riot police moved in after a small group of protesters pelted officers with bottles and candles from one of the tributes to the victims of the November 13 attacks on the French capital. Around 100 people were arrested. Around 4,500 activists had earlier linked hands in a peaceful...
Cancelled climate march in Paris leads to shoe protest
2015-11-29 15:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Empty shoes were lined up in downtown Paris, France, ahead of the start of international climate negotiations Sunday, filling in for global warming protesters who were not permitted to march because of security after this month's attacks. Instead environmental advocacy groups held marches outside of Paris and around the world. A nearly empty conference center seemed to have more security guards than negotiators as country delegations and media started dribbling into the venue where two weeks of...
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Police use tear gas after climate activists throw objects in Paris demonstration
2015-11-29 15:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Police fired tear gas at protesters who hurled projectiles at them in Paris as a largely peaceful human chain of several thousand formed nearby to urge action on global warming ahead of the global environment summit. A small group, some masked, took part in the violence, with some of them chanting: "State of emergency, police state, you will not deprive us of our right to demonstrate." One young man who gave his name as Ricard shouted "shame on the Republic" at police in the square. He told...
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What the Paris climate meeting must do
2015-11-29 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: In 1992, more than 150 nations agreed at a meeting in Rio de Janeiro to take steps to stabilize greenhouse gases at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system United Nations-speak for global warming. Many follow-up meetings have been held since then, with little to show for them. Emissions of greenhouse gases have steadily risen, as have atmospheric temperatures, while the consequences of unchecked warming persistent droughts, melting glaciers and...
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