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COP21: climate change provokes protests of all shapes and sizes
2015-11-28 16:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Euronews: Ahead of Monday`s (November 30) United Nations climate conference in the French capital, Oxfam set up a 'mocked up` leaders` breakfast. The anti-poverty charity sat down 'big head` avatars of François Hollande, Angela Merkel, Barack Obama, Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi in Parisian café. They were given rather an unusual menu. The specials board, for example, called for "more money for poor people to adapt to climate change" as well as "Stronger emissions reductions." "Unless we succeed in...
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China shows commitment in fighting climate change: French FM
2015-11-28 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: China, an important player in fighting climate change, has shown its commitment and set a good example in addressing this global challenge, adding positive signs that a new climate agreement will be reached in Paris over the next two weeks, said French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Saturday. Fabius, who will start to chair a United Nations climate conference on Monday, told reporters that he saw proofs of China's commitment in his 11 visits to the country in past years. "China is a country...
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Judge rules against 13-year-old in climate change challenge
2015-11-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A judge has ruled against a 13-year-old who took North Carolina to court over climate change. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports (http://bit.ly/1LFiBFN) Hallie Turner learned Wednesday that Wake County Superior Court Judge Mike Morgan rejected her effort to overturn a decision by the state Environmental Management Commission. The eighth-grader had petitioned the commission, seeking a rule requiring North Carolina to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by at least 4 percent annually. A commissioner...
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Thousands join climate change march in Edinburgh
2015-11-28 15:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Thousands of people have marched in Edinburgh to demand that the Scottish and UK governments act to prevent climate change. The march, organised by Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, was part of a global campaign ahead of the United Nations' meeting in Paris. The campaign is urging politicians to agree plans to cut carbon emissions. It is also asking for support for developing countries who are "suffering most from catastrophic climate change". Marchers gathered at The Meadows before heading...
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Energy-rich Russia pays little attention to climate change
2015-11-28 15:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: When forest fires roared through Siberia this summer, so vast that the smoke blocked vast Lake Baikal from satellite view, Russian officials blamed the blazes on arsonists and disorganized fire crews. Environmentalists say there was another culprit: global warming. As temperatures rise worldwide, areas such as Siberia are suffering increasingly long dry spells. Russia's national weather agency says the country is the fastest-warming part of the world. But Russia has taken little action to reduce...
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