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Paris climate summit: how make it a success
2015-11-28 07:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The leaders of 147 countries start gathering in Paris on Sunday for a 12-day diplomatic marathon aimed at producing a global agreement that can stave off catastrophic climate change. The host, French President François Hollande, is determined to make a new global climate deal part of his legacy. He has refused to postpone the event, known as COP21, in the wake of the deadliest terrorist attacks in French history. For months, he has repeated that failure is simply not an option. In the...
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Hamstrung by Congress, Obama tries to clinch climate pact
2015-11-28 07:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama is trying to negotiate a legacy-making climate change pact this coming week in Paris with one hand tied behind his back. Congress can't even agree whether global warming is real. Scientists point to the global agreement, years in the making, as the last, best hope for averting the worst effects of global warming. Obama has spent months prodding other countries to make ambitious carbon-cutting pledges to the agreement, which he hopes will become the framework for countries...
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Thousands march over climate change in Brisbane & across New Zealand
2015-11-28 07:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Thousands of people have marched in Brisbane and more were planning to march in Darwin on Saturday, following Fridays 40,000-strong rally in Melbourne. Crowd reports in Brisbane varied from 5,000 to 10,000. The Peoples Climate March a worldwide event took place on Saturday, and organisers said thousands took part in 35 New Zealand centres the smallest being on Raoul Island, where the islands entire population of seven turned out. The Brisbane march was plagued by hot, humid weather,...
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Is there an economic case for tackling climate change?
2015-11-28 03:35:36| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Is there an economic case for tackling climate change?
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Thousands turn out in Brisbane march calling for climate change action
2015-11-28 03:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: About 5,000 people have braved hot and humid weather in the Brisbane CBD for a climate change rally ahead of United Nations climate talks in Paris next week. They included members of the Pacific Climate group, who spoke at the rally to raise concerns that many Pacific islands would face catastrophic sea level rise without serious international effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The protest is one of a number of demonstrations planned across Australia this weekend. From the gathering...
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