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France puts 24 climate activists under house arrest ahead of UN talks
2015-11-27 20:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: French authorities have placed 24 activists under house arrest ahead of major UN climate warming talks starting near Paris next week, using the state of emergency powers declared after the Paris attacks. The interior ministry said Friday the measures had been taken to prevent the activists from demonstrating ahead of the COP21 conference, but their lawyers and Amnesty International accused the government of abusing the state of emergency. Three of those concerned, who are in their late 20s,...
Climate Change Will Not Be Dangerous for Long Time
2015-11-27 20:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: The climate change debate has been polarized into a simple dichotomy. Either global warming is "real, man-made and dangerous,' as Pres. Barack Obama thinks, or it's a "hoax,' as Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe thinks. But there is a third possibility: that it is real, man-made and not dangerous, at least not for a long time. This "lukewarm' option has been boosted by recent climate research, and if it is right, current policies may do more harm than good. For example, the Food and Agriculture Organization...
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A Massive Climate Summit Is About to Happen in Paris
2015-11-27 19:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Desk: On Monday, roughly 40,000 heads of state, diplomats, scientists, activists, policy experts, and journalists will descend on an airport in the northern Paris suburbs for the biggest meeting on climate change since at least 2009--or maybe ever. The summit is organized by the United Nations and is primarily aimed at producing an agreement that will serve as the world`s blueprint for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to the impacts of global warming. This is a major milestone in the climate...
The players who can make or break a Paris climate deal
2015-11-27 19:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Negotiators from 195 nations gather in Paris on Monday to try to broker a universal climate pact to rein in global warming and keep Earth liveable for humanity. From the world's biggest polluters to the tiniest island states at risk of disappearing under the waves, they must find a way to compromise on half a dozen potential deal breakers. These are the players -- nations and alliances -- that could make or break the chance of making deal by the December 11 deadline for the end of the talks:...
Canada to give aid developing nations to fight climate change
2015-11-27 18:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Canada will provide aid to developing countries to combat climate change, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Friday ahead of talks on global warming, which he has promised will show the country is serious about tackling the issue. Canada will give C$2.65 billion ($1.98 billion) over the next five years, the newly elected Trudeau announced during a trip to Malta, where he was meeting the heads of Commonwealth countries. The funding will help support the transition to low-carbon economies...
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