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China promises action on climate ahead of Paris talks
2015-11-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: China has changed course and emerged as a leader in curbing greenhouse gas emissions six years after it was accused of obstructing the last high-level climate talks in Copenhagen. Heading into this month's Paris meeting, the world's biggest source of climate-changing gases has yet to accept binding limits. But it has invested in solar, wind and hydro power to clean up its smog-choked cities and curb surging demand for imported oil and gas. That contributed last year to a surprise fall in coal...
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Climate Change Threatens 55 Million in India's Coastal Areas: Report
2015-11-09 07:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NDTV: Climate change threatens nearly 55 million people in India's coastal areas. This could lock in enough rise of sea level to submerge land currently home to more than half a billion people globally if the temperature spikes by four degrees Celsius, which is humanity's current trajectory, according to a new report. The report published yesterday in Climate Central, a US-based non-profit research and journalism organisation also warned that the increase in temperature could submerge a whopping 145...
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Australia: Why legendary science broadcaster Robyn Williams won't broadcast "shameless" climate science deniers
2015-11-09 03:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: To say that Robyn Williams is a bit of a legend of science broadcasting on the radio is a bit like saying David Attenborough is a dab hand at nature documentaries on the telly. The legend epithet just feels a bit superfluous but is, in any case, annoyingly necessary to introduce a broadcaster to those not familiar. Williams has presented more than 2000 episodes of The Science Show on ABC Radio National since it was first broadcast in August 1975. Perhaps the only thing as synonymous with...
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Climate Action Reaches Tipping Point As Corporate A Listers' Revealed
2015-11-09 01:55:17| pollutiononline News Articles
Three weeks ahead of COP21, the UN climate change conference, when national leaders meet to agree a global deal to reduce carbon emissions and limit global temperature warming, disclosures from the world’s largest listed companies reveal the extent to which corporations have shifted their strategies over the past five years to become part of the solution to the climate challenge
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Climate Change Could Drive More Than 100 Million Into Poverty by 2030, Report Says
2015-11-08 22:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: Climate change could drive more than 100 million people into poverty by 2030 largely due to difficulties producing crops, according to a new World Bank report. Around the world, climate change could lead to a 5% decline in crop yields by 2030 and 30% by 2080. Disease spread during extreme weather events also threaten to exacerbate global poverty, the report found. Poor countries face the most risk as global warming worsens. For one, regions in Saharan Africa and South Asia will be worst hit...
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