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What Is the New Climate Change Agreement For, If Not People's Rights?
2015-10-19 15:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: The foundation on which truly resilient and fair societies can be built was defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. That Declaration is the moral compass that guides the normative framework of the United Nations; the reference point for the protection of the dignity of all human beings. Signed in Paris, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the two International Covenants, adopted in 1966, do not, however, include a right to a healthy environment. As John Knox,...
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It's far worse than it sounds: Climate change making our winters shorter
2015-10-17 21:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: If winter comes springs going to be closer-than-usual behind. New research shows that as a result of rising temperatures caused by global climate change, the first leaves and buds of spring will begin arriving at least three weeks ahead of time in the United States. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison examined the variations and trends in the onset of spring across the Northern Hemispheres temperate regions and calculated that the onset of spring plant growth will shift by a...
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Climate change, food security key to global stability, Kerry says
2015-10-17 19:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The stability of the world is directly linked to climate change and its impact on food security for billions of people, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday. In a speech to the Milan Expo, Kerry argued that unrest tied to climate change-induced agricultural failure poses an international threat. The Milan Expo is focused on food security, and Kerry urged attendants to act quickly against climate change. "Make no mistake: The implications here extend well beyond hunger," Kerry...
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Climate change: 10 world biggest oil companies back pledge fight global warming
2015-10-17 19:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Chief executives of 10 of the worlds biggest oil and gas companies have pledged their support for an "effective" deal to fight global warming. With the key Paris summit to fight climate change less than two months away, 10 of the world's largest fossil fuel companies, between them producing 20 per cent of the worlds oil and gas, backed an agreement to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. In a joint statement, the CEOs of BP, Shell, Saudi Aramco, Total, Repsol,...
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Climate change: Why methane gas is leaking from the ocean floor
2015-10-17 17:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Giant plumes of methane gas appear to be bubbling up off the Pacific Northwest coast. This is according to a new study which suggests warming ocean temperatures a third of a mile below the surface are causing the bubbles. The new research by the University of Washington shows that, of 168 bubble plumes monitored within the last 10 years, a large number of plumes were seen at a depth considered critical, for the stability of methane hydrate. . "We see an unusually high number of bubble...
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