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China readies national carbon market fight climate change
2015-05-24 07:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: At first, the numbers and company names flashing on a big board in Beijing's financial district suggest a booming market. A closer look indicates otherwise: The scrolling list rotates the same dozen or so trades, all from last year. The lights from the Beijing Environment Exchange -- one of seven pilot markets in China for trading carbon -- raises questions for the country as it prepares for next year's roll-out of a nationwide system that could help the world's biggest emitter of heat-trapping...
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Japan: Climate Change Aid Pledged for Pacific Islands
2015-05-24 03:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Japan pledged $450 million in aid Saturday to Pacific island nations that are battling rising sea levels and natural calamities as a result of global warming. The island nations include Fiji, the Marshall Islands, the Solomon Islands and others dotting the Pacific Ocean, some of which are threatened with rising sea levels. The assistance will help fight environmental disasters and provide access to clean water, renewable energy and related projects. Scientists say the melting of Arctic glaciers is...
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Japan Pledges Climate Change Aid to Pacific Island Nations
2015-05-23 08:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ABC: Japan is giving 55 billion yen ($450 million) in climate change and disaster aid to Pacific island nations, an effort to beef up its profile in the region. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made the pledge at a meeting with Pacific island nations in Iwaki in northern Japan on Saturday. The assistance will be doled out over three years to help fight climate change and natural disasters. Japan will also help with expert exchanges and training. The island nations include Fiji, the Marshall Islands,...
Climate Change Is Killing Agriculture As We Know It
2015-05-22 21:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Gothamist: If we don't drown or suffocate first, it's a very real possibility that life on earth will starve to death as climate change ravages planet Earth. Though it serves as the background story for Christopher Nolan's film Interstellar, the agricultural implications of climate change haven't been the face of the planetary event--polar bears are much cuter, of course--but a new documentary film from Academy Award-winning director Sandy McLeod aims to change that, bringing the human toll of drought and crop...
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Huge Insurance Company Cites Climate Change As Reason For Divesting From Coal
2015-05-22 18:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Citing climate change as a major threat, one of the worlds largest insurance companies has pledged to drop its remaining investment in coal assets while tripling its investment in green technologies. At a business and climate change conference held this week in Paris, AXA Frances largest insurer announced that it would sell 500 million ($559 million) in coal assets by the end of 2015, while increasing its green investments in things like renewable energy, green infrastructure, and green...
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