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Timely action needed to slow down climate change, French officials say
2015-04-04 19:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nation: French Ambassador for the Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP 21) Philippe Zeller and COP 21 adviser Emmanuel Guerin, were in Bangkok to attend meetings recently. The pair spoke to The Nation's Wiraj Sripong on the readiness of Asean nations, especially Thailand to lift environmental standards. Q : WHAT IS THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF YOUR VISIT TO BANGKOK AND TO ASIA? Zeller: Our visit to Bangkok is part of the annual meeting of the French Ambassador in Asean. This will allow us to have an overview...
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Finland: Majority of parliamentary candidates rate climate change above competitiveness
2015-04-04 16:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
YLE: Over 58 percent of parliamentary candidates running in the general election say that mitigating climate change should take priority over improving Finland's competitiveness. The Greens Party and the Left Alliance are most willing for the environment to play a larger role in policymaking, while National Coalition Party and Finns Party candidates would give prevalence to improving Finlands industrial might on the global market. Economic woes are less of an immediate concern than climate change for...
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Drought, Climate Change and California's Multibillion-Dollar Problem
2015-04-03 21:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: Two weeks before California Governor Jerry Browns announcement on Wednesday that residents and businesses in the Golden State -- which is withering amid one of its worst droughts in modern history -- would be subjected to unprecedented restrictions on water usage, he issued a blistering attack on those who continue to question fundamental climate science. Such thinking, Brown said during an appearance on NBCs Meet the Press late last month, borders on the immoral, and the Democratic governor...
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Study: Rising Ocean, Extreme Heat, Other Climate Change Effects Could Cost CA Billions
2015-04-03 19:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NBC: While a parched California copes with a long-term drought, water threatens to cost the state billions in a much different way if climate change continues unchecked, according to a new study. By 2050, rising sea levels could engulf between $8 and $10 billion in coastal property, with up to $10 billion more susceptible to tidal flooding, according to the study by climate change research group Risky Business. Gov. Brown Orders Unprecedented Water Reductions Climate change will likely deepen the drought,...
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Climate Change, Tax Pledge Among Issues to Watch for 2016
2015-04-03 13:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ABC News: Two issue positions show potential to carry unexpected clout in the 2016 presidential election -- support for action to address climate change and opposition to a no-tax pledge, a new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds. Openness to political compromise also has the support, and the priority, to carry weight in the national conversation that lies ahead. All three emerge from an approach that combines public preferences on these and other issues with the level of importance Americans ascribe...
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