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Canada's position on climate change is an embarrassment
2014-12-07 14:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Montreal Gazette: As Canadians, we pride ourselves on transparency, accountability and compassion -- values that Stephen Harper campaigned on when running for prime minister in 2006. And yet, the actions of the Canadian government this week at the United Nations Climate Change negotiations in Peru represent the most shocking shift in Canadas values since this government took office. Our government is backing out of commitments, blocking binding agreements and promoting tarsands expansion as if its extraction and...
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Peru climate change talks slowed by clashes rich & poor nations
2014-12-07 14:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: International climate talks in Lima, Peru, are entering their final week, with few hints of whether a newfound optimism that marked the start of negotiations will ultimately translate into an agreement that would rein in climate change. Convened by the United Nations, the talks aim to craft the framework for an international accord to curtail heat-trapping emissions and adapt to changes already occurring on the planet. The final agreement is due to be signed in Paris next December. Despite...
Saudi Arabia opposes gender equality in climate change policy
2014-12-07 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hindu: The Saudi Arabia delegation made a strong pitch to exclude the recognition of gender equality in the recommendations for the draft agreement for Paris in 2015 which is under discussion in Lima. A delegate who was part of the meeting of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), on Saturday said that it was only Mexico which fought till the end to retain gender as being paramount in the implementation of climate change policy. The SBI is one of the two permanent subsidiary bodies to the United...
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India Close to Announcing Big Climate Change Shift in Lima
2014-12-07 04:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Triple Pundit: The United Nations climate negotiators are meeting once again, this time in Lima, Peru, where--as we have heard before--we will hear promises of making significant progress on climate change. All eyes are on India, which, like China, is often criticized for dragging its feet on developing a solid plan on climate change. Of course, those charges are often unfair, considering these two countries are the workshops for the world. If the U.S. had a real manufacturing sector, this country would be an even...
Climatologist: Climate change drastically affect Neb. ag
2014-12-06 19:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Kearney Hub: The heart of America was colored in dark shades of red reflecting extreme to exceptional drought on the Sept. 11, 2012, National Drought Monitor map Don Wilhite showed on a screen Friday morning at the Nebraska Farmers Unions 101st-annual convention in Kearney. The summer of 2012, McCook had 37 days with high temperatures of more than 100 degrees, compared with a long-term average of around 11 days. Groundwater levels in some areas of Nebraska dropped 5 to 12 feet. What the models say is by the...
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