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Record number of countries sign historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change on Earth Day
2016-04-22 21:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AccuWeather: A historic meeting took place on April 22, 2016, as more than 155 countries have committed to sign the Paris Agreement on Climate Change at the headquarters of the United Nations (UN) in New York. The agreement was approved by the 196 Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention of the Climate Change (UNFCCC) in COP21 in Paris on Dec. 12, 2015. In the agreement, all countries pledged to work to limit the temperature rise overall below 2 degrees Celsius, but are aiming to achieve a temperature...
175 states sign landmark Paris deal on climate change, key step toward implementation
2016-04-22 15:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Leaders from 175 countries signed the Paris Agreement on climate change Friday as the landmark deal took a key step toward entering into force years ahead of schedule The historic agreement on climate change marked a major milestone on Friday with a record 175 countries signing on to it on opening day. But world leaders made clear more action is needed, and quickly, to fight a relentless rise in global temperatures. With the planet heating up to record levels, sea levels rising and glaciers...
Earth Day Should Inspire Strengthened Focus on Climate Change, NFU Says
2016-04-22 14:00:44| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2016 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (April 22, 2016) Climate change is a shared problem that requires a collaborative solution, and the National Farmers Union (NFU) is commending the continued progress towards environmental sustainability in observance of Earth Day. From farms and rural communities to urban centers across
United States: Chicago better poised survive climate change New York or LA
2016-04-22 13:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Chicago Reader: America's coastal cities are in for a serious pounding over the course of the next 100 years, thanks to the ravages of climate change. Catastrophic flooding events along the east coast are projected to at least double by 2030, according to a 2014 report from the Union of Concerned Scientists. Across 76 pages and in more than 200 footnotes, the MIT-based group suggests that the mid-Atlantic region will be particularly hard hit: by 2030, Washington, D.C., will see more than 150 tidal floods annually....
Rising seas puts Vietnam in climate change 'bull's eye'
2016-04-21 17:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Cornell Chronicle: Rising seas puts Vietnam in climate change 'bulls-eye' Fishing boats at a beach in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam with their nets stowed at the end of the day.Mike Hoffmann/ProvidedA woman sells fruits and vegetables at the floating farmers market near the city of Can Tho in the Mekong Delta region. In a tale of two life experiences, Mike Hoffmann went to Vietnam for the first time in 47 years: On his first tour of duty, he was a 19-year-old U.S. Marine, and for the March 2016 trip, Hoffmann...
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