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François Hollande: invest in renewable energy to avert 'catastrophe'
2013-01-15 12:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The world is headed for an environmental "catastrophe" if countries do not invest in renewable energy, François Hollande warned on Tuesday. Speaking at a green energy conference in Abu Dhabi, the French president said that people had an obligation to protect the planet for future generations. "If we don't act, if we don't do anything, if we don't invest anything, we can be sure that we will have a catastrophe very soon. We have to have confidence to invest in the new energy. We can act together...
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Politics Is Key to Avoiding Global Warming Catastrophe
2013-01-02 19:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: Delaying global action on climate change by 20 more years will put the goal of keeping the world relatively cool out of reach forever, no matter how much money humanity later spends to try to solve the problem, a new study finds. Since the 1990s, scientists and international negotiators have aimed to keep global temperatures from warming more than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), but little progress has been made so far in concrete steps toward that goal. The most recent climate talks,...
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