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Obama Defends Presence at Climate Change Talks While Syria War Rages
2015-12-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: President Obama said on Tuesday that the United States was obligated to undertake climate talks in the midst of a war in Syria because this one trend, climate change, affects all trends. Speaking at a news conference in Paris, where he was attending the climate talks, Mr. Obama said that much of the United States spending on the military and other matters would have to be devoted to dealing with rising sea levels and changing weather patterns if nothing was done to address those challenges. ...
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Obama Speaks at Climate Talks in Paris
2015-11-30 15:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The president said Monday that "the growing threat of climate change could define the contours of this century more dramatically than any other.
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Obama Legacy at Stake in Paris Talks Climate Accord
2015-11-28 22:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: At a joint news conference here Tuesday with President François Hollande of France, President Obama veered from his focus on the terrorist attacks in Paris to bring up the huge international gathering beginning in the French capital on Monday to hammer out a global response to climate change. What a powerful rebuke to the terrorists it will be when the world stands as one and shows that we will not be deterred from building a better future for our children, Mr. Obama said of the climate conference....
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Obama Says Paris Climate Talks Bound to Fall Short
2015-09-27 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama said he hopes major countries agree to "aggressive enough targets" to cut carbon emissions at climate talks in Paris later this year, but he said any deal will fall short of what is needed to slow global warming. "I'm less concerned about the precise number, because let's stipulate right now, whatever various country targets are, it's still going to fall short of what the science requires," Obama said in an interview published in Rolling Stone magazine. In an interview...
Obama backs India's solar goals, seeks support climate talks
2015-01-25 16:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday offered to help finance India's ambitious solar energy target and sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's support at global climate talks in Paris later this year. India is the world's third-largest greenhouse gas emitter and often acts as the voice of the world's developing countries in United Nations talks on everything from climate change to economic cooperation. It is reluctant to commit to emission targets on the ground that this could hinder economic...
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