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In China, Climate Change Is Already Here
2014-08-13 12:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Diplomat: Northern China is currently experiencing a severe drought. Xinhua reports that Henan Province, one of Chinas top grain producers, has suffered economic losses of 7.3 billion renminbi ($1.2 billion) due to the drought, with agriculture representing 97 percent of those losses. Neighboring Hebei Province is also suffering, with rainfall levels in some areas at less than 50 percent of yearly averages. Liaoning Province, meanwhile, is in the midst of its worst drought since the province began keeping...
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China: Climate wrecker or a climate leader?
2014-08-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
China Spectator: As the world prepares to fight for (or against) a global climate change deal at the 2015 talks in Paris, China is quietly prosecuting its own kind of environmental crusade. At the infamous Copenhagen climate change meeting in 2009, China was accused of'wrecking' the talks, humiliating other world leaders and blocking any useful agreement. Contrast this with China's domestic record on greenhouse gas emissions: China has the largest renewable energy capacity of any country, both with and without...
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U.S., China ink coal, clean energy deals but climate differences remain
2014-07-09 11:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The United States and China on Tuesday signed eight partnership pacts to cut greenhouse gases that will bring the world's two biggest carbon emitters closer together on climate policy, but fundamental differences between the two sides remain. Consensus between the United States and China will be a crucial part of any new global climate pact to replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, but they have long struggled to come to an agreement on how the costs of cutting greenhouse gases should be distributed among...
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Stopping Climate Change 'Almost Impossible' If China Can't Quit Coal, Report Says
2014-05-12 19:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: If China doesn`t begin to limit its coal consumption by 2030, it will be "almost impossible" for the world avoid a situation where global warming stays below 2°C, a new study released Monday found. The study, led by the U.K.`s Center for Climate Change Economics and Policy and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, recommends China put a cap on greenhouse gas emissions from coal by 2020, and then swiftly reduce its dependency on the fossil fuel. The reductions would...
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EU climate chief urges China to show international commitment
2014-04-23 10:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China could set a new pace for slow-moving international climate talks by bringing its domestic commitment to fight global warming on to the world stage, the EU's top climate change official said on Wednesday. EU Climate Change Commissioner Connie Hedegaard is visiting China this week for two-way talks ahead of a June U.N. meeting in Bonn where negotiators from more than 190 nations will continue efforts to agree a new international climate treaty. Hedegaard said she was impressed by the action...
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