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China: Effective communication essential to addressing climate change
2013-10-12 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNTV: Leading environmental experts have gathered in Beijing to call for public action on climate change. The International Conferenece on Climate Change Communication opens, with the growing recognition that effective communication can be the first step to garner public support. Climate change is all too familiar to the Chinese public. They are all too often the victims of extreme weather. About 93% percent of Chinese said they are aware of climate change in a nationwide poll. The figure is...
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US, China strike new climate agreement at G-20 summit
2013-09-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The United States and China announced Friday they would seek to eliminate some of the worlds most potent greenhouse gases through the 1987 Montreal Protocol, the landmark treaty that successfully phased out ozone-depleting substances decades ago. The move, announced at the Group of 20 summit in St. Petersburg, is significant because it provides a clear path for curbing a major contributor to global warming in the near term as world leaders grapple with the more challenging task of cutting carbon...
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Figueres: China setting pace in climate change challenge
2013-08-02 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Responding to Climate Change: UN climate chief Christiana Figueres says the low carbon leadership of Chinas government should be used an example worldwide. Speaking ahead of the China Summit on Caring for Climate, she said the recent five year plan and carbon market pilots were evidence the planets largest economy is committed to change. This progress shows domestic manufacturing and investment practices dovetailing into a local need for clean air and the global need for increased ambition in climate, she said. Stressing...
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US, China agree to joint climate change effort
2013-06-10 14:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The United States and China agreed to mount a joint effort to combat climate change Saturday, committing to work to cut hydrofluorocarbons (HFC), or "super greenhouse" gases. In a statement issued after a summit between Presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping here, the two sides committed to phase down production and usage of the gases, which are highly potent contributors to climate change. "Today, President Obama and President Xi agreed on an important new step to confront global climate change,"...
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Obama, China Make Climate Change Agreement
2013-06-09 00:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: U.S. President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, completed two days of get-to-know-you talks on Saturday that covered disputes like cyber hacking and North Korea and may set the stage for U.S.-Chinese relations for years to come. The pair spent about eight hours together over Friday and Saturday at a sprawling retreat in the sun-baked desert near Palm Springs, California, an informal summit aimed at injecting some warmth into often chilly relations and providing the chance...
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