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Climate change: China pledges fund of $3 billion for developing nations
2015-09-26 07:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Express: Top polluter China has pledged a USD 3 billion fund to help developing countries combat climate change and announced plans to launch a national emission trading system which will set a price on greenhouse pollution in 2017. The China South-South Climate Cooperation Fund will also enhance their capacity to access the Green Climate Fund (GCF), according to a China-US joint presidential statement on climate change issued after Chinese President Xi Jinping`s talks with his counterpart Barack Obama...
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China climate announcements turn tables on Congress foes
2015-09-26 02:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Donald Trump was succinct last week when asked how the United States should respond to climate change. "It's not a big problem at all," the leader in opinion polls for the Republican presidential nomination told a radio talk show host. "If you look at China, they're doing nothing about it." This week, Chinese President Xi Jinping came to Washington and agreed to take new measures. Standing alongside President Barack Obama at the White House, the Chinese leader committed his country to a series...
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China climate aid to poor nations seen as spurring big economies
2015-09-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: China, the worlds biggest greenhouse gas emitter, is on the brink of making a significant financial pledge to help poorer countries shift away from fossil fuels. That should put pressure on major economies to follow. China is saying were prepared to do our bit, and were serious in funding climate initiatives in other countries, Grant Anderson, head of the climate change group at law firm Allens, said by phone Friday from Melbourne. The gauntlet then is thrown down to other countries who...
U.N. Climate Chief: China Economic Slowdown Needn't Hamper Climate Deal
2015-09-04 15:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A slowdown in the Chinese economy that has alarmed global stock markets won't cast a "dark cloud" over U.N. efforts to reach an accord to slow global warming by December, the United Nations' climate chief predicted on Thursday. Christiana Figueres also told Reuters that investments in renewable energies were rising despite some worries that a fall in oil prices, to about $50 a barrel, could brake a shift to cleaner sources of power. "I dont hear (of) any overall dark cloud ... being imposed...
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China economy is in trouble, climate efforts are not
2015-08-22 01:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: China has given environmentalists a lot of encouraging signs in recent years. Its highly polluting heavy industries have been slowing down, as has its coal consumption. In November, President Xi Jinping announced that the country would take steps to allow its emissions to peak around 2030, while simultaneously ramping up renewables. Increasingly, it seems like the country may be on track to hit that goal even earlier -- perhaps by 2025. But now, Chinas economy has hit a rough patch. Its stock...
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