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US and China reach historic climate change deal, vow to cut emissions
2014-11-12 21:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: In a historic climate change deal, U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping announced both countries will curb their greenhouse gas emissions over the next two decades. Under the agreement, the United States would cut its 2005 level of carbon emissions by 26-28% before the year 2025. China would peak its carbon emissions by 2030 and will also aim to get 20% of its energy from zero-carbon emission sources by the same year. "As the world's two largest economies, energy consumers...
China, U.S. Back Global Climate Deal, Vow Slash Emissions
2014-11-12 07:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: The leaders of the world`s two biggest greenhouse gas emitting nations -- China and the United States -- today jointly pledged ambitious actions to limit climate change "for the common good." Emerging from their bilateral meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Beijing, President Barack Obama and President Xi Jinping said in a joint statement that their countries "have a critical role to play in combating global climate change, one of the greatest threats facing humanity."...
UN climate summit: China pledges emissions action
2014-09-23 21:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: China has pledged for the first time to take firm action on climate change, telling a UN summit that its emissions, the world's highest, would soon peak. Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli also said China would make its economy much more carbon efficient by 2020. US President Barack Obama said climate change was moving faster than efforts to address it, and the US and China had a responsibility to lead other nations. The summit was the largest high-level climate meeting since 2009. Hosted by UN...
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UN Climate Summit: China, India leaders are no shows. Why that's ok
2014-09-23 10:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Can a UN Climate Summit about reducing global carbon emissions be successful if leaders from two of th e largest polluters don't show up? China President Xi Jinping and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi won't be joining heads of state from over 120 countries as they plan for a cleaner energy future at a UN Climate Summit in New York Tuesday. Some are concerned about their absence at the New York climate talks widely regarded as a critical preparatory meeting for achieving a negotiated agreement...
Coal gas boom in China holds climate change risks
2014-08-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Deep in the hilly grasslands of remote Inner Mongolia, twin smoke stacks rise more than 200 feet into the sky, their steam and sulfur billowing over herds of sheep and cattle. Both day and night, the rumble of this power plant echoes across the ancient steppe, and its acrid stench travels dozens of miles away. This is the first of more than 60 coal-to-gas plants China wants to build, mostly in remote parts of the country where ethnic minorities have farmed and herded for centuries. Fired up in...
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