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Record number of leaders expected for Paris COP21 opening
2015-11-30 01:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Solar power, carbon pricing and fossil fuel subsidy reform are on the agenda for 150 world leaders due to kick off Paris climate talks on Monday. At the outset of two weeks of negotiation, their role is to show political will for a robust global warming pact. It is an unprecedented turnout for any UN summit outside the General Assembly. Lent an extra poignancy by terrorist attacks in the French capital on 13 November, the day is expected to highlight areas of peaceful cooperation. Multilateral...
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"No Planet B", marchers worldwide tell leaders before UN Climate Change Conference
2015-11-29 21:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
DNA: More than half a million people from Australia to Paraguay joined the biggest day of climate change activism in history on Sunday, telling world leaders gathering for a summit in Paris, there is "No Planet B" in the fight against global warming. In the French capital, where demonstrations were banned by the authorities after attacks by Islamic State militants killed 130 people on November 13, activists laid out more than 20,000 shoes in the Place de la Republique to symbolize absent marchers on...
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World leaders arrive in Paris for climate conference
2015-11-29 21:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: World leaders arrived in Paris on Sunday for potentially historic climate talks that will play out amid security concerns driven by the November 13 terror attacks in France. Frustrations over restrictions on protests put in place following the attacks gave rise to what French President Francois Hollande called "scandalous" scuffles between protesters and police at the Place de Republique, the site of a memorial to victims. French authorities have clamped down on public demonstrations in the...
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10,000 Form Human Chain in Paris Demanding World Leaders Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground
2015-11-29 16:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Thousands of Parisians and activists from around the world joined hands to form a human chain along Boulevard Voltaire in Paris this afternoon. According to Agence France Presse, nearly 10,000 people took part in the demonstration. The #humanchain for climate justice in Paris. pic.twitter.com/yNc5zVY40v -- Ben & Jerry's (@benandjerrys) November 29, 2015 We joined hands today against climate change and violence, said Hoda Baraka, Global Communications Manager for 350.org. People here in...
As World Leaders Kick off Paris Climate Talks, Prescriptions Abound, from a Carbon Tax to a New Nuclear Push
2015-11-29 13:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: As world leaders assemble in Paris for the Monday launch of the 21st round of negotiations aimed at improving on the ineffective 1992 climate change treaty, Ive assembled some worthwhile reading on the risks attending human-driven climate change and a host of prescriptions worth considering. None will be easy to achieve. As for the risks, Justin Gillis has a helpful set of basic climate change questions and answers. (You can ask more questions here.) Curt Stager, a paleoclimatologist and author...
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