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Those ambitious global warming goals? The world may not know how to reach them
2016-04-12 15:11:40| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: In 11 days, on Earth Day, world leaders will assemble at the United Nations in New York to sign the Paris climate agreement. That document pledges to hold the planets warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, and even to aspire to a 1.5 degree C temperature limit. The urgency of signing the agreement has been underscored by recent climate news and events, including devastating coral bleaching around the world, newly shattered temperature records and disturbing news...
World heading for a 'decarbonized' economy: Figueres
2016-04-12 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNBC: How to reach a decarbonized economy? Christiana Figueres, executive secretary for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, says it is up to businesses to decarbonize the economy. We are heading towards an increasingly low-carbon global economy, according to the executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC). Speaking to CNBC on Monday, Christiana Figueres highlighted the importance of last year's historic COP21 summit in Paris. "I think the takeaway...
Outlook for world trade volume growth stagnant
2016-04-11 14:58:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Growth in the volume of world trade is expected to remain stagnant in 2016, while a fall in value due to shifting exchange rates and lower commodity prices could undermine fragile economic growth in developing countries, new figures suggest.
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World Bank to shift focus to climate change
2016-04-11 06:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
United Press International: The World Bank announced Thursday it is making a "fundamental shift" away from financing efforts to ease global poverty, towards tackling climate change. The group, which provides financial assistance to the developing world, said all future spending under its new Climate Change Action Plan would be respectful of the environment and specifically 28 percent of new investments will fund projects that fight climate change. The Climate Change Action Plan spells out the organization's actions to...
Hagens Berman: Mercedes Owners File New Lawsuit Stating Mercedes BlueTEC Diesels Fail Emissions Tests In Nearly All Real World Conditions
2016-04-11 05:48:36| pollutiononline Home Page
Recently, owners of Mercedes BlueTEC diesel automobiles from 13 states filed an amended class-action lawsuit against Mercedes-Benz USA stating the automaker knowingly programmed its BlueTEC vehicles to release illegal levels of emissions in virtually all real world driving conditions and likely contain a “defeat device” used to cheat emissions testing, according to consumer-rights law firm,Hagens Berman
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