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Obama: The world 'met the moment' in reaching climate change deal
2015-12-13 00:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama is portraying the global warming pact reached in Paris on Saturday as the strong agreement the world needed to confront a threat to the people of all nations. Obama, speaking from the White House, said the leaders from nearly 200 nations working in Paris "met the moment" in agreeing to what is being described as the most ambitious climate change agreement in history. He said the world can be more confident this planet is going to be in better shape for the next generation....
Activists rally in Boston as world leaders reach global climate change agreement
2015-12-13 00:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
WCVB: President Obama issued a statement regarding the global climate change agreement accepted by world leaders Saturday. Nearly 200 nations adopt the first global pact to fight global warming. It aims to keep global temperatures from rising another degree Celsius between now and the year 2100, a key demand of poor countries ravaged by rising sea levels. "Today the American people can be proud because this historic agreement is a tribute to American leadership," said Obama in his statement from...
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The world just agreed to a major climate deal in Paris. Now comes the hard part.
2015-12-12 23:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vox: After two weeks of bleary all-nighters in Paris, diplomats from around the world have hammered out a major global agreement to address climate change. Here's the full 31-page document, which was approved by 195 countries on Saturday. It's important to be clear on what this wad of paper actually does. The Paris climate agreement hasn't saved the planet and it hasn't solved global warming. Not by itself. Instead, the deal is supposed to add structure and momentum to efforts that are currently underway...
World Agrees to Historic 'Paris Agreement' to Address Climate Change
2015-12-12 19:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: Negotiators from nearly 200 countries reached an agreement Saturday on what they say signifies the most important international pact to address climate change since the issue first emerged as a political priority decades ago. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who headed up the United Nations conference, commonly known as COP 21, said the final deal successfully resolved points of contention that had taken negotiations into overtime and called the agreement the best possible text. We have...
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World agrees landmark climate deal
2015-12-12 19:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: A deal to attempt to limit the rise in global temperatures to less than 2C has been agreed at the climate change summit in Paris after two weeks of negotiations. The pact is the first to commit all countries to cut carbon emissions. The agreement is partly legally binding and partly voluntary. Earlier, key blocs, including the G77 group of developing countries, and nations such as China and India said they supported the proposals. President of the UN climate conference of parties (COP)...
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