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Climate talks: 4C rise will have dire effect on world hunger, UN warns
2015-12-01 15:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: El Nios, climate change and increasing conflict linked to prolonged droughts and extreme weather are leaving the world unable to cope with the food needs of millions of people, the World Food Programme (WFP) has warned. The UN agency, which last year appealed for $8.5bn from governments to provide food aid to people in 80 or more countries but only received $5.5bn, said donors had never been more generous but that the challenges were now outpacing available funds. The humanitarian system...
France, Germany, Canada call on world to put price on carbon
2015-12-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: One of the smartest ways to fight global warming is putting a price on carbon dioxide pollution, some key world leaders at the international climate summit say. Either a tax on carbon dioxide emissions or trading carbon pollution like pork bellies, which puts a price on carbon, will help use capitalism to get closer to a day when the world isn't adding heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere, according to leaders of France, Germany, Canada, Chile, Mexico and Ethiopia, as well as heads of the World...
World Bank launches $500 mln carbon market scheme
2015-12-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The World Bank on Monday launched a $500 million market-based scheme designed to help developing countries pay for emission reductions and combat climate change. Germany, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland have jointly pledged an initial $250 million to get the so-called Transformative Carbon Asset Facility (TCAF) up and running next year, while the bank hopes further contributions will take the eventual total to $500 mln. The scheme, which will reward countries for reducing emissions by paying a fee...
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World headed 'suicide' if no climate agreement: Pope
2015-12-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The U.N. climate conference in Paris is most likely humanity's last chance to thwart global environmental disaster, Pope Francis said on Monday, warning the world was "at the limits of suicide". The pope, who wrote a major document on the environment last June, made the comment in an hour-long news conference aboard the plane returning him to Rome at the end of a six-day trip to Africa. The freewheeling conversations have become a trademark of his papacy and the few times he takes direct questions...
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Hyundai Mobis, 2nd In The World To Develop A 'Cooperative Regenerative Braking System'
2015-12-01 04:12:50| autocentral Home Page
On November 23, Hyundai Mobis announced that the company became the first in Korea and the second in the world to successfully develop the next-generation electronic integrated regenerative brake system known as iMEB (Integrated Mobis Electronic Brake) for environment-friendly cars such as hybrid, EV, and PHEV
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