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As world dithers on climate treaty, funding for climate projects dwindles
2013-11-14 01:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Failure thus far to agree on a successor to the Kyoto Protocol means the worlds largest carbon-offset program is poised to shrink. Since it began operating in 2004, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has supported 7,432 projects to rein in greenhouse gas emissions in poor and developing countries. Those projects have included wind, solar, and bioenergy installations, forest plantations, and energy-efficiency efforts. (Controversially, they have also included coal- and other fossil fuel-based...
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First Tower Opens on World Trade Center Site in New York
2013-11-13 20:04:27| ENR.com: Headline News
After five years of construction, 4 WTCthe first tower on the original 16-acre World Trade Center sitewas set to open on Nov. 13
Get off the carbon train soon or the world is stuffed
2013-11-13 19:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: IT IS all downhill from here on. Right now Earth's climate is not warming too much when extra carbon dioxide reaches the atmosphere, but as levels of the gas keep rising, the climate will become ever more sensitive to it. That means emissions in 2100 could be even more dangerous than emissions today. Despite decades of research, nobody is really sure how sensitive the climate is to carbon dioxide. Our best guess, according to the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, is that...
WORLD: Cotton uncertainty set to lift cellulosic fibres
2013-11-13 18:22:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Cellulosic fibre production is set for strong and rapid growth in the coming years as uncertainty in the cotton market persists, a new report suggests.
World set to heat up despite clean-energy efforts: IEA
2013-11-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Global warming is set to heat up with temperatures rising to nearly twice targets set by the United Nations, the International Energy Agency warned on Tuesday. This is despite pushes towards energy efficiency and a raft of international pledges to curb global warming, the IEA said. Greenhouse gas emissions will rise by 20 percent by 2035, putting the world on track for a temperature increase of 3.6 degrees, far above the UN target of 2.0 degrees. In the past, the IEA has said that the world...
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