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Australian doctors call for Health Minister to attend Paris climate talks
2015-11-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: The "increasingly unmanageable" threat of climate change on children's health has prompted an open letter from doctors around Australia to the government, calling for Federal Health Minister Sussan Ley to attend the United Nations Paris climate summit this December. In the letter, from independent organisation Doctors for the Environment Australia, leading doctors warn of the "health emergency" climate change presents for children, who have the least capacity to act. "More bushfires, floods...
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China and France say Paris climate pact should have five-year reviews
2015-11-02 14:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: French president François Hollande claimed China and France had taken an historic step towards tackling climate change on Monday after the two countries agreed any deal reached in Paris next month should include checks on whether signatories are keeping their commitments to reduce emissions. In a joint statement released weeks before the United Nations Climate Change Conference, China and France said such progress should be reviewed every five years in order to reinforce mutual confidence...
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French president hopes boost Paris climate summit during China visit
2015-11-02 10:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: French president François Hollande hopes to use a state visit to China to boost difficult climate negotiations, a month before a UN conference in Paris aimed at slowing global warming. China, the most populous country and the biggest emitter of climate-warming greenhouse gases in the world, has promised it will try to cap its rising emissions before 2030 as part of its national pledge ahead of the Paris conference. Hollande says he intends to launch a bilateral appeal with Chinese President...
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Australia must help Pacific islands at Paris climate summit, says PNG leader
2015-11-02 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Papua New Guineas prime minister Peter ONeill has urged Australia to be an advocate for the Pacific in pushing for a strong agreement at this months worldwide climate change talks in Paris. The governments of more than 190 nations will meet at COP21 in the French capital, beginning on 30 November, to discuss a new global climate accord. ONeill and other Pacific leaders whose countries are already experiencing the impacts of climate change are preparing to vigorously prosecute their...
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Sean Penn says Paris climate talks 'last great hope'
2015-11-01 15:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Hollywood star Sean Penn said Sunday the upcoming climate talks in Paris were the "last great chance" to stop the planet overheating. Penn, one of Hollywood's most socially engaged actors and directors, was in the French capital to meet Environment Minister Segolene Royal with less than a month to go until the 21st United Nations Climate Change Conference begins. "I think it's the last great hope in particular because of the way the French leadership has taken leadership in this. We can only...
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