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In Paris, Scientists Chart Varied Paths to a Sustainable Human Relationship With Earths Climate
2015-07-11 18:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: A richly variegated four-day climate change conference, concluding yesterday in Paris, provided a sobering look at the mix of environmental, social and technological trends that have created humanitys planet-size challenge fitting seemingly infinite aspirations safely in a climate system that is showing signs of disruptive human-driven change. But the meeting, Our Common Future Under Climate Change, was refreshing in several ways the main one being the depth and breadth of scientific engagement...
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Paris climate deal must signal end to carbon economy: experts
2015-07-10 21:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A new global climate change deal, due to be agreed in Paris in December, must give clear guidance that moving away from fossil fuels is inevitable and wise, economists said on Friday. It must also usher in an era when governments, businesses, activists and citizens find innovative ways to make that shift happen, experts told a Paris meeting of climate scientists. Paris will not solve all, of course, said Laurence Tubiana, Frances ambassador to the U.N. climate talks. But we have to have every...
China helps pave the road to Paris with ambitious climate pledge
2015-07-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: China formally pledged on Tuesday to play an ambitious role in curbing its carbon dioxide emissions over the next 15 years. It represented a major contribution toward the success of climate treaty talks by the world's biggest source of global warming pollution. As had been expected, China said its carbon emissions would peak by 2030 or sooner, with carbon-free energy providing 20 percent of its needs. Its government also set a new, loftier goal for energy efficiency, saying that by 2030 the carbon...
'Lack of trust' on climate aid still dividing wealthier, poor nations ahead of Paris talks
2015-06-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Countries have made too little progress bridging the lack of trust between richer and poorer nations just five months before global climate accord talks begin in Paris, the head of the UN climate secretariat told Bloomberg BNA June 29. There is a lack of clarity and a lack of trust between the two sides that will have to be resolved if the accord--which is to be the first to include actions from developed and developing nations alike--is to be signed by nearly 200 nations at year's end, Christiana...
China makes carbon pledge ahead of Paris climate change summit
2015-06-30 15:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: China will aim to cut its greenhouse gas emissions per unit of gross domestic product by 60-65% from 2005 levels under a plan submitted to the United Nations ahead of crucial climate change talks in Paris later this year. The pledge has been eagerly awaited as the country is the worlds largest carbon emitter. China said it would increase the share of non-fossil fuels as part of its primary energy consumption to about 20% by 2030, and peak emissions by around the same point, though it would...
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