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Paris climate deal passes milestone as 20 more nations sign on
2016-09-22 15:05:59| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: More than 20 world leaders tendered legal documents on Wednesday, formally binding their governments to the Paris climate accord at a General Assembly ceremony here and all but ensuring that the agreement will go into force by the end of the year. The specifics of each countrys plans, though, are voluntary. There are no sanctions for failing to control pollution or to put economic polices into practice, or for submitting unambitious pledges. The legally binding portion of the Paris accord...
Paris climate agreement poised to come into force
2016-09-22 15:05:59| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Paris climate agreement is on the brink of coming into force after 31 nations officially joined the landmark accord, with the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, predicting it will be fully ratified by the end of the year. On Wednesday, 31 countries formally signed up to the Paris deal at the UN general assembly in New York. They include Brazil, the worlds seventh largest emitter of greenhouse gases, Mexico, Argentina and Sri Lanka. Oil-rich United Arab Emirates also ratified the...
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Paris climate accord closer after United Nations meeting
2016-09-22 04:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
La Rampa di Napoli: President Maithripala Sirisena handed over the instruments pertaining to entry into force of Paris Agreement on Climate Change to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today at the United Nations General Assembly. The so-called Paris Climate Change Agreement involves action that would limit warming to well below two degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average. Sandalow added that while the agreement will not officially enter into force this week during the United Nations summit in NY, the fact...
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EU wants to speed up approval of Paris climate deal
2016-09-22 01:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
La Rampa di Napoli: Only countries which have ratified the deal have a seat at the table in drafting the rules of how it will work in practice. He said European Union environment ministers will meet Friday to discuss a plan to ratify the agreement as a bloc, even though only a handful of the 28 member states have approved it domestically. Most worldwide treaties take years, sometimes decades or more, to formally take effect as each nation goes through its own domestic process of ratifying or otherwise formally joining...
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Stephen Hawking, 375 scientists slam Trump for threatening to abandon Paris climate accord
2016-09-21 19:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Earlier this year, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump sparked the ire of scientists and climate activists when he vowed to cancel the Paris climate agreement once in office. Now, hundreds of U.S. scientists, including famed physicist Stephen Hawking, have addressed this threat in an open letter warning of the perils of such action. Signed by 375 members of the National Academy of Sciences, the letter explicitly refers to the Republican nominee for President and notes that such a...
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