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French Parliament passes law to ratify Paris Agreement
2016-05-17 23:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: French lawmakers almost unanimously passed a law on Tuesday to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change. The host nation of last year`s critical climate summit is aiming to finalise the formalities, which also require Senate approval, before the summer recess. Ahead of the vote, environment minister Segolene Royal revealed plans to set a national carbon floor price at around EUR30 a tonne. "It is very important that this momentum is followed by a coalition of other countries, she said...
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Small islands lead charge on Paris Agreement approval
2016-05-17 16:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: From outer space they are tiny and isolated dots on the oceans, green and brown pinpricks on a vast canvas of blue. But at the global climate talks, the coalition of countries classed as small island states are moral titans, fighting a battle they believe is for survival. Vulnerable and vocal, 14 of the 16 countries to have ratified the UNs new global climate pact belong to this 44-strong group, known by the acronym AOSIS. More are expected to imminently approve the deal, part of a strategy...
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GSA implements first LPV-200 approach at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris
2016-05-06 01:00:00| Airport Technology
The European GNSS Agency (GSA) has implemented the first European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) LPV-200 approaches at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.
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Paris deal is signed and sealed. Now it's time to deliver
2016-04-27 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Last year, the Paris climate talks rightly drew enormous scrutiny as the worlds leaders once again hammered out a deal to try and halt the creeping disaster that is climate change. After the dismal failure of Copenhagen, it was a relief to small island nations like the Maldives that genuine progress was made. We are running out of time: The oceans are rising, and without direct and immediate international action, our nation may not exist in a matter of decades. But we cannot do anything about this...
Switzerland signs Paris climate agreement
2016-04-26 19:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NYSE Post: "Last December in Paris, the worldwide community adopted the world's first universal climate agreement", United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said at the UN's headquarters in NY. The Paris Agreement sets several long-term climate goals, including holding average temperatures below a two degree Celsius rise from pre-industrial levels, pursuing efforts to limit this to a 1.5 degree threshold, peaking global emissions as soon as possible, and achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. As the...
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