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Over 170 nations sign historic Paris climate agreement
2016-04-23 07:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sacred Heart Spectrum: A key party to the agreement, China has pledged to cut its carbon emissions per unit of GDP by 60-65 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels, increase non-fossil fuel sources in primary energy consumption to about 20 percent, and peak its carbon emissions by 2030. For us, we're announcing today the very good news that we will meet and beat our Kyoto target by 78 million tonnes. "[Lincoln] was speaking before the U.S. Congress to confront the defining issue of his time: slavery", DiCaprio said. "Together...
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Global warming: 175 nations at UN sign Paris climate change agreement
2016-04-23 01:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
First Post: United Nations: Representatives from 175 countries met on Friday at the UN to sign the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and made clear the urgency of taking action to stop global warming. In order for the accord to take effect, at least 55 countries responsible for 55 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions must complete the ratification process, Efe news reported. At least 15 countries, mostly small island states, have already done so on Friday. The two countries leading the world in...
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Record number of countries sign historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change on Earth Day
2016-04-22 21:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AccuWeather: A historic meeting took place on April 22, 2016, as more than 155 countries have committed to sign the Paris Agreement on Climate Change at the headquarters of the United Nations (UN) in New York. The agreement was approved by the 196 Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention of the Climate Change (UNFCCC) in COP21 in Paris on Dec. 12, 2015. In the agreement, all countries pledged to work to limit the temperature rise overall below 2 degrees Celsius, but are aiming to achieve a temperature...
With The Paris Agreement Signed, Hard Work Begins
2016-04-22 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: With 175 flourishes of pens, diplomats and leaders representing more than half the world's countries on Friday gave a global effort to slow climate change a ceremonial nudge forward. The signing in New York of the Paris Agreement, the United Nations climate treaty finalized during high-profile negotiations in France in December, was a symbolic overture to years of hard work that still lie ahead. "The time has come to turn aspirations into concrete actions,' Joseph Kabila, president of the Democratic...
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Paris Climate Pact Affirmed in UN Earth Day Ceremony
2016-04-22 16:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: As global leaders sign the Paris Agreement on climate change today at UN Headquarters, the head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction says they must go beyond their existing commitments if the world is to avoid future catastrophic weather events. "I welcome the fact that over 160 countries have declared they are signing up to the Paris Agreement but we are in real danger of being overtaken by the rapid pace of global warming if signatories do not significantly scale up the level of their...
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