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The 2016 election is the biggest threat to a lasting, effective Paris Climate Agreement
2015-12-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: The Paris Climate Agreement is barely one week old, but it has already been hailed as one of the most groundbreaking examples of international cooperation in the face of a major threat, period. However, the agreement, which is firmly rooted in peer pressure and the bet that nations will grow more ambitious over time regarding their emissions cuts, faces a major risk next year: Depending on who wins the 2016 presidential election, the U.S. could go from the biggest booster of global climate action...
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After Paris, the future of Australian coal is downhill
2015-12-18 04:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Conservation: The ink is barely dry on the Paris climate agreement and the debate has already started on how the deal will affect the future of fossil fuels, particularly coal. Following the deal on Sunday, the mining industry has responded that Australian coal will remain an important provider of affordable energy to developing countries. The industry argues new low emissions technologies will keep coal in business as the world cuts carbon. Foreign minister Julie Bishop echoed the sentiment in Paris last...
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Paris deal boosts plan for New York climate change museum
2015-12-17 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: New York City's museum devoted to climate change has no walls, no admission fee and no exhibits. In fact, it doesn't exist yet. It's an idea that its planners, led by Miranda Massie, attorney-turned-museum director, are hoping to make a reality. They are eyeing an opening in 2020, with pop-ups and publicity between now and then to get it off the ground. Yet, despite growing pressure to cut planet-warming emissions and the new historic global accord on climate change reached in Paris last weekend,...
After historic Paris agreement, U.S. must lead climate efforts by pricing carbon
2015-12-17 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Post-Dispatch: After decades of contentious and often acrimonious negotiations, the nations of the world have come together with an agreement that places our civilization on a path toward avoiding the worst effects of climate change. The Paris accord is one of those rare moments when every nation acknowledges that, for the good of all, we must act as one. It was a wonderful surprise that after the incredible disappointment of Copenhagen, these 195 countries could come to an agreement more ambitious than anyone...
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What the Paris climate deal means for clothing
2015-12-17 10:26:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The global clothing industry should engage with the new Paris climate change deal, say experts, who warn that a warming planet imperils not only the raw materials the industry needs but also poses an existential threat to the sector's prevailing business model.
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