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COP21 climate change summit reaches deal in Paris
2015-12-12 19:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: A deal to attempt to limit the rise in global temperatures to less than 2C has been agreed at the climate change summit in Paris after two weeks of negotiations. The deal is the first to commit all countries to cut carbon emissions. The agreement is partly legally binding and partly voluntary. Earlier, key blocs, including the G77 group of developing countries, and nations such as China and India said they supported the proposals. The text agreed accepts that the dangers of climate change are...
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Joyful ministers seal landmark Paris Agreement to stop global warming
2015-12-12 19:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Cheering envoys from 195 nations approved Saturday a historic accord in Paris to stop global warming, offering hope that humanity can avert catastrophic climate change and usher in an energy revolution. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius ended nearly a fortnight of gruelling UN negotiations with the bang of a gavel, marking consensus among the ministers, who stood for several minutes to clap and shout their joy, with some shedding tears of relief. "I see the room, I see the reaction is...
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What does the Paris climate agreement mean for Australia?
2015-12-12 19:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Surely Australia can use this Paris climate agreement to finally end the barren, wasted years of climate policy war. Theres already an uneasy ceasefire, a let-up in the mind-numbing slogans. Labor is promising some kind of emissions trading scheme and a relatively ambitious renewable energy target but no details yet lest it once again feels the barrage of a full bore axe-the-tax scare campaign. Under the sceptical gaze of his partys hard right, Malcolm Turnbull is also unwilling to even hint...
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Decoding Paris climate deal: What does it mean?
2015-12-12 19:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: A two-week climate conference in Paris ended on Saturday with the first universal agreement on climate change. Some 186 countries have made national pledges for climate action, and agreed a global long-term goal to phase out greenhouse gas emissions, marking a turning point in the fossil fuel era. The Paris outcome has two documents. The all-important, 12-page document Paris Agreement, which sets out new commitments for climate action beyond 2020, and potentially through this century....
Nations Approve Landmark Climate Accord Paris
2015-12-12 19:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Representatives of 195 countries reached a landmark climate accord on Saturday that would, for the first time, commit nearly every country to lowering planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to help stave off the most drastic effects of climate change. Delegates who have been negotiating intensely in this Paris suburb for two weeks gathered for the final plenary session where, suddenly, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius of France asked for opposition to the deal and, hearing none, gaveled the session...
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