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Paris climate change agreement: proposed deal at a glance
2015-12-12 16:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The final text of the climate change draft agreement has been released - but what does it all mean? Here are the key elements of the divisive proposed deal, which has been both hailed as "the end of the fossil fuel era" and condemned as a disaster since the final draft was released on Saturday afternoon. 1. A long-term goal to limit global warming to 2C, or 1.5C if possible The agreement aims to limit the increase in global average temperatures to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels...
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A historic climate-change deal has been unveiled Paris
2015-12-12 16:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Quartz: After months of preparation and weeks of negotiation, world leaders have reached a climate-change deal at this year's Conference of Parties (COP21) in Paris. It is the most ambitious international agreement ever to face up to the threat of global warming, as the final text of the deal makes clear. Here are the main points: An aim to keep global mean temperature within 1.5°C of that which existed before the industrial era. This is a more ambitious goal that the 2°C goal that nearly 200 governments...
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Success in Paris! Historic Global Climate Agreement Has Been Reached in Paris
2015-12-12 16:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: The Paris agreement on climate change has been reached, although not yet voted upon as of this writing, in Paris at COP21. This document offers hope for a world that has long awaited a global agreement to address climate change. Success in Paris can largely be credited to the visionary Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), which allows each country to negotiate its own commitments within the context of their own political realities. In the U.S., for example, our Senate would not...
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World awaits historic climate agreement in Paris
2015-12-12 16:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Flanked by French President François Hollande and UN chief Ban Ki-Moon, Fabius said to loud applause that the deal seeks to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees, if possible. "The agreement is the most balanced one possible," Fabius told heads of delegations at the end of two weeks of marathon discussions. "It allows each delegation to return to their home country with their heads held high". Another major debate has been over a promise that developed nations should provide $100 billion...
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Paris talks overlooking immediate threats, say climate change activists video
2015-12-12 16:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Climate change activists express their disappointment on Saturday at the final draft of the COP21 climate deal saying that it was too little, too late. Guillaume Durin, an activist from French environmental collective Alternatiba,says people are already affected by climate change and that the agreement is a way of delaying meaningful action
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