je.st
news
Tag: john kerry
John Kerry: degradation of marine environment doesnt know borders
2014-02-27 11:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: US secretary of state John Kerry has called for a massive expansion of the worlds marine reserves, urging governments to work together to protect our oceans. Kerry warned that overfishing, pollution and acidification linked to greenhouse gas emissions were threatening all marine life, and the billions of people who depend on it for life and livelihood. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation estimates than one in five people worldwide rely on fish as their primary source of protein. This...
Tags: john
environment
marine
borders
John Kerry calls for expansion of world marine reserves
2014-02-25 20:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: US secretary of state John Kerry called for expanding the worlds marine reserves by a factor of 10 on Tuesday, signalling a bolder new US approach to international environmental protection. In his second environmental initiative this month, Kerry called for greater global co-operation in managing fishing stocks and protecting oceans from pollution and climate change. He said the State Department would convene a two-day summit in the summer intended to build momentum for greater co-operation...
Tags: world
john
calls
expansion
Newt Gingrich to John Kerry: Resign
2014-02-18 10:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: Newt Gingrich is amplifying his call for Secretary of State John Kerry to resign over his comments that climate change represents the biggest challenge of our generation. "I think it's very troubling that our secretary of state believes that climate change is a greater danger than a nuclear war," Gingrich said Tuesday in an interview with CNNs Wolf Blitzer on The Situation Room. The CNN Crossfire co-host and former House speaker took to Twitter on Monday night, writing that "Every American...
John Kerry calls for united front on climate change
2014-02-17 11:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: John Kerry has urged countries around the world to act on climate change, attacking "shoddy scientists" and "extreme ideologies" that seek to undermine investment in climate-related measures. Speaking in Jakarta yesterday, the US Secretary of State outlined the dangers of climate change to the environment and the economy, insisting that the science behind anthropogenic climate change is "absolutely certain". Climate change, said Kerry, is "perhaps the world's most fearsome weapon of mass destruction"....
Tags: change
united
john
front
John Kerry Calls Climate Change a 'Weapon of Mass Destruction'
2014-02-16 16:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ABC: Secretary of State John Kerry today spoke in stark terms about the dangers of climate change and compared those who deny it is happening to people who believe the world is flat. Calling climate change "catastrophic," Kerry called on Indonesia's leaders to work on cutting greenhouse emissions. "Climate change can now be considered another weapon of mass destruction, perhaps the world's most fearsome weapon of mass destruction," he said. The day before Kerry's speech, the U.S. and China announced...