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Could a Chinese carbon cap pave the way for a global climate deal?
2013-05-23 00:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Like sparring siblings, China and the United States - the worlds two biggest carbon dioxide emitters - keep passing the climate-action buck back and forth: Why should I cut emissions if they dont have to? Well, China is either the more mature of the pair, or just majorly sucking up to Mama Earth. The country is reportedly gearing up to set firm limits on greenhouse-gas emissions, seriously weakening one of the U.S.s go-to excuses for climate inaction. China`s powerful National Development...
Absolute emissions cap proposed for China
2013-05-22 11:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Spectator: According to local Chinese media, the governments National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has proposed that China adopt an absolute cap on its greenhouse gas emissions by 2016. To date the Chinese government has refused to take on absolute emissions targets, choosing instead to pursue emissions intensity targets linked to their level of economic growth. The current government target is to cut its carbon emissions intensity per unit of GDP by about 40 per cent by 2020, compared to 2005...
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California's cap and trade should not use forestry offsets
2013-05-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sacramento Bee: When Californians passed AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act, we committed to one of the most forward-thinking pieces of climate legislation in the country, with comprehensive strategies to reduce carbon emissions from nearly all sectors of the economy. Unfortunately, the California Air Resources Board is considering a move that will undermine the best intent of this law by linking it to a benign-sounding yet dubious and untried scheme to protect rain forests in Mexico and Brazil. Many peasant...
Should California's cap and trade use forestry offsets? Yes
2013-05-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sacramento Bee: We love our forests in California. After a century of rapidly losing them to farming and logging, we finally succeeded in virtually ending deforestation in California. We were driven by our interest in the natural beauty, the wildlife, the sustainable timber supplies and the water-purifying functions of old-growth redwoods along the coast, the blue oaks growing across the Central Valley and the mixed pine forests of the Sierra. It was only possible because we had a clear vision of the importance...
NFU President: Challenge MPs on CAP
2013-05-16 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - NFU President Peter Kendall has stressed there are five key points farmers should raise with their MPs to ensure English farmers are not disadvantaged against their colleagues in Europe – or in neighbouring parts of the UK.
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