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World leaders seek new path to slow warming of planet
2015-11-23 01:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Next week, in the waning days of what is set to be the hottest year on record, world leaders meet on the outskirts of Paris for a summit that seeks nothing less than to steer the global economy away from its ever-growing reliance on fossil fuels. The challenge is enormous and has proven elusive in the past. The U.N.-sponsored talks are aimed at getting 195 countries to agree on a path for cutting the greenhouse gas emissions which scientists say have raised global temperatures and begun upending...
What if 2 C isn't enough to cap global warming?
2015-11-22 05:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Locking in an action plan to cap global warming at two degrees Celsius will be the ultimate yardstick for success or failure at the Paris climate summit that opens in a week. Under the UN flag, the 2 C (3.6 Fahrenheit) target has been embraced by 195 countries, most of whose leaders will descend upon France's terror-struck capital on November 30. But is that goal truly adequate to shield humanity from record heat waves, superstorms engorged by rising seas, and other devastating impacts? Is...
India backs 2 degree global warming limit - French ministry source
2015-11-21 17:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi clearly backs the goal of limiting global warming to no more than 2 degrees Celsius from pre-industrial levels, a source close to French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Saturday. Leaders from 195 nations will meet from Nov. 30 to Dec. 11 in Paris to try to nail down an agreement after the last global climate change conference in Copenhagen in 2009 collapsed. Fabius, who will chair the conference, has embarked on a three-day tour to make sure big emerging...
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Paris climate change talks: Why are some people global warming deniers?
2015-11-21 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Times: Climate change denial, or doubt, or scepticism - however you want to brand it - is a broad spectrum. At the extreme end are those with enough religious fervour, perhaps delusion, to believe God will sort climate change out. At the moderate end are those who see the climate change campaign as a political effort, led by left-wing progressives, to make the state bigger. "One of the most common explanations for understanding public attitudes about climate change focuses on political factors," Cary...
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India backs 2 degree global warming limit: French ministry source
2015-11-21 13:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Prime Minister Narendra Modi clearly backs the goal of limiting global warming to no more than 2 degrees Celsius from pre-industrial levels, a source close to French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Saturday. Leaders from 195 nations will meet from Nov 30 to Dec 11 in Paris to try to nail down an agreement after the last global climate change conference in Copenhagen in 2009 collapsed. Fabius, who will chair the conference, has embarked on a three-day tour to make sure big emerging nations...
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