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IPCC climate report: averting catastrophe eminently affordable
2014-04-13 12:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Catastrophic climate change can be averted without sacrificing living standards, according to a landmark UN report published on Sunday. It concludes the transformation required to a world of clean energy and the ditching of dirty fossil fuels is eminently affordable. The authoritative report, produced by 1250 international experts and approved by 194 governments, dismisses fears that slashing carbon emissions would wreck the world economy. It is the final part of a definitive trilogy that has...
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IPCC WG3: Reaction as UN launches third climate report
2014-04-13 07:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: US Secretary of State John Kerry: "Unless we act dramatically and quickly, science tells us our climate and our way of life are literally in jeopardy. Denial of the science is malpractice. There are those who say we can`t afford to act. But waiting is truly unaffordable. The costs of inaction are catastrophic." Sir Brian Hoskins, director of the Grantham Institute for Climate Change, Imperial College London: "The science shows us that we need substantial and sustained reductions in greenhouse...
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IPCC scientists accused 'marginalising' poor nations
2014-04-12 15:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Climate scientists meeting in Berlin have been accused of "marginalising" the views of developing countries. They are preparing to release a key report on how the world must cut carbon emissions to stem dangerous warming. They are likely to say that if significant action isn't taken by 2030, temperatures will quickly break through the 2 degree C threshold. But a lead author told BBC News that this focus on cutting CO2 was ignoring the development needs of the poor. "The narrative, the...
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IPCC climate report means cleantech an attractive proposition for any investor
2014-04-12 12:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A clean revolution of renewable energy could provide the global economy with a major boost while also preventing devastating climate change, according to a coalition of business and government leaders. Commenting ahead of the release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changes (IPCC) new report on how global warming can be mitigated, the Climate Group says the need for a rapid transition to clean energy is now clear. The IPCCs report is expected to say there is still time to prevent runaway...
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IPCC report proves fossil fuel investors wrecking our future
2014-04-11 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A forthcoming UN report will say there is still time to prevent runaway climate change, but only if investment is rapidly shifted away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy, campaigners have said. Due for publication on Sunday after a week of deliberations, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changes (IPCC) Working Group III report will attempt to explain how global warming can be limited to 2C from pre-industrial levels the point above which scientists fear a number of climate...
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