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Oil majors' climate call exposes U.S.-Europe rift on carbon pricing
2015-06-03 13:31:51| Chemicals - Topix.net
The failed attempt by the world's oil majors to speak on climate change action with one voice has laid bare disagreement between U.S. and European companies on putting a price on carbon. The world's top oil companies have struggled for years to form a joint front in the face of growing criticism for not taking leadership against climate change.
Climate change protestors issue call to public
2015-05-11 04:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Star Times: Bill McEwan and his son Robbie McEwan plan not to eat anything during their protest which could run up to a week. A Marlborough father and son have decided to make a public stand to highlight potential effects of climate change in the region. Former farm advisor Bill McEwan and his son, Robbie, will not eat for up to a week while they camp out in the Blenheim Band Rotunda to publicise what is at stake locally if a solution to climate change is not found. "It is not a sit-in but a call, or...
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Company bosses pledge emission cuts, call strong Paris climate deal
2015-04-17 00:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Bosses from more than forty global companies called on negotiators to agree a United Nations climate change deal in Paris in December and pledged to make their own emission cuts, they said in an open letter published on Thursday. The group of 43 chief executives, representing firms which generated a combined $1.2 trillion in 2014, said they would set internal emission reduction targets and called on negotiators to make sure a new international climate deal limits the global rise in temperatures...
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'Lima Call for Climate Action' Falls Short of What Science Urges and People Demand
2014-12-16 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: The UN climate conference in Lima, Peru (COP 20) finally came to a close early Sunday morning. Negotiators haggled around the clock well past the formal Friday deadline, but still could only come up with a weak agreement called the "Lima Call for Climate Action." The agreement falls short of actions needed to avoid the catastrophic consequences of a warmer world. Yes, government leaders reaffirmed their decision to put individual climate pledges on the table prior to the December 2015 COP 21 meeting...
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Call for climate change to become human rights issue
2014-12-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: MARK COLVIN: The International Bar Association says climate change should become a human rights issue able to be challenged in a court of law. It says the judiciary is inadequate for those suffering injustice because of global warming. It will now attempt to draft a new model statute, or law, for people suffering the effects of climate change. Liv Casben reports. LIV CASBEN: On the island of Kiribati inundation from saltwater is forcing people from their homes. ANOTE TONG: We have some communities,...
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