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Water wars between countries could be just around the corner, Davey warns
2014-05-27 20:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Water wars could be a real prospect in coming years as states struggle with the effects of climate change, growing demand for water and declining resources, the secretary of state for energy and climate change warned on Thursday. Ed Davey told a conference of high-ranking politicians and diplomats from around the world that although water had not been a direct cause of wars in the past, growing pressure on the resource if climate change is allowed to take hold, together with the pressure on food...
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Davey declares Britain must lead climate change fight
2014-03-30 05:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ITV: On the eve of a ground-breaking UN report into the impacts of climate change, Energy Secretary Ed Davey has declared Britain must spearhead the worldwide battle against global warming. Climate change is "hugely threatening our way of life, in the UK, Europe and the world," Mr Davey told The Observer. "Not to lead is deeply irresponsible. If you don't lead, you will not bring others with you," the Lib Dem MP said. His comments come as the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change prepares...
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UK storms should be catalyst for climate change treaty, says Ed Davey
2014-02-13 20:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The energy and climate change secretary, Ed Davey, has warned that the floods should act as a catalyst for a new international treaty to tackle global warming. While the link between the current UK storms and climate change remains under dispute, Davey said that extreme weather conditions in the United States had changed the debate over there. "I hope it will stiffen the arm of British people arguing for it [action against climate change]. I am arguing for it very strongly both in Europe and...
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Climate change policy at risk because of denial and fear, Ed Davey warns
2014-02-13 01:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Britain's climate change policy is under threat from a "diabolical cocktail" of nimbyism, denial of science and fear of Europe from politicians on the right, the energy secretary will say on Thursday. Amid growing warnings about a potential link between global warming and extreme UK weather, Ed Davey will raise concerns that the politicial consensus about the need to tackle climate change is in danger of breaking down as some in the Conservative and Ukip parties try to discredit the science. ...
Cut carbon emissions by 40% in 16 years, Ed Davey tells EU
2014-01-17 20:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Ed Davey, the energy secretary, has called on EU heads of state to endorse a target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030, but reject a specific binding renewables target. The Europen Commission is due to issue a paper next Wednesday that is likely propose a EU-wide renewables target in line with the wishes of Germany and France, but Davey, in a Guardian interview, claimed his call not to impose a binding renewables target was gaining traction. He wants EU states to have flexibility...