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Canadians divided over human role in climate change, study suggests
2016-02-22 15:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: A study co-authored by University of Montreal researchers suggests that while 79 per cent of Canadians do not doubt the reality of climate change, 39 per cent don't believe it is caused by human activity. The researchers, also from four other universities, including Yale, surveyed a total of more than 5,000 Canadians over the last five years. "We asked participants if they believed the Earth was getting warmer partly or mostly due to human activities as an indication of climate change," said...
Understanding climate changes role in the UKs recent floods
2016-01-06 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: IT`S an environmental whodunit. Last month, in streets that would normally be bustling with sales shoppers, the only sounds were the thrum of helicopters and the lapping of water against walls. First Desmond, then Eva and Frank: three major storms slammed into the UK and Ireland during December, making it the wettest month ever recorded in the UK and causing flooding misery in northern England and Scotland. Now those affected want to know where to lay the blame. "We`re living in a climate...
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Green Climate Fund seeks clear role in post-2020 climate aid
2015-12-11 22:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: As international climate talks headed into their final hours on Friday, the head of the United Nations' Green Climate Fund said the fund's future role in delivering tens of billions of dollars in climate aid after 2020 is unclear in the draft Paris deal. At last year's climate summit in Peru, the fledgling fund - set up under the U.N. negotiations - was in the spotlight as countries lined up to make public pledges, bringing its total resources to over $10 billion. The money is to be spent on projects...
Scripps: Ocean plays big role in climate change
2015-11-29 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
San Diego Union-Tribune: Scientists and students from UC San Diegos Scripps Institution of Oceanography are in Paris for the United Nations 21st climate change conference with a message about the planets oceans: Efforts to address climate change have taken marine ecosystems for granted. The oceans are a huge factor in climate, said Scripps director Margaret Leinen, who is part of the contingent attending the convention, which will start Monday and run until Dec. 11. For our (summits accord) negotiations not to...
Trudeau looks to recast Canada's role in climate diplomacy at Paris talks
2015-11-28 14:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's new government is touting the role it can play in fostering support for a climate-change agreement at this week's Commonwealth summit and at upcoming talks in Paris. It is, undoubtedly, a change from the former Conservative government of Stephen Harper, which never saw pushing for a global climate-change deal as its mission in the world. But it's a rush into climate diplomacy for a new government that still has only half a climate-change policy - with no new emissions...
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