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IEA outlines climate challenge in cheap fossil fuel world
2015-11-10 14:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Governments should ban inefficient coal power plants, International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol said on Tuesday. They also need to boost support for renewables, regulate to improve energy efficiency and crack down on methane leaks from oil and gas production. Those were Birol`s top four recommendations to close the gap between an international goal to limit global warming to 2C and inadequate voluntary national efforts. "The IEA is ready to help the [UN climate body] and governments...
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New light shed on the challenge of climate negotiations
2015-11-09 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: After over two decades of climate negotiation meetings, it is clear that agreeing on reduction of emissions poses a great challenge. Researchers are attempting to gain better theoretical understanding of the mechanisms that can impact the results of the negotiations. New research from Chalmers indicates that it might be more difficult to reach agreement than previous theoretical models have shown, but it also shows that there are ways to move forward. The research was published in the journal Nature...
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Australian green group to challenge India-backed coal mine
2015-11-08 19:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: An Australian environmental group Monday launched a new legal challenge to a huge, India-backed coal mine, saying the government's recent re-approval of the project failed to consider the impact on the Great Barrier Reef. The Aus$16.5 billion (US$11.6 billion) project in the Galilee Basin in Queensland state has been criticised by environmentalists who say the coal it produces will not only contribute to global warming but will have to be shipped from a port near the World Heritage-listed reef....
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Playing catch-up: maritime industry faces up to the cyber challenge
2015-11-04 01:00:00| Ship Technology
Later this year, the shipping association BIMCO will hold its annual conference in Germany. The focus will be cyber security, marking what could be a watershed moment for the industry. So how at risk are shipping fleets, and what needs to be done to
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A Tale of Two Northern European Cities: Meeting the Challenge of Sea Level Rise
2015-11-03 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: A dike, the green strip along the coast, protects flower fields and wind turbines in the northern Netherlands. This promenade in the HafenCity district of Hamburg is designed to withstand flooding. An elevated roadway passes behind it. Hamburg's HafenCity is partially protected against storm surges and rising seas. The area encompasses the islands in the right two-thirds of photo. The Maeslant Barrier in the Netherlands. When waters reach 10 feet above normal sea level, the massive gates are closed...
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