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How rich countries dodged the climate change blame game in Warsaw
2013-11-25 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: After sitting through the final week of the United Nations climate change negotiations in Warsaw, one thing has become abundantly clear. Rich countries are desperate to avoid taking the blame for the impacts of climate change on nations with a lot less money but an awful lot more to lose (like their entire country, for example). More specifically, the developed countries won't let any statements slip into any UN climate document that could be used against them in the future. The 19th...
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New report lays climate change blame with fossil fuels industry
2013-11-25 01:00:00| Power Technology
A report released on Friday highlights that two thirds of carbon emissions are made by just 90 companies - the majority of which are fossil fuel firms. But can we really blame climate change on fossil fuel providers alone - aren't the public and gove
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UN climate change report points blame at humans
2013-09-27 11:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: The world's getting hotter, the sea's rising and there's increasing evidence neither are naturally occurring phenomena. So says a report from the U.N. International Panel on Climate Change, a document released every six years that is considered the benchmark on the topic. More than 800 authors and 50 editors from dozens of countries took part in its creation. The summary for policymakers was released early Friday, while the full report, which bills itself as "a comprehensive assessment of the physical...
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UN Panel to Blame Mankind for Climate Change, Explain Warming 'Hiatus'
2013-09-23 08:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A United Nations panel of experts met on Monday to review a draft report that raises the probability that climate change is man-made to 95 percent and warns of ever more extreme weather unless governments take strong action. Scientists and officials from more than 110 governments began a four-day meeting in Stockholm to edit and approve the 31-page draft that also tries to explain a "hiatus" in the pace of global warming this century despite rising greenhouse gas emissions. The Intergovernmental...
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Germany Says Climate Talks Move Beyond Blame Game Before Warsaw
2013-05-08 02:38:01| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Climate talks that ended today in Berlin moved beyond a blame game, said Germanys Environment Minister Peter Altmaier, after recent disagreements. Representatives from 35 nations met in the city before United Nations-mandated discussions on tackling climate change due this year in Warsaw. Delegates from more than 190 states aim to reach a deal in 2015 to curb greenhouse gas emissions from 2020. They plan to replace the Kyoto Protocol, which was adopted in 1997 and limits pollution from industrial...