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World leaders will go to Paris climate talks despite attack
2015-11-14 09:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: An unprecedented climate summit is still scheduled to take place in Paris, despite Friday's deadly attacks. Some 40,000-plus journalists, diplomats and climate activists, as well as 127 heads of state including President Obama, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, are expected to attend the Paris talks which begins Nov. 30. See also: Here's how you can help victims of the Paris terror attacks The French government is determined not to let the attacks derail plans...
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Jane Goodall urges bold action at climate talks
2015-11-14 00:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Primatologist Jane Goodall called Friday for bold action next month at high-stakes United Nations climate change talks. The 81-year-old British chimpanzee expert said she has her "fingers crossed" heading into the summit in Paris, which will seek a comprehensive deal on curbing carbon emissions warming the planet. "It will be the fourth of these climate events that I've been to and it's a bit desperate right now," said Goodall, a leading environmentalist and scientist who rose to fame during...
Trade talks: Germany urges openness
2015-11-13 17:48:36| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Germany urges the US to give German MPs access to key documents in the controversial EU-US trade talks known as TTIP.
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Impacts on oceans need urgent attention in climate talks, researchers say
2015-11-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Warming waters, rising sea levels, ocean acidification and changing water currents caused by climate change are having devastating effects on marine environments, scientists say. But despite these effects, which researchers say will intensify and spread inland as the planet warms, oceans have not been a focus of international climate negotiations. The authors of a set of five studies on oceans and climate change in a special issue of the journal Science published Thursday hope to change that. ...
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UK, India agree 3.2bn low carbon deal ahead Paris climate talks
2015-11-13 11:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: The British government has announced a low carbon trading partnership with India worth billions, weeks before a global climate change summit kicks off in France. A press release said the 3.2bn agreement covers research, development and eventual deployment of clean technology, renewables, gas and nuclear. Signed off by Indian PM Narendra Modi on the first day of a three-day visit to the UK, the deal is part of a wider 10 billion package between the two countries. UK solar and hydrogen...
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