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Brexit spells end to EU leadership in climate diplomacy
2016-07-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The words ''Knock out the toxic tonnes'' are seen on a giant ball during a protest by environmental activists in front of the European Parliament in Brussels February 23, 2015. Reuters/Francois Lenoir Britain's exit dashes the European Union's leadership ambitions on efforts to slow climate change, leaving the bloc on the sidelines while others endorse the global pact it championed to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Last week, EU environment ministers jointly called for action "as soon as possible"...
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New US, Canada, Mexico climate alliance may gain in unity
2016-07-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inside Climate News: U.S. President Barack Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto agreed to a set of common climate goals in a summit this week. It is an easy climate goal to articulate: By the year 2025, the three nations of North America will generate half their combined electricity in ways that don't add to global warming. The new goal, put forth at a tripartite summit meeting this week by the leaders of Canada, the United States and Mexico, might well mark a turning...
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Mauritius braces itself for climate change
2016-07-01 11:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Deutsche Welle: Mauritius braces itself for climate change President of Mauritius Ameenah Gurib-Fakim tells DW how her island nation is preparing for the impacts of climate change - and adjusting its own energy systems to try and prevent climate change from getting any worse. Mauritius is a small island nation in the Indian Ocean, about 2,000 kilometers (1,243 miles) off the coast of Africa. The country's GDP is among the highest of African nations, and Mauritius also has a well-functioning democracy. It's...
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As wildfires challenge California, the causes go beyond climate
2016-07-01 11:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: On a chain-link fence along Route 39 hangs a homemade poster, peppered with hearts, thanking firefighters and police. The sign, one of a handful scattered across town, salutes efforts to battle the San Gabriel Complex fire, twin blazes that had erupted on June 20 in the mountains of Angeles National Forest just to the north of the city. Within a day of igniting, the fire had burned through nearly 5,000 acres and forced hundreds to evacuate. Nearly a week passed before the US Forest Service...
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Big countries are still waiting to ratify the Paris climate deal. Whats the holdup?
2016-07-01 11:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: In the wake of the U.K.s vote to leave the European Union, environmentalists have been in a bit of a tizzy. The Paris climate deal, negotiated late last year, needs ratification from 55 parties accounting for at least 55 percent of global emissions before it kicks into effect -- and the 28-member EU, which must ratify as a bloc, makes up the third-largest slice of the emissions pie. But things are tumultuous in Brussels these days, raising concerns that the EU might not manage the task anytime...
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