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Britain sends mixed messages on climate ahead of Paris talks
2015-11-27 16:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Britain's cuts to renewable energy subsidies and abandonment of its carbon capture and storage scheme are likely to diminish the country's influence at the global climate talks starting in Paris this weekend, investors and green groups said. Britain's commitment to foreign aid, including around 5.8 billion in climate finance from 2016-2021, has enabled the country to be an influential deal broker at climate talks in the past, gaining the ears of developed and developing countries. But a swathe...
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París Is Not the End of a Climate Change Process but a Beginning
2015-11-27 16:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Chilean President Michelle Bachelet says the climate summit in Paris "is not the end of a process but a beginning," and that it will produce "an agreement that, although insufficient with respect to the original goal, shows that people believe it is better to move ahead than to stand still." In this exclusive interview with IPS, held shortly before Bachelet headed to the capital of France, the president reflected on the global impacts of climate change and stressed several times that the accords...
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How Many Climate Change Refugees Should America Let In?
2015-11-27 16:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The United Nations estimates that climate change will create 200 million migrants and refugees throughout the world. How many climate change refugees should America let in? A vote in the U.S. House of Representatives last week created a firestorm of controversy about how many refugees from Syria should be allowed in the U.S. The House vote, which would further restrict Syrians from entering America, received support from nearly all the Republicans and 47 Democrats, including my Colorado Democratic...
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Food industry focuses on sustainable sourcing to mitigate climate change
2015-11-27 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EurActiv: Faced with a raw materials scarcity due to climate change, food and drink giants have turned to a sustainable management in order to protect the environment and ensure their future viability. The global population is expected to rise from 7.3 billion today to 9.7 billion in 2050, according to UN projections. As a consequence, according to a survey published in July by FoodDrinkEurope, this will require a 60% increase in food supplies globally, as well as a 30% rise in global demand for water...
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The real climate conspiracy: What youre not being told
2015-11-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: Some climate change deniers are convinced that global warming is a massive conspiracy. Ironically, there is a sort of conspiracy but one that downplays how serious the consequences could be and exaggerates the impact of action to limit them. It involves everyone from scientists and politicians to activists and journalists. At the research level, there is what renowned climate scientist James Hansen calls the John Mercer effect. In the 1970s, Mercer published the first paper that suggested the...
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