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Getting that sinking feeling in tortuous UN climate talks
2015-11-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Germany Abdullahi Majeed was a young delegate for the Maldives when low-lying island states warned for the first time in 1989 that climate change and rising seas could "threaten the very survival" of some nations. Now a 60-year-old veteran, Majeed is still repeating that message, one of a handful of delegates to this month's Paris climate summit who have been attending tortuous U.N. negotiations to combat global warming from the start. "It's frustrating," he said. "The sense of urgency is simply...
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US senators vow to block climate aid, scrutinize Paris deal
2015-11-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: U.S. Senate Republicans on Wednesday said Congress would not approve the Obama administration's $500 million request for its first payment into a United Nations climate fund, a move they said would undermine the upcoming climate change summit in Paris. "This president is going to go (to Paris) with no money," said Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, who chaired a hearing in the Senate environment panel on the international climate negotiations, which begin on Nov. 30. Capito...
France Cancels Major Climate March, Groups Say They Wont Be Silenced
2015-11-19 14:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Update: The Prefecture of Police of Paris has reportedly canceled a march planned for Nov. 29 that organizers expected to draw at least 200,000 people, citing security concerns. Activists noted that other actions planned worldwide will still move forward. Nicolas Haeringer, French campaigner for climate advocacy group 350.org, said in response: "The government can prohibit these demonstrations, but our voices will not be silenced. While this makes it difficult to go forward with our original...
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A fisherman's plan to feed the world and reduce climate change
2015-11-19 13:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Marketplace: One of the most prestigious prizes in sustainability, the Fuller Challenge, has been awarded to a commercial fisherman turned entrepreneur who once worked on factory trawlers pillaging the seas of fish. Following hurricanes Irene and Sandy, Bren Smith, founder of the ocean farming non-profit GreenWave, said he had a change of heart and began to search for a more sustainable form of fishing seafood. I had to adapt and reimagine how I was going to grow for this new era of climate change what species...
Tamil Nadu deluge climate change trailer, matches global warming signs
2015-11-19 12:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hindustan Times: Heavy rains and deadly flooding in south India, a region that saw a killer heat wave this summer, are weather patterns that appear to fit the scenarios of climate change in India, IMD chief Laxman Singh Rathore has said. "They (emerging weather patterns) fit the larger picture of climate change predicted by Indian scientists as well as global reports,' Rathore told HT. Episodes of excessive rainfall are increasing while the number of rainy days is decreasing, Rathore, director-general of the India...
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