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Al Gore plan huge global climate concerts downgraded Paris webcast
2015-11-04 14:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Pharrell Williams and Al Gores promise of a second round of Live Earth concerts on seven continents that would be broadcast to an audience of billions has been downgraded to a webcast in Paris, organisers have confirmed. In January, the duo and producer Kevin Wall used the World Economic Forum in Davos to announce a global event that would reach 2 billion people across 193 television networks, with promotional materials promising 100 artists in seven shows. In May organisers delayed the event...
GOP Has Selective Leadership Disorder on Climate Change
2015-11-04 14:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
U.S. News and World Report: Should America lead the world on foreign policy, follow or just sit on the sidelines? The Republican presidential candidates seem to want to make that a central issue in the 2016 election. And they have staked out an unambiguous position: America must reassert its leadership role after eight years of Obama weakness. The Republican mantra of U.S. leadership, though, is highly selective. On Iran, the capacity of the United States to get a better nuclear deal seemingly knows no bounds. We can simply...
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Top Worry of Millennials around the world: Income inequality and climate change
2015-11-04 13:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Red Alert: Millennials around the world are less concerned about themselves and say theyre most worried about the poor and the planet. The World Economic Forum released a study on Oct. 25 that asked 1,000 millennials from 125 countries about their personal goals and worries for society. A supermajority of 65 percent said that one of their top three goals was pursuing a career that made a difference in their city or country. The other top goals were career advancement and finding opportunities to learn. ...
Meet the climate scientists running and cycling to Paris
2015-11-03 15:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: For Daniel Price, the toughest stretch was cycling across the Gobi Desert. For Erlend Knudsen, it was running through a two-day snowstorm in the mountains outside Bergen, Norway. Their journeys are not over. These two polar researchers have swapped physical science for physical exertion, on a mission to spread awareness of climate change. They are on twin odysseys from the Arctic and Antarctic to Paris, France, where diplomats meet to strike a global climate deal next month. Following the...
China, France Want 5-Year Updates to Climate Pledges
2015-11-03 15:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The Chinese and French presidents announced Monday they have agreed that a global climate change pact should require countries to review their emissions pledges every five years, in an important signal four weeks before world leaders meet in Paris. France is proposing the automatic increase of countries' emissions targets in a climate deal to be thrashed out at a U.N. conference beginning at the end of November. French President Francois Hollande said Monday that he and his Chinese counterpart wanted...
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