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Ethiopia to cut carbon emissions by two-thirds by 2030
2015-06-11 18:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Ethiopia has set targets to slash carbon emissions by two-thirds within the next 15 years, the most ambitious goal so far presented to an upcoming UN climate change conference in Paris. "Ethiopia intends to achieve its vision of becoming carbon-neutral, with the mid-term goal of attaining middle-income status," according to a statement published on the website of the UN convention on climate change. Addis Ababa has set a target to reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases by 64 percent by 2030,...
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Paris 2015: UN, France press Australia cut carbon emission 40% by 2040
2015-06-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: The Abbott government should commit at the Paris climate summit to double the long-term rate at which Australia is now cutting its greenhouse gas emissions, a senior French official said. According to a "provisional evaluation" based in part on United Nations figures, Australia's current goal of reducing emissions by 5 per cent on 2000 levels by 2020 will amount to a 20 per cent cut by 2030 if the same trajectory is maintained, said Nicolas Hulot, a special climate envoy to French President Francois...
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Democrats propose carbon tax
2015-06-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Two Senate Democrats sponsored a bill Wednesday to institute an economy-wide tax on carbon dioxide emissions, revenue that would be returned through rebates and tax cuts. Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) pitched their proposal at an event hosted by the conservative American Enterprise Institute, saying that their bill aligns with conservative economic principles and Republicans should support it. The tax would be charged at $45 per ton of carbon dioxide or equivalent...
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Ethiopia Submits Carbon Cutting Plan for UN Climate Deal
2015-06-11 14:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Ethiopia became the third African country to unveil its plan to slash carbon dioxide emissions as part of an global pact on Wednesday. The continent`s second most populous country said it would target at least a 64% cut within 15 years on the current trajectory of emissions, in its submission to a UN portal. That makes it the 40th country to post a so-called intended nationally determined contribution, in UN parlance, towards curbing global warming. The full implementation of Ethiopias...
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Scotland misses carbon target fourth year in a row
2015-06-09 18:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Opposition parties said Nicola Sturgeons government had to start dramatically cutting CO2 emissions from transport, housing and the public sector after the latest annual statistics showed Scotland missed its emissions target by 10% or 5m tonnes equivalent (mte) of CO2. Ministers at Holyrood said they planned to greatly increase investment in home energy efficiency by making it a national planning priority. But Richard Lochhead, the Scottish environment secretary, admitted that was a long-term...
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