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Scientists: US-China pact won't slow warming much
2014-11-13 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Don't expect the landmark U.S.-China climate change agreement to nudge the world's rising thermostat downward much on its own, scientists say. While they hail it as a start, experts who study heat-trapping carbon dioxide don't see the deal, announced Wednesday in Beijing, making significant progress without other countries joining in. The math shows that even with the agreement, the globe is still rushing toward another 2-degree temperature rise -- a level that world leaders have pledged to...
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Secret talks and personal letter: how US-China climate deal was done
2014-11-12 23:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The climate deal announced on Wednesday between the worlds two biggest carbon polluters was struck after a personal letter from Barack Obama, and nine months of intensive diplomacy. But American and Chinese officials had been in search of an agreement through official meetings and back-channel negotiations since the days when George Bush was president. The plan unveiled in Beijing by Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, commits the two countries to ambitious cuts to greenhouse gas...
Is U.S.-China climate deal a game changer for global talks?
2014-11-12 10:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: For the world's two largest economies -- and largest emitters of greenhouse gas -- to announce a sustained commitment to reducing carbon emissions by almost a third by the year 2030 is a watershed moment for climate politics on so many fronts. Firstly, it raises the tempo worldwide regarding just how seriously we should be listening to the science and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Secondly, it provides a new benchmark for international negotiations to break the lethargy...
New U.S.-China climate deal is a game changer
2014-11-12 08:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: In what may prove to be a watershed moment in the fight against climate change, President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping announced from Beijing on Wednesday that they are pursuing ambitious new greenhouse gas emission reductions. China and the U.S. are the worlds two largest emitters of heat-trapping gases like carbon dioxide and methane, and their cooperation is absolutely essential to the success of any global effort to scale back emissions and avert catastrophic climate change. According...
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Hawaii business executives and politicians applaud U.S.-China visa agreement
2014-11-11 14:19:15| Airlines - Topix.net
A Mandarin-speaking guide leads a group of Chinese visitors on a tour of the USS Missouri in this 2013 file photo. The agreement to extend visas for Chinese visitors to the U.S. drew applause from local business leaders.
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