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Apparel groups urge strong climate pledge from leaders
2015-12-04 16:36:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A group of seven apparel companies, including Levis Strauss & Co, VF Corp and Gap Inc, have signed a declaration calling on government leaders to reach a strong climate change agreement.
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Nations most at risk of climate change urge lower warming cap
2015-12-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Leaders from a group of 43 countries most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change called on the first day of U.N. climate talks for a new deal that puts the world on track to limit global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius. To achieve that goal - which is tougher than the expected 2 degree Celsius cap at the talks - would require cutting carbon emissions to zero and adopting 100 percent renewable energy by 2050, the nations said. Meeting it would demand much higher ambition at the talks...
With climate at 'breaking point', leaders urge breakthrough in Paris
2015-11-30 11:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: World leaders launched an ambitious attempt on Monday to hold back the earth's rising temperatures, with the United States and China urging the climate summit in Paris to mark a decisive turn in the fight against global warming. In a series of opening addresses to the U.N. talks, heads of state and government exhorted each other to find common cause in two weeks of bargaining to steer the global economy away from its dependence on fossil fuels. French President Francois Hollande said the world...
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Millions urge world leaders to adopt 100% clean energy by 2050
2015-11-28 13:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Times: A 'mega climate petition' calling on countries to shift to 100% renewable energy by 2050 has gathered more than 3 million supporters ahead of COP21. The UN climate conference begins on 30 November (Monday) in Paris, bringing together more than 120 world leaders in an attempt to reach a universal agreement on global warming. Ahead of the climate summit, a petition organised by campaign group Avaaz.org has gathered 3,174,764 signatures. Calling on global leaders to phase out carbon pollution to...
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UN, France urge Commonwealth to support strong climate change plan
2015-11-27 20:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ottawa Citizen: The French president and secretary-general of the United Nations pleaded Friday at the Commonwealth summit for the world to unite and produce an ambitious agreement to combat climate change, with François Hollande saying man is the worst enemy of man. Their call for climate action on the eve of the United Nations climate-change conference in Paris came the same day Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $2.65 billion over five years to help developing countries deal with climate change. Hollande...
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