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Days before the UN climate talks, Qatari climate leader parties with Big Oil
Creative Commons: Moaksey, 2006 With less than two weeks before the next round of UN climate negotiations in Doha, guess who the president of those crucial climate talks was having a party with? Yes,...
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World Bank outlines reality of climate inaction: A 4 degree warmer world
Creative Commons: Peter Patau, 2011 In its new report ‘Turn Down the Heat’ the World Bank – the world’s primary bank for development funding – emphasises that life on Earth with 4°C warming...
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CAN International issues 2015 milestones for climate treaty
The planet is giving warning as to what dangerous climate change looks like – from historic droughts in East Africa, the United States and Mexico, to catastrophic floods in Brazil and China, and...
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President Obama under pressure to show commitment on climate change
President Obama speaking at UN Summit on Climate Change- Creative Commons: UN Photo/Marco Castro, 2009 Barack Obama is being pressed for proof of his intent to act on climate change ahead of next...
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Climate reports forecast dire future, even with moderate action
Creative Commons: Kinumi Yoshida, 2011 In the absence of aggressive government policies aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions, a number of leading organizations, including the United Nations, the...
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350: Open letter to governments and their negotiators
2012 saw the shocking melt of the Arctic, leading our greatest climatologist to declare a ‘planetary emergency,’ and it saw weather patterns wreck harvests around the world, raising food prices by 40%...
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Infographic: The politics of climate change
It’s nearing the end of the first week of the UN Climate Talks here in Doha. How much farther along are we? It’s hard to say, and a lot of that comes from the ingrained politics in international...
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2012 on track to be 9th hottest year on record, despite La Nina
Creative Commons: Masroor Hamid, 2012 Despite early cooling from La Nina, 2012 is on track to become one of the top 10 hottest years on record, with the U.S. experiencing extreme warmth and Arctic Sea...
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Study confirms: Polar ice sheets are shrinking worldwide
Creative Commons: U.S. Geological Survey, 2012 The polar ice sheets are indeed shrinking and fast, according to a comprehensive new study on climate change. And the effects, according to an...
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Arab youth march through Doha in first climate rally in Qatari history
Creative Commons: Adopt a Negotiator, 2012 Several hundred climate activists, including members of a fledgling Arab youth movement, waved banners and called for Arab governments to take the lead in...
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Greenhouse gas emissions rose three percent in 2011: UN Report
Creative Commons: Gregory Wake, 2008 The amount of heat-trapping pollution the world spewed rose again last year by 3 percent. So scientists say it’s now unlikely that global warming can be limited...
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Health and Medical organizations sign the Doha Declaration
‘You cannot tackle hunger, disease, and poverty unless you can also provide people with a healthy ecosystem’ – Gro Harlem Brundtland Health and medical organisations from around the world are calling...
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Fossil fuel subsidies in focus at Doha climate talks
Creative Commons: Shell, 2009 Hassan al-Kubaisi considers it a gift from above that drivers in oil- and gas-rich Qatar only have to pay $1 per gallon at the pump. “Thank God that our country is an oil...
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Greenpeace: Open letter to Barack Obama on U.S. obstruction to climate treaty
Dear Mr. President, My Name is Kumi Naidoo, I am the Executive Director of Greenpeace International, I also serve as President of the Global Campaign for Climate Action and serve as Global Ambassador...
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Enviro groups respond to COP18: No oasis for climate in Doha desert
Creative Commons: Matthias Groote, 2012 The UN climate talks failed to deliver increased cuts to carbon pollution, nor did they provide any credible pathway to $100 billion per year in finance by 2020...
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UK legislators: Doha talks confirmed only domestic action can drive global...
With the Doha summit now concluded, with only very modest achievement, there is growing consensus that a faster response toclimate change is desperately needed. This is especially so when the science...
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