climate change negotiations
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Poor nations demand stringent emissions deal, unicorns
At the ongoing climate talks in Durban, South Africa, 48 of the world's "Least Developed Countries" demanded that world governments sign an ambitious climate deal. By “ambitious” we mean it commits them to a level of atmospheric greenhouse gases lower than what's currently in the atmosphere. There’s a rider requiring free Pegasuses (Pegasi?) for all […]
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Scientists fight Inhofe attack on climate fund
Climate scientists are fighting back against assertions that the threats posed by climate change are too uncertain to justify any action.
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The Climate Post: Scientific papers paint most accurate portrait of Earth’s future yet
Just in time for the ongoing talks in Cancun, Mexico, the U.K.'s Tyndall Center for Climate Change Research has rounded up a trove of cutting-edge scientific research that paints what may be the most accurate portrait of Earth's future to date. Plus, how to blame extreme weather on climate change (without having to apologize for doing so) and what Tea Partiers and environmentalists agree on.
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Cancun: politics vs. science
All the Cancun climate talk discussions about numbers avoid the reality that we're already on the path to dangerous global warming.
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What to expect (or not) from the Cancun climate talks
This year's U.N. talks could be our last chance to slow climate change. So will world leaders finally get it right in Cancun?
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Important actions can be accomplished at climate negotiations in Cancun
We are not going to get a binding treaty in Cancun, Mexico when 194 countries meet to continue negotiations on international efforts to address climate change. And we are not going to finalize all of the details of new international efforts. But if you believe, as I do, that real action can occur without a "binding" agreement or having all the details completed you’ll be surprised to learn that some key things might actually happen in Cancun.
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The Climate Post: Psychoanalyzing the GOP’s flourishing climate skepticism
The GOP is the only conservative party in the developed world in which denial of climate science is endemic. Plus, scientists brace for the elections, and electric cars hit a rough patch.
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The good and bad news from the Tianjin climate change negotiations
Countries meeting in Tianjin, China are trying to make final progress before the world comes together in Cancun. There are some essential elements that need to be agreed in Cancun to prove that this process can deliver real action, to begin to implement key elements of the international response to climate change, and to lay the foundation for further commitments beyond Cancun. So how are we doing a little over one week into the Tianjin session? We have mixed results.
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G20 makes itsy-bitsy progress on fossil-fuel subsidies
The G20 summit wrapped up in Toronto on Sunday without much action on one of its most sensible targets: phasing out wasteful fossil-fuel subsidies. Those subsidies amount to a crazy $550 billion a year worldwide, and the G20 agreed to look at how to rid the world of them last fall in Pittsburgh. Whispers before […]