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Obama Delivers Speech to UN on Climate Change: "We Risk Consigning Future Generations to an Irreversible Catastrophe"
(www.alternet.org)
The president called for investing in renewable energy, promoting greater efficiency, and slashing our emissions to reach our targets.
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Planetary Health Care Reform
(www.talkingpointsmemo.com)
From President Obama's speech this morning to the UN on global climate change:
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Climate Change Is Still Killing Coral Reefs
(airamerica.com)
According to a recent study, even if CO2 reduction and other goals for reducing climate change are met, warming ocean temperatures are still likely to decimate the world's coral reefs. The study came... More
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Oxfam activists dive into the 100 day countdown to Copenhagen climate talks at the London Aquarium
(www.grist.org)
I get to do some strange things working for Oxfam. On Wednesday night I watched as an average family—mom, dad and son—sat around with their dinners on their laps staring at the TV. Glasses of soft... More
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Companies’ CO2 cuts fall short of scientific needs, study finds
(www.grist.org)
PARIS - The world’s 100 largest companies are failing to meet scientific recommendations on cutting CO2 emissions to contain global warming, a new study [PDF] released Tuesday warned.
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Pachauri’s call for 350 ppm is breakthrough moment for climate movement
(www.grist.org)
Rajendra Pachauri is the U.N.‘s top climate scientist. He leads the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which every five years produces the authoritative assessment of climate science.... More
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Top U.N. climate scientist backs big CO2 cuts, 350-ppm goal
(www.grist.org)
PARIS - Barely 100 days before the world hopes to seal a global climate treaty, the U.N.‘s top climate scientist has given his personal endorsement to hugely ambitious goals for slashing emissions.
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Water must be on the table at Copenhagen talks
(www.grist.org)
The participants of the 2009 World Water Week in Stockholm last Friday unanimously said that water must be included in the COP-15 climate negotiations in Copenhagen this December.
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U.N. climate chief: $300B needed each year in global climate fight
(www.grist.org)
The global community should be investing $300 billion annually to combat global warming, according to U.N. climate chief Yvo de Boer. De Boer, the executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention... More
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The computer has spoken: Copenhagen will be a failure
(www.grist.org)
Cancel your plans for flying to Denmark this December. Send the polar bear suits back to the costume shop, and quit boning up on all those U.N. acronyms (IPCC ... UNFCCC ... AWG-LCA ...).
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