Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who rose to power in large part by opposing a tax on greenhouse gas emissions, is finding his country isolated like never before on climate change as the U.S., China and other nations ...
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Nov 28, 2014
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A group of Canadian and international researchers and graduate students supporting the University's Enviro-Net project to monitor climate change are now using IBM's InfoSphere Streams software to quickly ingest, correlate ...
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Nov 21, 2014
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A report for the United Nations released today shows how the major emitting countries can cut their carbon emissions by mid-century in order to prevent dangerous climate change. The report, produced cooperatively by leading ...
Environment
Jul 9, 2014
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US Secretary of State John Kerry Monday called for a global strategy to save the world's oceans, saying everyone had a "shared responsibility" to protect the seas covering 75 percent of the planet.
Environment
Jun 16, 2014
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Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo urged the world's major cities to unite in the fight against climate change.
Environment
May 30, 2014
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Along with the enormous risks global warming poses for humanity are opportunities to improve public health and build a better world, scientists gathered in Yokohama for a climate change conference said Tuesday.
Environment
Mar 25, 2014
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The UN's new Green Climate Fund (GCF)opened its headquarters in South Korea on Wednesday, facing the key challenge of funding its mission to support low carbon projects around the world.
Environment
Dec 4, 2013
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Halting deforestation in tropical regions requires verification of forest conditions. VTT has developed a new satellite image based method for accurate assessment of tropical forest cover. Part of the EU's seventh framework ...
Environment
Nov 26, 2013
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A new global initiative wants to present a more persuasive argument for action on climate change by focusing on the economic benefits of doing so.
Environment
Sep 24, 2013
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Countries around the world need to act with a sense of urgency if the 2015 UN climate change talks on cutting emissions are to have a credible outcome, a top EU official warned Friday.
Environment
Sep 6, 2013
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