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Paris Climate Talks – Human and Indigenous Rights Removed
“How can our voices be silenced here?” Jannie Staffansson – a Sami woman from Northern Europe We are the persons who are dying. My friends, my family are the ones who go through water, they are the...
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Paris Climate Talks – Late Breaking Update Friday
Final Paris Agreement to be released Sat Dec 12 at 1030 am CET Countries will then spend Saturday reviewing, commenting and, if all goes well, voting on the new climate agreement by end of day. It is...
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Paris Climate Talks – Reactions to Saturday’s Final Agreement
Breaking: Final Plenary to Vote on New Climate Agreement Delayed to 17:30 CET Saturday Now that parties have had a chance to review the final text points of disagreement remain. Some changes will...
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In 60 words Why the Paris Agreement is Historic
Paris Agreement is like buying life insurance. It's for the benefit of our children and grandchildren.
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Paris Climate Talks – Canada’s “Thrilled”
I’m really thrilled Canada was able to play an active part of it. — Catherine McKenna, Minister of environment and climate change Years from now, today may very well be the day our children look...
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Climate Change Driving Our Weather Crazy
By Stephen Leahy Helle Thorning-Schmidt came home at 3:30am one night last August to find her home flooded after heavy rains. Ironically the Danish prime minister had been attending European Commission...
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Global Warming Explained… in 320 words
One night in a bar a Russian journalist who I’d just met says: “This global warming is too complicated for people to know if it’s real or not”. “You don’t think climate change is happening?” I asked...
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Climate Change Explained in 165 Words
The moon has no atmosphere so it is scorching hot (+100C) during the day and bitterly cold (-150C) at night. The Earth has an atmosphere made up of oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide (CO2) and other...
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Oceans on the Brink: Dying Plankton, Dead Zones, Acidification
By Stephen Leahy [Originally published Jul 31, 2010 for the Inter Press Service (IPS)] The oceans are the lifeblood of our planet and plankton its red blood cells. Those vital “red blood cells” have...
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“In a warmer world, there will be more fire. That’s a virtual certainty.”
The northern forest a “carbon bomb” – Global Fire Monitoring Center By Stephen Leahy [First published Feb 27 2012 (IPS)] Rising temperatures are drying out northern forests and peatlands, producing...
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