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1221.Green Climate Fund will get $200m from Australia after Tony Abbott’s about-turn (2014-12-11)
... Prime minister had previously disparaged the international fund designed to help poor countries adapt to climate change, and said Australia would not contribute. The federal government has pledged $200m over four years from its existing aid budget to the international Green Climate Fund, which Tony Abbott previously disparaged as a “Bob Brown bank on an... ...
1222.Full scale of plastic in the world’s oceans revealed for first time (2014-12-11)
... Over five trillion pieces of plastic are floating in our oceans says most comprehensive study to date on plastic pollution around the world. More than five trillion pieces of plastic, collectively weighing nearly 269,000 tonnes, are floating in the world’s oceans, causing damage throughout the food chain, new research has found. Data collected by scientists... ...
1223.The Amazon oil spills overlooked by environmental leaders in Lima (2014-12-10)
... As global environmental delegates gather in Peru for the UN climate talks, five oil spills in the country’s Amazon jungle are causing a hidden environmental disaster It is a disaster hidden from the environmental leaders gathered inside the walls of a military compound in Lima on a mission to fight climate change. ...
1224.Major deltas ‘could be drowned’ (2014-12-09)
... Sea-level rise and river engineering “spell disaster” for many of the world’s river deltas, say scientists. Half a billion people live in deltas, but the newly published research suggests many of these areas are set to be inundated by rising seas. Some of the lowest lying, including the Mekong and Mississippi, are particularly vulnerable. ...
1225.Lima climate talks: pledge to plant 20m hectares of trees (2014-12-09)
... Eight Latin American countries have pledged to combat deforestation and restore an area of land twice the size of Britain by 2020. The move is part of a global plan to plant hundreds of millions of trees and save over 1bn tonnes of CO2 a year. Much of the land to be replanted and improved... ...
1226.Abbott government accused of trying to set up climate change talks for failure (2014-12-08)
... The Abbott government has been accused of setting impossible requirements for Australia’s participation in any global climate change agreement clinched in Paris next year by insisting it must include legally binding emissions targets. Experts say the Paris agreement could require countries to enshrine their new post-2020 greenhouse emission reduction targets in domestic law but that... ...
1227.School pupils and hospital patients at risk of killer pollution, say MPs (2014-12-08)
... Schools, hospitals and care homes should not be built near main roads to reduce the tens of thousands of deaths being caused by the “invisible killer” of air pollution, a committee of MPs has warned. The Commons environmental audit committee recommends diesel engines be scrapped over time and existing schools close to busy roads be... ...
1228.Lima climate talks: developing nations urge rich to aim for zero emissions (2014-12-04)
... Developing countries called on the rich on Tuesday to do more to lead the fight against climate change in line with scientific findings that global greenhouse gas emissions should fall to net zero by 2100 to avert the worst impacts. About 190 countries are meeting in Lima from 1-12 December to decide elements of a... ...
1229.World’s largest cave in Vietnam threatened by cable car (2014-12-04)
... Vietnamese are protesting plans to build a cable car through remote Phong Nha-Ke Bang national park that could carry 1,000 visitors an hour to Son Doong cave ...
1230.Bank of England investigating risk of ‘carbon bubble’ (2014-12-02)
... The Bank of England is to conduct an enquiry into the risk of fossil fuel companies causing a major economic crash if future climate change rules render their coal, oil and gas assets worthless. The concept of a “carbon bubble” has gained rapid recognition since 2013, and is being taken increasingly seriously by some major... ...
