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What if 2 C isn’t enough to cap global warming?
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 22nd, 2015
Agence France-Presse: Locking in an action plan to cap global warming at two degrees Celsius will be the ultimate yardstick for success or failure at the Paris climate summit that opens in a week.
Under the UN flag, the 2 C (3.6 Fahrenheit) target has been embraced by 195 countries, most of whose leaders will descend upon France's terror-struck capital on November 30.
But is that goal truly adequate to shield humanity from record heat waves, superstorms engorged by rising seas, and other devastating impacts?
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Oakland: Hundreds rally for global action climate change
Posted by Contra Costa Times: Peter Hegarty on November 22nd, 2015
Contra Costa Times: Ilsa Hadda drove -- which might not seem very green -- to a march and rally that highlighted the dangers of carbon emissions and demanded global action on climate change.
But at age 91 and needing a cane, Hadda felt she had no choice if she wanted to join others Saturday at the demonstration that called on the world's leaders to do more to promote clean, renewable energy.
"It's very important," said Hadda, who lives in Berkeley. "We want to be able to breathe and harvest our own food and live...
Paris climate talks: ‘Six years on, climate change is killing fish, flooding our fields’
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 22nd, 2015
Guardian: They are humanity’s hope for tomorrow, but each faces a future that looks increasing bleak and uncertain. Born in four different parts of the globe, these children came into the world in the weeks leading up to the Copenhagen climate conference in December 2009.
At the time, the Observer described the lives of these young people as their families struggled to cope with the impact of climate change.
Now, before the Paris climate summit at the end of the month, we have returned to meet those...