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<font size="+1"><b><a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/13/trump-looking-at-quickest-way-to-quit-paris-climate-agreement-says-report">Trump
looking at quickest way to quit Paris climate agreement, says
report</a></b></font><br>
<blockquote>The president-elect wants to bypass the theoretical
four-year procedure to exit the accord, according to a Reuters
source<br>
Donald Trump is seeking quick ways of withdrawing from the Paris
climate agreement in defiance of widening international backing
for the plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions, Reuters has
reported...<br>
Since the US president-elect was chosen, governments ranging from
China to small island states have reaffirmed support for the 2015
Paris agreement at 200-nation climate talks running until 18
November in Marrakesh, Morocco.... a source in the Trump
transition team said the victorious Republican, who has called
global warming a hoax, was considering ways to bypass a
theoretical four-year procedure for leaving the accord...<br>
Despite the threat of a US withdrawal, US secretary of state John
Kerry said on Sunday that he would continue his efforts to
implement the Paris agreement until Barack Obama leaves office on
20 January....<br>
"Now the world’s scientific community has concluded that climate
change is happening beyond any doubt. And the evidence is there
for everybody to see," Kerry said.<br>
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<blockquote><b>What is the Paris agreement?</b><br>
It's a climate change accord agreed by nearly 200 countries in
December 2015, which came into force on 4 November 2016. The
agreement commits world leaders to keeping global warming below
2C, seen as the threshold for safety by scientists, and pursuing a
tougher target of 1.5C. The carbon emission curbs put forward by
countries under Paris are not legally-binding but the framework of
the accord, which includes a mechanism for periodically cranking
those pledges up, is binding. The agreement also has a long-term
goal for net zero emissions which would effectively phase out
fossil fuels.<br>
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<b><font size="+1"><a
href="https://climatecrocks.com/2016/11/12/china-warns-against-abandoning-climate-action/">China
Warns Against Abandoning Climate Action</a></font></b><br>
<blockquote>Financial Times: China has warned Donald Trump that he
will be defying the wishes of the entire planet if he acts on his
vow to back away from the Paris climate agreement after he becomes
US president next January. In a sign of how far the world has
shifted in recognizing the need to tackle global warming, Beijing
— once seen as an obstructive force in UN climate talks — is now
leading the push for progress by responding to fears that Mr Trump
would pull the US out of the landmark accord...<br>
"It is global society’s will that all want to co-operate to combat
climate change," a senior Beijing negotiator said in Marrakesh on
Friday, at the first round of UN talks since the Paris deal was
sealed last December. The Chinese negotiators added that "any
movement by the new US government" would not affect their
transition towards becoming a greener economy...<br>
India also joined in the warnings, saying Mr Trump’s appointment
would force countries to reassess an accord hailed as an end to
the fossil fuel era....<br>
Recalling the way support for the earlier Kyoto protocol climate
treaty crumbled after it was abandoned by another Republican
president, George W Bush, Mr Prasad said he feared the Paris
accord could suffer "a contagious disease that spreads" if the US
withdrew.<br>
Mr Trump’s sweeping victory on Tuesday has shaken what had
appeared to be an unstoppable bout of global action to tackle
climate change in the run-up to the two-week Marrakesh talks,
which began on Monday...<br>
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style="font-weight: bold;">Donald Trump,<span
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style="font-weight: bold;">climate</b><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>finance, and
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);">President-elect Donald Trump's policies are likely to
make it harder for developing nations to obtain the growing
finance they need to combat<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
style="font-weight: normal;">climate change</b>, threatening
one pillar of a 2015 international agreement to slow<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="font-weight:
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class="titletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Our Obligation
to Humanity in the Face of<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
style="font-weight: bold;">Climate Change</b></span></a></h2>
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<blockquote> <font size="-1">Even if the ever-mounting evidence
that climate change is and will disastrously affect our lives
is proven otherwise, it behooves us to prepare for it and to
mitigate its risks and threats. This is what any reasonable
government, military, company or organization would do for
unexpected scenarios. In the humanitarian world it’s called
the ‘less-likely’ or ‘worst-case’ scenario...</font><br>
<br>
<font size="-1">Fortunately, we have taken the first steps. The
entry into force, this month, of the<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://unfccc.int/paris_agreement/items/9485.php"
target="_hplink"
data-beacon="{"p":{"mnid":"entry_text","lnid":"citation","mpid":1,"plid":"http://unfccc.int/paris_agreement/items/9485.php"}}"
style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(46, 112, 97);">Paris
Climate Change Agreement</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and the<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs"
target="_hplink"
data-beacon="{"p":{"mnid":"entry_text","lnid":"citation","mpid":2,"plid":"https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs"}}"
style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(46, 112, 97);">2015
Adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development</a>,
the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://worldhumanitariansummit.org/sites/default/files/media/WHS%20Commitment%20to%20Action_8September2016.pdf"
target="_hplink"
data-beacon="{"p":{"mnid":"entry_text","lnid":"citation","mpid":3,"plid":"https://worldhumanitariansummit.org/sites/default/files/media/WHS%20Commitment%20to%20Action_8September2016.pdf"}}"
style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(46, 112, 97);">Core
Commitments of the World Humanitarian Summit based on the
UN’s Agenda for Humanity of 2016</a>; and the entire body of
Human Rights instruments, reflect and guide our collective
responsibility to prevent, manage and reverse the disaster
impact of climate change.</font><br>
<br>
<font size="-1">Our global responsibility entails unpacking
existing evidence of trends and current impacts, while also
taking appropriate action. We have to both reduce greenhouse
gas emissions and look holistically and globally at economies,
poverty, education, trade and human rights. And again, even if
we are wrong about climate change, we will end up building a
better world to equally serve humanity in all its corners.</font><br>
<br>
<font size="-1">Meanwhile, let’s take a<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://climate.nasa.gov/" target="_hplink"
data-beacon="{"p":{"mnid":"entry_text","lnid":"citation","mpid":4,"plid":"http://climate.nasa.gov/"}}"
style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(46, 112, 97);">few
figures from the NASA website</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to illustrate what
global warming means. Nine of the 10 warmest years on record
have occurred since 2000. Sea levels are rising by 3.4 mm a
year. 281 gigatonnes of land ice is today lost annually.
Arctic Sea ice is disappearing at a rate of over 13% per
decade.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/greenhouse-gases"
target="_hplink"
data-beacon="{"p":{"mnid":"entry_text","lnid":"citation","mpid":5,"plid":"https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/greenhouse-gases"}}"
style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(46, 112, 97);">At the
same time, around the world, our activities increased
emissions of greenhouse gases by 35 percent from 1990 to
2010.</a></font>
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<font color="#000099"><b><a
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp8zG6aVclI">(History)
Why the US/China Climate Deal is Real</a></b></font><br>
<blockquote> Video from 2014 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp8zG6aVclI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp8zG6aVclI</a>
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<br>
<font size="+1"><a
href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/2005/11/11/heat-is-on-case-global-warmin-989829467/"><b>This
day in Climate History November 13, 2005</b></a><b> From D.R.
Tucker ----------</b></font><br>
<blockquote>November 13, 2005: Fox News Channel airs "The Heat is
On: The Case of Global Warming," [archived video not found] a
special that reportedly (and surprisingly, considering Fox's track
record) does not feature any climate-change deniers. After
fossil-fuel-industry front groups attack Fox for not including
their viewpoint, Fox runs a special several months later featuring
the views of climate-change deniers.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/2005/11/11/heat-is-on-case-global-warmin-989829467/">http://www.foxnews.com/story/2005/11/11/heat-is-on-case-global-warmin-989829467/</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mediamatters.org/mobile/research/2012/10/24/timeline-fox-news-role-in-the-climate-of-doubt/190906">http://mediamatters.org/mobile/research/2012/10/24/timeline-fox-news-role-in-the-climate-of-doubt/190906</a><br>
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