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Saying that “ investment-grade climatechange and clean energy policy is required to shift private sector investment from high-carbon to low-carbon assets ”, a group of 285 investors has urged governments and international policy makers to take new and meaningful steps in the fight against climatechange.
The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) released a letter to President Obama describing six key components the advisory group believes should be central to the Administration’s strategy for addressing climatechange. —PCAST letter to the President. The six key components are: 1.
billion tonnes of CO 2 ) in 2010 for the first time. Published in the journal Nature ClimateChange , the new analysis shows fossil fuel emissions increased by 5.9% in 2010 and by 49% since 1990, the reference year for the Kyoto protocol. in 2010 and by 49% since 1990, the reference year for the Kyoto protocol.
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The National Research Council of the US has released a report examining the potential for climatechange to pose or to alter security risks for the United States over the next ten years. It also emphasizes climate-driven security risks that call for action within the coming decade either to anticipate or to respond to security threats.
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