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UN CLIMATE TALKS

The Latest: 6 nations call for a price on carbon dioxide.
The latest news from the U.N. climate conference that began
Monday in Paris. All times local: The leaders of six countries
and the World Bank have called on economies across the globe to
put a price on carbon dioxide emissions to fight global warming.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CLIMATE_COUNTDOWN_THE_LATEST?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


Leaders of warming Earth meet in Paris to cut emissions.
The largest group of world leaders ever to stand together kicked
off two weeks of high-stakes climate talks outside Paris on
Monday, saying that striking an ambitious deal to curb global
warming can show terrorists what countries can achieve when they
are united. "What greater rejection of those who would tear down
our world than marshaling our best efforts to save it?" President
Barack Obama asked his fellow world leaders.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CLIMATE_COUNTDOWN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


Paris Climate Talks Avoid Scientists’ Idea of ‘Carbon Budget’.
After two decades of talks that failed to slow the relentless
pace of global warming, negotiators from almost 200 countries are
widely expected to sign a deal in the next two weeks to take
concrete steps to cut emissions.The prospect of progress, any
progress, has elicited cheers in many quarters. The pledges that
have already been announced “represent a clear and determined
down payment on a new era of climate ambition from the global
community of nations,” said Christiana Figueres, executive
secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change, in a statement a month ago.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/29/science/earth/paris-climate-talks-avoid-scientists-goal-of-carbon-budget.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0


Climate talks are underway, but saving the world might be harder
than we thought.
“If I sound a little testy,” says David Hawkins, sounding testy,
“it’s because I see 20 complaints a day about this idea, and I
don’t think it’s very helpful at this point.” Hawkins, director
of climate programs for the Natural Resources Defense Council,
has been fighting a mostly uphill battle to get the American
political system to deal seriously with global warming. Just in
the past few months, he has seen signs of progress, including new
power-plant regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency
and a few cracks in the Republican Party’s monolithic opposition
to action on climate change.
https://www.yahoo.com/politics/saving-the-world-may-be-1310073531105334.html


Climate action plans of poorest nations to cost $1 trillion.
The world's 48 poorest countries will need to find around a
trillion dollars between 2020 and 2030 to achieve their plans to
tackle climate change - and those plans should be a priority for
international funding, researchers said.  Estimates based on
plans submitted by the least-developed countries (LDCs) toward a
new U.N. deal to curb global warming show they will cost some $93
billion a year from 2020, when an agreement expected to be ironed
out in Paris over the next two weeks is due to take effect.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/30/climatechange-summit-funding-idUSKBN0TJ0B420151130


The magic number.
Getting the world’s governments to reach a global agreement at
the United Nations’ climate conference in Paris is going to
require careful politics, but the effort may be up against an
even tougher challenge: mathematics. The central goal of the
gathering is to forge an agreement that would set the world on a
path to ultimately restrict planetary warming to less than two
degrees Celsius above preindustrial temperatures. The target was
originally proposed by the European Union in the 1990s as a way
to avert some of the worst consequences of climate change, such
as rising sea levels.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2015/11/29/carbon/ 

World leaders launch bid for climate breakthrough in Paris.
World leaders launched an ambitious attempt on Monday to hold
back the earth's rising temperatures, with French President
Francois Hollande saying the world was at "breaking point" in the
fight against global warming. Some 150 heads of state and
government, including U.S. President Barack Obama and his Chinese
counterpart Xi Jinping, urged each other to find common cause in
two weeks of bargaining to steer the global economy away from its
dependence on fossil fuels.
http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKBN0TJ1TH20151130 

Why Negotiators At Paris Climate Talks Are Tossing The Kyoto
Model.
Negotiators and heads of state from nearly 200 countries are
meeting for the next two weeks near Paris to craft a new treaty
to slow global warming. It's the 21st "Conference of the Parties"
held by the United Nations to tackle climate change. One treaty
emerged, in 1997, after the conference in Kyoto, Japan. That's no
longer in effect, and, in fact, the Kyoto Protocol, as it's
known, didn't slow down the gradual warming of the planet.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/11/30/457402547/why-negotiators-at-paris-climate-talks-are-tossing-the-kyoto-model?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news


Timeline of key events in international effort to combat climate
change.
After decades of warnings from scientists that greenhouse gas
emissions were warming the planet, governments started coming
together in the 1980s to combat the problem. Here's a timeline of
key moments in the diplomatic effort to stop global warming,
leading up to the U.N. climate conference in Paris: 1987:
MONTREAL — Governments adopt a treaty pledging to restrict
emissions of chemicals damaging the ozone layer. While it doesn't
deal with climate change specifically, the Montreal Protocol
becomes a model for how to rein in man-made emissions through
international agreements.
http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2015/11/30/timeline-of-key-events-in-un-effort-against-climate-change


With climate at 'breaking point', leaders urge breakthrough in
Paris.
World leaders launched an ambitious attempt on Monday to hold
back rising temperatures, with the United States and China
leading calls for the climate summit in Paris to mark a decisive
turn in the fight against global warming. In a series of opening
addresses to the U.N. talks, heads of state and government
exhorted each other to find common cause in two weeks of
bargaining to steer the global economy away from its dependence
on fossil fuels. French President Francois Hollande said the
world was at a "breaking point".
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/30/us-climatechange-summit-idUSKBN0TI0TI20151130


Climate change talks: Updates from the landmark COP21 summit near
Paris.
As things kick off for the United Nations Conference on Climate
Change near Paris, which is scheduled to last 12 days, The Times
will be covering the summit, including the large delegation
attending from California with Gov. Jerry Brown. After years of
faltering negotiations, the conference of 150 world leaders is
expected to produce a landmark agreement between nations. But it
remains to be seen whether it will achieve the target of limiting
rising global temperatures to no more than 2 degrees Celsius
above pre-industrial levels this century. 
http://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-climate-change-talks-paris-updates-htmlstory.html


Paris deal would herald an important first step on climate
change.
President Barack Obama and more than 100 world leaders will
convene with thousands of diplomats Monday on the outskirts of
Paris to open two weeks of intense negotiations aimed at forging
an accord that could begin to avert the most devastating effects
of global warming and redefine the economy of the 21st century.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/paris-694190-climate-countries.html


Jerry Brown in Paris to push pact to curb emissions.
California Gov. Jerry Brown is heading to the U.N. Climate Change
conference, which opens Monday, where he will promote the state's
efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions and urge other states
and provinces to sign on to his climate pact. So far, 57
jurisdictions from 19 countries have added their signatures to a
memorandum promising to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80
percent below 1990 levels by 2030.
http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_29179973/jerry-brown-paris-push-pact-curb-emissions


Other related articles:
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/brown-694161-oil-california.html


Paris climate talks: 5 things to know.
High-level negotiations on an international agreement to fight
global warming open outside Paris in Le Bourget on Monday and are
scheduled to conclude Dec. 11. The event is formally known as the
21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC).
http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/world/2015/11/26/paris-climate-talks-5-things-know/76357910/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin=


10 Things To Know About The U.N. Climate Talks In Paris.
Leaders from around the world will converge on Paris beginning
Nov. 30 for the 2015 U.N. Climate Change Conference. The two-week
event is designed to allow countries the chance to come to an
agreement on stifling climate change. Below are 10 questions and
answers that should better prepare you for the conference and
what to expect during and after its completion.
http://www.capradio.org/news/npr/story?storyid=457364450 

AIR POLLUTION

Beijing air pollution reaches extremely hazardous levels.
Beijing suffered its worst air pollution of the year on Monday,
with monitoring sites throughout the city reporting extremely
hazardous levels of pollutants. City authorities issued a rare
orange alert, the second highest of four danger levels. Schools
suspended outdoor activities and polluting factories were
required to reduce production.
http://www.ivpressonline.com/news/health/beijing-air-pollution-reaches-extremely-hazardous-levels/article_a0535a7d-f476-537e-8183-4997e311611f.html


CLIMATE CHANGE

Merced marchers hope to raise awareness on climate change.
A group of about 40 people marched up and down M Street in Merced
on Sunday on the eve of the United Nations Climate Change
Conference in Paris to raise awareness about environmental
issues. The U.N. climate summit formally opened Sunday afternoon
with a minute of silence for the victims of this month’s Paris
attacks and vows not to let terrorism derail efforts to slow or
stop climate change.
http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article47104230.html 

California Sixth-Grade Textbooks Frame Climate Change As
Uncertain.
Sixth-grade is usually the first time California students are
formally taught about climate change as part of their science
curriculum. A recent study shows some textbooks present the
subject as a debate stemming from opinions rather than science.
Stanford and Southern Methodist University researchers analyzed
the language in four sixth grade science textbooks from major
publishers. All were published in 2008 and adopted for use in
California. 
http://www.capradio.org/articles/2015/11/30/california-sixth-grade-textbooks-frame-climate-change-as-uncertain/


California, global climate model, has work to do at home.
Gov. Jerry Brown, in Paris this week to attend a major
international conference on climate change, will showcase one of
the world's most sweeping programs to cut greenhouse gas
emissions. California has perhaps the most comprehensive
cap-and-trade program in the world, setting a limit and a price
for pollution from factories, utilities and transportation fuels.
The state's 2030 goals of getting half of its electricity from
renewable sources and reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 40
percent below 1990 levels are also among the most ambitious
anywhere.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/california-352254-ocprint-emissions-state.html


VEHICLES

2017 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell At LA Auto Show: Video.
The 2017 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell made its North American debut
this month at the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show. It will go on sale
in Japan in early 2016, followed by a U.S. launch later in the
year. That will make it the third current production fuel-cell
vehicle sold here, after the Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell and Toyota
Mirai. First revealed at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show, the Clarity
is a five-seat, four-door sedan with styling heavily influenced
by Honda's recent pair of fuel-cell concept cars.
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1101163_2017-honda-clarity-fuel-cell-at-la-auto-show-video


BMW Gives a Glimpse of Its Electric Supersport Motorcycle.
BMW just demonstrated its commitment to electric-powered vehicles
by announcing an experimental Supersport electric motorcycle
based on its S1000RR.  The experimental vehicle is called the BMW
eRR for electric racing replica and it was made in conjunction
with the Technical University of Munich. The eRR shares the body
styling of the aggressive S1000RR, and should support similar
technical specs, though none have been divulged.
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1101127_bmw-gives-a-glimpse-of-its-electric-supersport-motorcycle


GREEN ENERGY

University of California, Silicon Valley leaders form green
energy investment group.
Saying they cannot wait for traditional business development to
do it, 28 business leaders – largely from Silicon Valley -- and
organizations including the University of California have
launched what’s being called the “Breakthrough Energy Coalition.”
“The existing system of basic research, clean energy investment,
regulatory frameworks, and subsidies fails to sufficiently
mobilize investment in truly transformative energy solutions for
the future,” says Coalition Chairman Bill Gates. “We can’t wait
for the system to change through normal cycles.”
http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=29519 

Bill Gates Expected to Create Billion-Dollar Fund for Clean
Energy.
Bill Gates will announce the creation of a multibillion-dollar
clean energy fund on Monday at the opening of a Paris summit
meeting intended to forge a global accord to cut planet-warming
emissions, according to people with knowledge of the plans.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/28/us/politics/bill-gates-expected-to-create-billion-dollar-fund-for-clean-energy.html?_r=0


OPINIONS

Don't let climate debate hinder economy: Column.
Super-hurricanes, mega-droughts and 1000-year floods have made
big news in the months leading to this week's global climate
talks in Paris. Everyone wants to know how global warming has
contributed and if we should prepare for a future of
weather-on-steroids. The science community races to provide clear
answers.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/11/30/natural-climate-variability-economic-effects-partisanship-column/76374446/


BLOGS

In Paris, Business Helping To Lead The Way On Climate Change.
Smart business leaders know what's good for the environment can
also be good for the economy. No place is that more evident right
now than at the UN Conference on Climate Change in Paris, where
business is taking center stage as global leaders focus on fixing
our ailing planet.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-keefe/in-paris-business-helping_b_8681274.html




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