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Climate change at Davos, What you need to know

A logo of the World Economic Forum (WEF) is seen stuck on a window at the congress center in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos in 2012. The upcoming WEF will be held from January 20 to 23 (Flickr/ WEF)
The global elite gathers at the World Economic Forum for a four-day summit – and energy transition is high up the agenda

January 20, 2016 — ‘Mastering the fourth industrial revolution‘ is the umbrella theme for a series of discussions at the Swiss ski resort of Davos from Wednesday.

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2015 a ‘tipping point’ for climate change

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In this file photo, two banners read ‘Stop Climate Crimes’ and ‘Debout et Determines pour le Climat’ (Raised and involved for Climate) as thousands of people demonstrate in front of the Eiffel Tower for climate change in Paris, France, December 12, 2015. Etienne Laurent/EPA
Nature, along with the usually fractious family of nations, conspired to make it a landmark year

PARIS, France (Jan. 18, 2016) — When future generations write the history of humanity’s faltering quest to repair Earth’s climate system, 2015 will have its own chapter.

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WEF warns vs more chaos, fractured states

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Connections are fracturing at a time when changes in the global economy and climate require common direction, says the World Economic Forum

MANILA, Philippines (Jan. 18, 2016) — Current global trends could see the world facing an uncertain future dominated by fractured states, a volatile global economy, and an increasingly inhospitable climate.

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How The Paris Climate Agreement Super-Charges The Clean Air Act

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January 15, 2016 —A group of leading law professors who work on climate have published a game-changing new legal analysis. It finds that the Paris climate agreement unlocks a previously unused Continue reading How The Paris Climate Agreement Super-Charges The Clean Air Act

Climate Change Progress After Paris

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January 12, 2016 — The 2015 United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Paris was the biggest global event on climate change since the Copenhagen summit six years ago. Copenhagen was a disastrous failure with little meaningful action taken to reduce carbon emissions by the assembled nations. Will our climate be in better shape after Paris?

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