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GUYANA – Capitol TV News Videos – 15 December 2015
| President Granger urges citizens to be self-sufficient
Posted: 15 Dec 2015 02:09 PM PST |
| GPSU looking to reclaim its property
Posted: 15 Dec 2015 02:08 PM PST |
| GT&T says it is working to restore internet speed
Posted: 15 Dec 2015 02:05 PM PST |
| Christmas cheer for Mocha children
Posted: 15 Dec 2015 02:04 PM PST |
Suriname is aiming to reverse coastal erosion of mangroves countering destructive erosion along the country’s coastline with these permeable dams breaking the waves and trapping sediment and reclaiming land. (Photo: Sieuwnath Naipal)
PARIS, France, Thursday December 10, 2015, IPS – Suriname’s coastline is eroding so quickly scientists predict the country’s maze of mangroves could disappear in just 30 years unless there is urgent action on climate change. Continue reading
Canada welcomes a small group of refugees but its telegenic new PM puts on a big show.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greets refugees fleeing Syria, during their arrival at Pearson International airport in Toronto. (Photo: AP)
They were hardly the poor, huddled masses Canadians might have expected.
In fact, the 163 privately sponsored Syrian refugees from Lebanon who landed in Toronto late last Thursday looked less bedraggled and besieged than other Canadians do after a long overseas flight. Continue reading
COP 21: UN Climate Change Agreement Paris 2015
The hard truth about the Paris climate deal
The Rest is Up to Us
On December 12th, 2015, world governments meeting in Paris produced a landmark climate agreement… Paris isn’t the end of the story… Now, it’s up to us to strengthen these promises, make sure they are kept, and then accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels and toward 100% renewable energy.
~ 350.org Paris: Wrap-Up
Paris Climate Deal: Key Points at a Glance
Countries have promised to try to bring global emissions down from peak levels as soon as possible. More significantly, they pledged “to achieve a balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of this century.”
~ Paris climate deal: key points at a glance by Adam Vaughan in Paris, The Guardian, December 12, 2015
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