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Solar panels the roof of the Nervi Hall at the Vatican.

Vatican Conference Participants Declare Climate Change a Moral Issue

April 30, 2015
Emily Connor
News Summary
The Vatican hosted a high-level conference on climate change this week. A final declaration by participants said that decisive action to mitigate...
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Keywords: 
climate policy
Geography: 
Global
President Barack Obama walks the Anhinga Trail with rangers at Everglades National Park.

Earth Day: President Obama Visits Everglades to Talk Climate Change

April 23, 2015
Emily Connor
News Summary
President Barack Obama traveled to the Florida Everglades this Earth Day, April 22, to draw attention to the threat climate change poses to U.S...
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Keywords: 
climate policy, coastal
Geography: 
Global
Macedonia--Municipal Climate Change Strategies Project2

USAID’s CCRD Project Helps Macedonia Integrate Climate Change and Governance

April 20, 2015
Anne Usher
Blog Post
Macedonia is already facing the effects of a changing climate. Recent droughts are affecting water supplies and stunting crop yields, and climate...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, climate change integration, resilience, Training, water
Geography: 
Europe & Eurasia
Roundtable discussion at Howard University with President Obama, cabinet officials, doctors, and clean air advocates.

Governments, Health Institutions Warn of Climate Impacts on Human Health

April 16, 2015
Emily Connor
News Summary
On April 7, President Obama announced several Executive Actions to protect American communities from the negative health impacts of climate change. A...
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Keywords: 
health
Geography: 
Global
Houseboats float in California’s drought-lowered Oroville Lake.

Severe Droughts Unleash Water Crises in California, Brazil

April 8, 2015
Emily Connor
News Summary
The United States and Brazil are both facing water shortages of historic proportions in some of their largest population centers, Fortune magazine...
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Keywords: 
urban, water
Geography: 
Global
A world map shows that global concentrations of carbon dioxide emissions correspond roughly with population density.

U.S. Formally Commits to Lowering Total Carbon Emissions

April 2, 2015
Emily Connor
News Summary
On March 31, 2015, the U.S. submitted its 2025 carbon emissions reduction target to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC...
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Keywords: 
climate policy, emissions
Geography: 
Global
Gabon's forested coastline.

U.S., Mexico, Ghana Submit Pledges to Curb Carbon Pollution

April 2, 2015
Emily Connor
News Summary
The White House said on March 31 that the United States formally submitted its target to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 26-28 percent, by...
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Keywords: 
climate policy
Geography: 
Global

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