Carbon Market: China to spend $738billion on clean energy and more stories

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China to spend $738bn: Obama bid to salvage climate bill: global warming raises drought fears: UK must accelerate savings: poor nations pledge climate action: UN Chief says do more
 

China to spend $738 billion on clean energy

Beijing — China has said it plans to invest 738 billion dollars developing clean energy over the next decade, as part of efforts to reduce the nation’s heavy reliance on coal and slash carbon emissions.   Source: AFP

Obama officials, utility executives meet to salvage climate bill
Top Obama administration officials met Tuesday with utility executives in another sign that senior Democrats are pushing to salvage a limited climate change bill this year.   Source: The Hill
 

Global warming raises water shortage risks in one-third of U.S. countiesMore than 1,100 counties – one-third of those in the continental United States – will face higher risks of water shortages by midcentury as the result of global warming   Source: USA Today
 

UK ‘must accelerate’ on low-carbon road
The UK risks being left behind in the low-carbon future unless government spending is first protected and then increased, say advisers.   Source: BBC News
 

Most vulnerable nations pledge climate action
Six countries seen as most threatened by rising sea levels have vowed to cut their carbon emissions as a gesture of their commitment to fight global warming, the Maldivian government said Monday.   Source: AFP

New UN climate chief urges governments to do more to face climate change
New UN climate chief Christiana Figueres urged governments to make further progress in dealing world climate change on Thursday, just a few weeks before new round of UN climate talks.   Source: People’s Daily Online

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