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Ending poverty hinges on tougher environmental goals: Study
2013-03-21 14:38:17| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Governments must impose radical limits on everything from water use to greenhouse gases if they want to have any chance of ending global poverty, a group of scientists said. States needed to tighten clean air laws, at least halve the amount of water drawn from river basins and start cutting some environmentally damaging pollution, all by 2030, they suggested. "The stable functioning of Earth systems - including the atmosphere, oceans, forests, waterways, biodiversity and biogeochemical cycles...
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Environmental Threats Could Push Billions into Poverty
2013-03-17 19:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The number of people living in extreme poverty could increase by up to 3 billion by 2050 unless urgent action is taken to tackle environmental challenges, a major UN report warned on Thursday. The 2013 Human Development Report hails better than expected progress on health, wealth and education in dozens of developing countries but says inaction on climate change, deforestation, and air and water pollution could end gains in the world's poorest countries and communities. "Environmental threats...
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Can the world fight climate change and energy poverty at the same time?
2013-03-10 16:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The United Nations has set two huge energy-related goals for the coming century. The first is to bring electricity to the 1.3 billion people who still don`t have it. The second is to curtail fossil fuel use and keep global warming below 2°C. Those are daunting goals. They`re also in somewhat awkward tension with each other. The first requires increasing the amount of energy the world uses, including fossil fuels. The second requires harnessing cleaner power sources, using energy more efficiently,...
RAC Foundation: 830,000 households in UK spend at least 27% of their income on running a car; transport poverty
2013-03-07 13:30:14| Green Car Congress
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Mexico: We Arent Fighting Poverty Here, Were Improving the Quality of Life
2013-03-06 21:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: The residents of San Crisanto, a small communal village nestled in an idyllic setting in the southeastern Mexican state of Yucatn, have learned that valuing and protecting natural resources can generate employment and income. The San Crisanto initiative, which combines ecotourism and other economic activities, is a model for other communities located along Mexico's Caribbean coast, which is rich in biodiversity but exposed to unpredictable weather hazards. Visitors to San Crisanto can take...
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