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Kerry: Pacific Islands need urgent climate support

2013-09-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

RTCC: US Secretary of State John Kerry has pledged to ensure a secure future for Pacific Island states in the face of growing pressures from climate change. In a video message played to delegates at this weeks Pacific Islands Forum Kerry said it was now vital to help vulnerable nations prepare for the impacts of global warming, including rising sea levels and extreme weather events. I stand with you in the fight against climate change, and I look forward to continuing to work together to ensure...

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Marshall Islands seek Australia and New Zealand leadership in climate change

2013-09-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Islands Business: Marshall Islands will seek Australia and New Zealands help in promoting a new wave of climate leadership that it wants to pursue in the next 12 months. As it takes over the chairmanship of the 16 member group, the north Pacific nation is looking to Canberra and Wellington for leadership. Tony deBrum, the Minister in Assistance to the Office of the President in the Republic of Marshall Islands said the Pacific looks up to Australia in terms of supporting the Majuro Declaration on Climate Leadership...

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Hawaiian Islands Weather details & Aloha Paragraphs / August 31 - September 1, 2013

2013-08-31 20:57:45| Airlines - Topix.net

Air Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level - and on the highest mountain tops on Maui and the Big Islanda Here's a link to the live web cam on the summit of near 13,800 foot Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii.

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Marshall Islands sounds warning on climate change

2013-08-30 11:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: The Marshall Islands has warned that the clock is ticking on climate change and the world needs to act urgently to stop low-lying Pacific nations disappearing beneath the waves. Marshalls Foreign Minister Phillip H. Muller issued a plea for action as he prepares for next week`s Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), which includes some of the countries most affected by the rising seas blamed on global warming. "We want to work as hard as we can to see if there is a possibility of having our islands continue...

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