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Major cuts to surging carbon dioxide emissions are needed now, not down the road, study finds
2013-01-07 18:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Halting climate change will require "a fundamental and disruptive overhaul of the global energy system" to eradicate harmful carbon dioxide emissions, not just stabilize them, according to new findings by UC Irvine and other scientists. In a Jan. 9 paper in Environmental Research Letters, UC Irvine Earth system scientist Steve Davis and others take a fresh look at the popular "wedge" approach to tackling climate change outlined in a 2004 study by Princeton scientists Stephen Pacala and Robert...
22,000 jobs needed per day to combat the high unemployment rate in the Arab world
2013-01-06 11:56:17| Chemicals - Topix.net
The MIT Arab Alumni Association , with the lead sponsorship of Sadara Chemical Company and its parent companies, the Dow Chemical Company and Saudi Aramco, is convening world and regional industry leaders this month in Dubai to address the future of manufacturing and economic development in the Arab world.
Planning Lessons from Sandy: Climate Change a Reality, Adjustments Needed
2013-01-06 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Patch: Climate change is a reality, experts say. Following Hurricane Sandy's impact on the Jersey Shore, property owners will have to make some tough decisions about how, and if, they should rebuild. For those willing to stick it out, the only option is to build smarter and build up, some say. Here, two professionals, one an architect, one a hazard mitigation specialist, talk about the reality of climate change, and the future of building along the coast.
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Carbon price of $30 needed to avoid 2°C climate target
2013-01-03 12:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: A global price of $30 per tonne of carbon dioxide needs to be introduced urgently if the worlds governments are serious about avoiding a 2°C warming target. Thats the view of Keywan Riahi, Energy Program leader at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria, and one of the authors of a report published today in Nature analysing the potential costs of climate change mitigation. Riahi told RTCC their research indicates a $30 price signal would give a 60% chance of limiting...
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