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Philippine Typhoon Destruction Prompts UN Aid Appeal
2013-11-12 11:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Survivors of Typhoon Haiyan sought to flee a city devastated by the storm in the southern Philippines as emergency aid became bottlenecked and hungry and exhausted locals resorted to looting. The magnitude of the devastation is overwhelming and our communication lines are still down, regional military spokesman Lieutenant Senior Grade Jim Alagao said today in the neighboring city of Cebu. Two Philippine Air Force C-130 planes are making repeated round trips from Cebu to the area that bore the...
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Typhoon Haiyan overshadows UN climate change talks in Poland
2013-11-12 08:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The Philippines envoy to the UN climate change conference has issued an emotional announcement that he will go on hunger strike unless talks lead to a meaningful outcome. Naderev Yeb Sano, whose family comes from the city of Tacloban worst hit by the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan, made a tearful appeal for international action at the start of the two-week summit in Warsaw. Representatives from more than 190 countries listened as Mr Sano said climate change will mean more intense tropical...
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Super Typhoon Haiyan razes rice, sugar harvests in Philippines
2013-11-12 07:28:28| Sugar Industry News
MANILA: Rice and sugar harvests in the Philippines were damaged by Super Typhoon Haiyan when the most powerful storm on record to strike the country unleashed winds and floods that may have killed as many as 10,000 people.
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Typhoon Haiyan: Philippines climate change commissioner breaks down UN talks
2013-11-12 04:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Naderev "Yeb" Sano, representative for the Philippines at the UN Climate Change talks, broke down in tears as he addressed delegates in Warsaw. Mr Sano, whose family is from Tacloban -- one of the worst hit areas -- announced that he was going on hunger strike until "a meaningful outcome is in sight". Representatives from 190 nations have gathered in Poland to try and thrash out a new pact to fight global warming. Choking back tears Mr Sano described the devastation left in the wake of typhoon...
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Typhoon in Philippines Casts Long Shadow Over UN Talks on Climate Treaty
2013-11-12 03:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The typhoon that struck the Philippines produced an outpouring of emotion on Monday at United Nations talks on a global climate treaty in Warsaw, where delegates were quick to suggest that a warming planet had turned the storm into a lethal monster. Olai Ngedikes, the lead negotiator for an alliance of small island nations, said in a statement that the typhoon, named Haiyan, which by some estimates killed 10,000 people in one city alone, serves as a stark reminder of the cost of inaction on climate...
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