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Typhoon prompts 'fast' by Philippines climate delegate
2013-11-11 14:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The head of the Philippines delegation at UN climate talks in Poland has said he will stop eating until participants make "meaningful" progress. In an emotional speech, Yeb Sano linked the "staggering" devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan to a changing climate. Mr Sano said he was speaking on behalf of those who lost their lives in the storm and his fast would last until "we stop this madness". His speech brought tears to the eyes of other delegates and a standing ovation. Mr Sano said...
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Typhoon Haiyan: Philippines urges action to resolve climate talks deadlock
2013-11-11 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Philippines government has firmly connected the super typhoon Haiyan with climate change, and urged governments meeting in Poland on Monday to take emergency action to resolve the deadlocked climate talks. "We cannot sit and stay helpless staring at this international climate stalemate. It is now time to take action. We need an emergency climate pathway," said Seb Yano, head of the government's delegation to the UN climate talks, in an article for the Guardian, in which he challenged climate...
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Philippines: Typhoon Haiyan: we cannot afford procrastinate on climate action
2013-11-11 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: It was barely 11 months ago in Doha when my delegation appealed to the world to open our eyes to the stark reality that we face, as we confronted a catastrophic storm that resulted in the costliest disaster in Philippine history. Less than a year after, we could not imagine that a disaster much bigger would come. With a cruel twist of fate, my country is being tested by this hellstorm called Super Typhoon Haiyan, which has been described by experts as the strongest typhoon that has ever made landfall...
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Typhoon Haiyan: Philippines Urges Action to Resolve Climate Talks Deadlock in Aftermath of Storm
2013-11-11 10:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlterNet: The Philippines government has firmly connected the super typhoon Haiyan with climate change, and urged governments meeting in Poland on Monday to take emergency action to resolve the deadlocked climate talks. "We cannot sit and stay helpless staring at this international climate stalemate. It is now time to take action. We need an emergency climate pathway," said Yeb Sano, head of the government's delegation to the UN climate talks, in an article for the Guardian, in which he challenged climate...
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Philippines: Science of storms: The phenomenon that powered typhoon Haiyan
2013-11-11 10:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Financial Times: With a maximum sustained wind speed estimated at 195mph (315kph), Haiyan was probably the strongest tropical typhoon to make landfall in recorded history anywhere in the world, meteorologists say. So the immense devastation caused by the winds and even more by the storm surge of seawater they drove onshore is not surprising. There have been a few stronger storms out in the open ocean but well struggle to find a record of anything stronger than Haiyan making landfall, said Julian Heming,...
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