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Climate change and the threat to our cultural heritage

2016-06-18 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Irish Times: The timing was grimly appropriate. No sooner had the United Nations stressed the risk that climate change poses to world heritage sites than curators at the Louvre, in Paris, rushed to move 250,000 artworks to safety from flooding. Extreme weather had forced the closure of one of the worlds most famous museums a museum, whats more, that is at the heart of the Banks of the Seine world heritage site, which stretches from the Eiffel Tower to the Île St Louis, and where the river rose 6m above its...

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Combating Rape Requires Cultural Change in Brazil

2016-06-17 19:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Inter Press Service: The outrage in Brazil over the gang-rape of a 16-year-old girl by more than 30 men prompted mass protests by thousands of women on the streets of cities around the country, while activists complain that the response to the case by politicians has been misfocused. The first reaction by the government, in the face of the national outcry, was to create a new women's protection unit to support the public security forces. Critics say the policy is completely police-oriented and merely focused on stepping...

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