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Food crisis fears prompt UN wake-up call to world leaders

2013-09-18 18:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Governments in rich and poor countries alike should renounce their focus on agribusiness and give more support to small-scale, local food production to achieve global food security and tackle climate change, according to a report from Unctad, the UN trade and development body. The 2013 Trade and Environment Review, calls on governments to "wake up before it is too late" and shift rapidly towards farming models that promote a greater variety of crops, reduced fertiliser use and stronger links between...

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The Five Year Anniversary of the Financial Crisis: A Look Back at the Progress We've Made

2013-09-16 12:09:02| Auto Dealers - Topix.net

Five years ago this week, a financial crisis unlike any in generations rocked Wall Street, turning a recession that was already hammering Main Street into the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

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Today's Brent drops over Russia and US talks to resolve Syria crisis

2013-09-13 01:00:00| Offshore Technology

Brent crude's value dropped today due to a meeting of US and Russian foreign ministers in Geneva to work out a deal to avert a Western military strike on Syria.

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Japan disaster, economic crisis prompt IAEA to cut nuclear growth projection

2013-09-10 12:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: The United Nations' atomic agency has cut its long-term outlook for nuclear energy growth for a third year in a row, in part because of hesitancy following Japan's Fukushima disaster. The industry could, however, still nearly double its capacity by 2030 due to expansion in Asia. Overall nuclear generating capacity will grow by between 17 and 94 percent by 2030 depending on a wide range of factors such as global economic growth, the International Atomic Energy Agency said. That was down from...

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Looming sea level crisis faces US

2013-09-06 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Financial Times: Cities along the US east coast face a looming sea level rise crisis from a growing number of disasters as severe as hurricane Sandy, according to research on links between extreme weather and climate change. Human-made global warming was a factor in at least six intense weather events last year, the study shows, from the superstorm that hit New York in October to the record melting of the Arctic and US heatwaves. Climate change also had a role in Spains drought and torrential New Zealand rains,...

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