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Europes Carbon Market Crisis: Why Does it Matter?
2013-04-18 23:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: The European Parliament this week voted 334-315 (with 60 abstentions) against a controversial "back-loading" plan that aimed to boost the flagging price of carbon, which since 2008 has fallen from about 31 euros per tonne to about 4 euros (about $5.20). Since the vote, the price has fallen even farther, to 2.80 euros. The collapsing market is hardly the kind of firm foundation needed for building a clean-energy economy. (Related: "Renewable Energy Not Growing as Fast as Necessary," and "IEA Outlook:...
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Farmland Values Draws Concerns about Return of Farm Crisis
2013-04-18 18:47:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: University of Missouri Low interest rates and record income per acre have driven farmland values much higher over the last decade. The increase has led to concerns of a repeat of the farm crisis of the 1980s. “Back in the 1970s, we got way above trend growth, and it looks like that is what is happening again,” says University of Missouri Extension agricultural economist Ron Plain. “Last year, we were more than $500 per acre above trend for the average acre of Missouri farmland.” read more
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China climate chief says EU CO2 crisis will not hurt domestic plans
2013-04-18 12:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The crisis facing the European carbon market will not deter China from plans to establish its own emissions trading platform or its other climate pledges, the senior official responsible for climate change said on Thursday. Xie Zhenhua, vice-director of the National Development and Reform Commission in charge of climate policies, said efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions were a "domestic requirement". They were, he said, designed to address longstanding inefficiency and environmental problems,...
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Desertification crisis affecting 168 countries worldwide, study shows
2013-04-17 13:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Severe land degradation is now affecting 168 countries across the world, according to new research released by the UN Desertification Convention (UNCCD). The figure, based on submissions from countries to the UN, is a marked increase on the last analysis in the mid-1990s, which estimated 110 states were at risk. In an economic analysis published last week the Convention also warns land degradation is now costing US$490 billion per year and wiping out an area three times the size of Switzerland...
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Crisis Management System covers local to national levels.
2013-04-15 14:29:14| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Ness Crisis Management System lets users at national, regional, municipal, and field levels prepare for natural and man-made disasters and manage them optimally after they occur. Allowing real-time, central management and coordinated efforts between rescue teams, integrated system minimizes damage and losses. It interfaces with information and other command and control systems as well as warning systems that alert public through media, such as radio, TV, cellular networks, and Internet. This story is related to the following:Emergency & Disaster Products
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