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Climate change heightens risk of conflict, hunger - UN panel
2014-03-31 03:38:44| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Soaring carbon emissions will amplify the risk of conflict, hunger, flood and migration this century, the UN's expert panel said Monday in a landmark report on the impact of climate change. Left unchecked, greenhouse gas emissions may cost trillions of dollars in damage to property and ecosystems and in bills for shoring up climate defenses, it said. The report said the impact of climate change was already being felt and would increase with every additional degree that temperatures rose. "Increasing...
BREAKING: Climate impacts 'overwhelming' - UN
2014-03-31 02:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Scientists and officials meeting in Japan have published the most comprehensive assessment to date of the impacts of climate change on the world. Members of the UN's climate panel say that their report provides overwhelming evidence of the scale of these effects. Natural systems are bearing the brunt right now but the scientists fear a growing impact on humans. Our health, homes, food and safety are all likely to be threatened by rising temperatures, the summary says. The report was agreed after...
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World Is Ill-Prepared for Global Warming Impacts, UN Says
2014-03-31 02:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Global warming is depleting fresh water and crops, destroying coral reefs and melting the Arctic, the United Nations said today in a report that concludes the world is ill-prepared to face many new threats. Climate change has brought key risks that endanger lives and health worldwide, including storm surges and coastal flooding worsened by rising sea levels; infrastructure destruction and the disruption of power networks, communications and health services by extreme weather, and the depletion...
Global Warming to Exacerbate Global Security Issues - UN Report
2014-03-31 00:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
International Business Times: As the world's temperatures continue to warm up, so does the tempers globally. Hot tempers may exacerbate global security issues as people fight over resources, particularly water and energy, which could lead to civil wars and strife between nations and refugees, a report by a recent United Nations climate panel due for release said. Geoff Dabelko, Ohio University security and environment professor, one of the lead authors of the report's chapter on security and climate change, told AP. "Climate...
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No Hiatus in Global Warming UN
2014-03-25 23:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
International Business Times: No reverse in the Earth's global warming conditions is expected as this scenario will continue for centuries, according to the UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). A proof is the rising levels of ocean temperatures and the extreme weather events, Michel Jarraud, UN weather agency chief, said early this week. "There is no standstill in global warming," Jarraud added. "The warming of our oceans has accelerated, and at lower depths. More than 90 per cent of the excess energy trapped...
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