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Australian Treasury chief Martin Parkinson says climate refugees inevitable
2014-04-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Age: Treasury secretary Martin Parkinson has told an audience in Washington it appeared inevitable that Australia would have to resettle climate change refugees in the coming decades. Dr Parkinson had just given a speech about international economic co-operation at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies when an audience member from Fiji asked a question that deftly linked two of the Australian government's most sensitive issues - climate change and refugee policy. He wanted to know what role...
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UN Climate Chief Calls for 'Urgent Transformation' of Oil ...
2014-04-04 17:35:14| Chemicals - Topix.net
On the heels of the IPCC 's landmark global warming report , UN Climate Chief Christiana Figueres is calling on the oil and gas industry to urgently transform for a cleaner, low-carbon future.
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UN chief on Greenland climate change visit
2014-03-27 23:53:24| Energy - Topix.net
A former gang leader with ties to San Francisco's Chinatown who was praised for cleaning up his public image after serving more than a decade in prison now faces up to 95 years behind bars on money-laundering... Beneath the strings of red paper lanterns and narrow alleyways of the nation's oldest Chinatown lies a sinister underworld, according to ... (more)
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UN Chief on Greenland Climate Change Visit
2014-03-26 22:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Global warming must not be forgotten, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday after visiting Greenland to get an up-close look at the consequences of climate problems. "You can't argue with nature. We need to act now," Ban said in Uummannaq, a town of 1,200 people north of the Arctic Circle. "The problem doesn't go away by being silent." Ban spoke after meeting with residents and taking a dogsled ride under deep blue skies outside Uummannaq, the first of two towns in Greenland he...
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UK chief scientist: climate change will not be beneficial to the UK
2014-03-12 11:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The chief scientific adviser to the government, Sir Mark Walport, has told MPs not to expect any benefits from a warmer climate, adding that the effects in the long-term will be harmful. Walport was commenting on science journalist and climate denier Matt Ridleys book, The Rational Optimist, which argues that climate change will more beneficial to the UK than it will harmful. He said, Whilst there may be trivial benefits in some parts of the world for some of the time, the long-term direction...
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