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Climate stresses push Kashmir's poor into militancy, Pakistan experts warn

2015-01-28 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Financial hardship after a failed apple crop forced Aqeel Ahmed to give up his studies aged 20 and join a militant group fighting Indian rule across the border in the disputed territory of Kashmir. His family, as in many remote villages in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, had banked on earning half a million rupees ($5,000) from their orchard that year. But a sudden cold snap followed by torrential rains and a frost wrecked the apple blossom, dashing their hopes of making enough to buy food. "I...

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Climate change could impact poor much more than previously thought

2015-01-26 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Its widely accepted that climate change will have bigger negative impacts on poorer countries than wealthy ones. However, a new economic modeling study finds that the economic impacts on these poorer countries could be much larger than previous estimates. As a result, they suggest that we should be aiming to limit global warming to near, or perhaps even less than the international target of 2°C. This conclusion is in sharp contrast to current economic models, which generally conclude that the...

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In next 15 years, Gates Foundation sees big gains for poor

2015-01-22 11:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: The lives of poor people around the world will improve more over the next 15 years ''than at any time in history,'' predicts the Gates Foundation. Bill and Melinda Gates in an interview laid out the vision for the world's largest charitable foundation as they prepared to travel to the World Economic Forum and its annual networking meeting of heads of state and business leaders. The international community, led by the United Nations, is deciding this year on the most crucial development goals...

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