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Zika testing lags in a vulnerable New York population
2016-06-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: As the Zika virus swept north from Brazil into the Caribbean, bringing with it frightening risks for pregnant women and their unborn children, United States health officials decided in February that all expectant women who had visited the countries affected should be tested for the disease. But after the guidelines were put in place, public health officials and doctors in New York City found that large numbers of women, many uninsured or low-income immigrants from the Caribbean and Latin America,...
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Christiana Figueres: Protecting the vulnerable is my priority
2016-06-08 13:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Outgoing UN climate chief talks 'project smile`, women`s rights, Donald Trump and her belief the world will avoid 1.5c warming. The fires still rage in Christiana Figueres. After six years at the helm, the 59-year-old Costa Rican leaves her post as UN climate chief in July. Fresh from steering 195 countries to an historic pact to address climate change, relaxation and holidays should top her agenda. Instead the veteran diplomat shows little sign of slowing down, or of staying in the climate...
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Terrorist Recruiters and Organ Harvesters Prey on Vulnerable Refugees
2016-06-07 04:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Ismail had just finished daily prayers when the men approached. It was a sweltering evening in the Maadi district of Cairo, and the group of three bearded figures, who had been loitering outside a mosque, spotted him as soon as he walked out. Ismail, a struggling Sudanese migrant, hadn't eaten in a few days, leaving his eyes badly bloodshot. The men took notice of his condition. As they advanced, the air thick and choked with pollution, a cloud of dust swirled around them, settling on their clothes...
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What can 100 cities teach us about the future of this vulnerable world?
2016-06-06 12:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: As we move deeper into the 21st century, the stresses and shocks come faster and faster. Theyre hitting hard in all parts of the world, and cities are bearing the brunt because thats where the largest segments of our populations live. While a huge amount of effort has been focused with good reason on climate-related shocks, our 100 Resilient Cities initiative continues to highlight and address so many other challenges that are equally powerful, equally destructive. Social unrest, economic...
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The Vulnerable 20 Group: coalition of 20 countries threatened by climate change
2016-05-31 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Boing Boing: Reps from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bhutan, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Maldives, Nepal, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Vietnam just gathered in Peru to announce the formation of the "Vulnerable 20" group, a coalition of 20 nations threatened by climate change. The group's major inaugural activity will be formalizing accounting principles for expressing the economic losses from climate change, and then to establish...
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