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Asia-Pacific highly vulnerable to climate change
2015-05-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Pakistan Herald: Global Climate Risk Index-2015 said that five out of top 10 countries most affected by climate change-induced disasters during 1994-2013 are located in Asia Pacific. Climate Change Minister Mushahidullah Khan said that in UNs recent report Economic Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific almost all Asia-Pacific countries - particularly Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, India, Afghanistan, Cambodia and Philippines - are highly vulnerable to climate change. The minister has concluded...
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Lodging and Storage Assets Could be More Vulnerable to Meth Contamination
2015-05-18 17:08:00| National Real Estate Investor
As self-storage facilities, motels and extended stay hotels continue to attract the attention of investors, the growing use of these types of assets as temporary laboratories for methamphetamine production is creating a new wave of litigation that investors must be prepared to address. read more
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Bangladesh: Dhaka slum dwellers among most vulnerable climate change
2015-05-18 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Star: The government should formulate a policy for bettering water and sanitation services in slums and coordinating relevant non-government organisations' activities, speakers told a workshop yesterday. Stakeholders' collaboration will expedite the urban climate resilience process and reduce overlapping of activities, they said, adding that the five million slum dwellers in Dhaka were the most vulnerable to and affected by climate change. The daylong workshop revealed findings of a research on these...
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Space technology identifies vulnerable regions in West Africa
2015-05-11 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A group of international researchers led by the Centre for Landscape and Climate Research at the University of Leicester have used space satellite technology to identify regions of West Africa which are vulnerable to the effects of land degradation through climate change. The team studied land degradation in Sub-Saharan West Africa, covering an area of approximately 6,140,000 km2, using statistical residual trend analysis (RESTREND) of vegetation photosynthetic capacity data (GIMMS NDVI3g), soil...
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Despite more risks, humanity less vulnerable to floods, study finds
2015-04-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science: Humanity's vulnerability to floods has eased, despite increases in population and in the value of assets located in flood-prone areas, according to a new study. The analysis notes a persistent vulnerability gap between rich and poor countries. But the gap has closed considerably, largely because developing countries have taken steps to reducing fatalities and economic losses from floods. One striking example: In 1999 and again in 2013, similarly powerful tropical cyclones struck in the same...
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