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New alliance unites 600m city dwellers in fight against climate change
2016-06-22 09:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: When it comes to confronting climate change, the worlds cities are proving that theres strength in unity. The historic climate agreement reached in Paris in December, which was approved by nearly all of the worlds nations, was made possible in part by the progress that cities have made by working together. Today, the two biggest coalitions of cities in the world the EU-based Covenant of Mayors and the UN-backed Compact of Mayors are forming an alliance to link more than 600 million city...
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U.N. expert calls for India to ramp up action to help slum dwellers
2016-04-25 13:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: India's ambitious target to build 20 million new homes for the nation's poor is failing slum dwellers and those living on the city's streets, Leilani Farha, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, has warned. She said India, which has the world's largest number of urban poor and landless people, is trying to address the "scourge" of inadequate housing through its 'Housing for all' policy that vows to provide homes for all families by 2022. But opponents fear...
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New Albany residents cause more CO2 emissions than Downtown dwellers, study says
2016-02-21 05:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Columbus Dispatch: Those big, sprawling, suburban homes might seem appealing for the space, the lawns or the schools. But the environmental cost of households there are much greater than their urban counterparts, according to a new analysis. Community Research Partners, a Columbus nonprofit group, found that the average household in New Albany created more than twice the greenhouse gas emissions than the average household in Downtown Columbus. (New Albany had the greatest carbon footprint, and Downtown had the smallest...
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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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Rising sea woes: Coastal dwellers taking climate change seriously
2015-03-08 14:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fosters: "How long can you tread water?" was a funny punchline for a 1960s skit by comedian Bill Cosby, but in 2015, residents and businesses along the NH Seacoast are rethinking their future and the answer is no laughing matter. The Town of Rye has a tab on its website labeled "Preparing for Climate Change." Click it and you get evacuation routes, emergency services, and contingency plans for storm surges and flash flooding, all part of the "Tides to Storms" initiative. Many residents of the NH seacoast...
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