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IPCC Report Calls for Fast, Substantial Emissions Reductions to Slow Climate Change
2014-04-13 19:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EDF: The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says all countries need to do more to reduce global warming, and we need to do it fast. The IPCC released its third in a series of comprehensive reports on climate change today in Berlin. This report focuses on the need to reduce or prevent global emissions of greenhouse gases. Todays report underscores the findings of the IPCCs report from last month that climate change is affecting all parts of the planet, and that...
Campaigners renew calls for end to mesh implant operations after US court says device is defective
2014-04-13 15:10:49| Biotech - Topix.net
AMERICAN victim wins A 750,000 compensation from drugs giant Johnson & Johnson in a case that could have a big impact on the civil actions for damages launched by 400 Scottish women against mesh makers and NHS Scotland.
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UN calls for drastic action to stop climate change
2014-04-13 12:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: The world must take radical steps to combat climate change, and begin right away -- but if it does, the cost of a greener, healthier future will be surprisingly small. However if the world wishes to avoid ecological catastrophe, it will probably need new technologies that suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and bury it underground. This is the message of a new major climate change report from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released in Berlin on Sunday. Members...
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United Kingdom: National Trust calls for action to protect coastline from climate change
2014-04-13 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A national strategy to adapt Britains coastlines to the rising sea levels and extreme weather that are expected as a result of climate change is urgently needed, the National Trust has warned. Referring to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changes recent report on the likely impacts of climate change, the organisation says that protecting communities and habitats along our shores will demand a new approach. As one of the UKs biggest coastal owners, in a new report the trust says it...
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Desmond Tutu calls for a boycott of fossil fuels
2014-04-11 01:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Record: "People of conscience need to break their ties with corporations financing the injustice of climate change. We can, for instance, boycott events, sports teams and media programming sponsored by fossil-fuel energy companies. We can demand that the advertisements of energy companies carry health warnings. We can encourage more of our universities and municipalities and cultural institutions to cut their ties to the fossil-fuel industry. We can organise car-free days and build broader societal awareness....
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