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Climate change study finds Australia suffers more than most G20 countries
2013-09-30 09:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australia's exposure to climate change has worsened more rapidly than in any other major economy in the past two years, with stresses on water supplies increasing and the cost of natural disasters running second only to China, a report has found. The study, compiled by HSBC, found that temperatures in Australia had risen faster than in any other G20 country over the past two years up by 0.39C to 18.9C on a decade average basis. Deterioration in water resources is also a major issue, with Australia,...
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Rise in number of countries selling products in Tetra Pak FSC-labelled packages
2013-09-30 01:00:00| Packaging Gateway
Food processing and packaging solutions provider Tetra Pak has revealed that the number of countries offering products in its FSC-labelled carton packages has increased by 40% in 2013.
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Climate change will be felt strongly in countries like Canada
2013-09-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe Mail: As world temperatures and sea levels rise, the effects of global warming will be felt most acutely in Canada and other countries far from the equator, says a Canadian researcher and co-ordinating author of the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The first stage of the UN-backed panel's authoritative report was released Friday and accompanied by a challenge, issued by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, for the world to "seize the opportunities of a low-carbon future."...
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Climate change will hit poor countries hardest, study shows
2013-09-27 10:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Low-income countries will remain on the frontline of human-induced climate change over the next century, experiencing gradual sea-level rises, stronger cyclones, warmer days and nights, more unpredictable rains, and larger and longer heatwaves, according to the most thorough assessment of the issue yet. The last major UN assessment, in 2007, predicted runaway temperature rises of 6C or more by the end of the century. That is now thought unlikely by scientists, but average land and sea temperatures...
Slingbox 350 now available in the UK and Nordic countries
2013-09-27 07:30:19| Digital TV News
Sling Media (NASDAQ: SATS) is launching the Slingbox 350 in the UK and Europe, and it will be available to customers through leading online and high-street retailers beginning Friday 27th September.
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