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Will A 3,000-Mile 'Great March For Climate Action' Change Minds On Climate Change?
2013-12-23 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Weather Channel: Can you imagine walking 14 miles a day for eight straight months, on a journey that adds up to nearly 3,000 miles? The organizers of next year's Great March for Climate Action hope you can, as they're looking to inspire as many as 1,000 of their fellow citizens to join them on a cross-country trek for the entire stretch or even for just a single day to raise awareness about human-caused climate change and the urgency to do something about it. The walk, which is set to begin in Los Angeles...
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American Cities Tapped Spur 'Climate Resiliency' Action Worldwide
2013-12-18 10:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: American cities on the frontline of climate action are quietly but dramatically shifting their approachfrom primarily trying to limit global warming to coping with its impacts. They're building forested buffers to shelter homes from wildfires, considering concrete sea walls to restrain ocean waters and developing software to conserve water during drought. Now, a new global initiative aims to make nearly a dozen of those cities into models that can spur urban resiliency around the world. The Rockefeller...
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Plan ahead for memorable holiday experiences | Climate Action Now | Your Stuff
2013-12-04 22:21:58| PortlandOnline
With simple planning and creative thinking, tackle your shopping and to-do lists while saving money, reducing waste and enjoying the experience just a little more.
Warsaw deal keeps hopes climate change action alive
2013-11-24 10:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTE: Almost 200 countries have kept alive hopes for a global deal in 2015 to fight climate change after overcoming disputes on greenhouse gas emissions cuts and aid for poor nations at talks in Poland. Governments agreed that a new deal in 2015 would consist of a patchwork of national contributions to curb emissions that could blur a 20-year-old distinction between the obligations of rich and poor nations. The two-week meeting also created a Warsaw International Mechanism to help the poor cope with...
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Behaviour change key to climate action - health experts
2013-11-17 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Setting a Millennium Development Goal to reduce malaria has led deaths from the disease to drop by a quarter since the year 2000. Could setting a similar goal to reduce "motorised commuting' lead to reductions in asthma -- and in greenhouse gases? Attacking health and climate change problems together makes sense, experts said Saturday at a climate and health summit on the sidelines of the U.N. climate negotiations in Warsaw. "Human health and environmental health are really two sides of the...
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