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Researchers publish report on economic risks of climate change
2014-06-25 06:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: The American economy faces major risks from climate change, including damaging coastal storms, growing heat-related mortality, and declining labor productivity, according to an independent report released today by business, education and political leaders. The report, titled Risky Business, relies upon research also released today in the American Climate Prospectus: Economic Risks in the United States.(ACP). Like a financial prospectus, the prospectus assesses the risks and opportunities for the...
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Reducing Health, Economic Risks from Globally Traded Foods
2013-08-12 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GERMANY - A new study examines possible damage scenarios for the coincidental contamination of foods with pathogens, using the example of the international flows for pork and poultry meat products.
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Asia's soaring energy demands will pose major economic, climate, health risks: Report
2013-04-10 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Asia is moving along a dangerous path that will threaten its energy security, worsen environmental damages and widen the gap between rich and poor unless the region dramatically changes its course of energy use, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a report published yesterday. Asia's Energy Challenge, a special theme chapter in the ADB's "Asian Development Outlook 2013," highlights the dilemma the region faces in seeking to meet the energy needs of its billions of citizens while restraining...
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World Economic Forum warns climate risks pose 'increasingly dangerous' threat
2013-01-09 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Ahead of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, the group yesterday released a major report warning that tough economic conditions coupled with frequent extreme weather events represent "an increasingly dangerous mix" for the global economy. The report draws on a survey of more than 1,000 experts from industry, government, academia and civil society, which rated rising global greenhouse gas emissions as the third most likely global risk to manifest itself over the next decade,...
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