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Climate change report 'should jolt people into action' says IPCC chief
2014-03-31 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The head of the United Nations climate panel said he hoped its report on the rising threat of climate change would jolt people into action. The report, released on Monday, is a 2,600-page catalogue of the risks to life and livelihood from climate change now and in the future. Rajendra Pachauri, who has headed the IPCC for 12 years, said he hoped it would push government leaders to deal with climate change before it is too late. I hope these facts will - for want of a better word - jolt...
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People 'ill-prepared' to cope with risk of climate change
2014-03-30 19:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ITV: Experts have warned that in many cases, people are ill prepared to cope with the risks of a changing climate. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report says the world has seen changes in recent decades to water resources as a result of melting glaciers and differences in rainfall, and reductions in wheat and maize yields. There has been a decrease in the number of people dying from the cold but an increase in heat-related deaths in some areas, such as England and Wales, the report...
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Nate Silver Admits Climate Change Piece Wasn't Liked By Very Many People
2014-03-28 06:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Statistician Nate Silver acknowledged to Jon Stewart Thursday night that a climate change piece on his new site FiveThirtyEight was facing some serious backlash. The data-driven news site launched just over a week ago, and, as Stewart put it: "You are taking a rash of sh*t in a week and a half like nobody I've seen in a long time." The climate story, by Roger Pielke Jr., argues that natural disasters are costing more, but not due to climate change. Numerous scientists quickly refuted points...
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MP asks for answers over missing people laws
2014-03-27 23:49:28| Agriculture - Topix.net
A YORK MP has pressed the Government for answers about delays to new laws designed to help ease the anguish for families of missing people.
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GM Recall Shows Limits of 51 People Tracing 250 Million Cars
2014-03-27 00:35:50| Automakers - Topix.net
The U.S. office responsible for monitoring safety defects in cars has had its budget stagnate and its staff cut by one-fifth from highs more than a decade ago, when Congress tried to strengthen it.
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