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World 'faces food shortages & mass migration' caused global warming
2015-12-24 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The world is facing a future of food shortages and mass migration as a consequence of widespread water shortages caused by global warming, the outgoing head of the World Meteorological Society has warned. Michel Jarraud, the WMOs Secretary-General, said of all the dangers posed by climate change from increasingly intense storms and a growth in disease to rising sea levels that may submerge cities the greatest threat is from dwindling water supplies. About 1.6 billion people already live...
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Global migration chief a oedisturbeda at dangers of xenophobia
2015-12-21 23:15:59| IT Services - Topix.net
NEW YORK: The anti-migrant sentiment taking hold in a slew of nations facing an influx of refugees is disturbing, dangerous and puts people's lives at risk, said the head of the International Organization for Migration . Concern and suspicion about migrants is based on stereotypes, fear of national identity loss and a "post-9/11 security syndrome," said William Lacy Swing, director general of the Geneva-based intergovernmental IOM.
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Paris Accord Considers Climate Change as a Factor in Mass Migration
2015-12-12 23:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The two-week United Nations climate conference outside Paris that drew to an end on Saturday focused on many of the physical dangers associated with climate change: extreme weather, severe drought, the warming of oceans, rain forest destruction and disruptions to the food supply. But global warming has already had another effect - the large-scale displacement of people - that has been an ominous, politically sensitive undercurrent in the talks and side events here. Scientists have said that...
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Ethernet over Coax Solutions facilitate analog to IP migration.
2015-12-03 14:31:08| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Cop-R-Com Ethernet over Coax (EoC) series enables existing coax infrastructures to be used for migration to IP-based systems. Along with transmission speeds of up to 1,000 Mbps full duplex, solutions offer extended range of up to 3,280 ft and PLC technology that accommodates multi-port receivers with integrated Ethernet gigabit switch technology. Security Link over Coax (SLOC) technology, also included, ensures compatibility with IP cameras from SLOC manufacturers.
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Focus on Migration: Fix cash transfers for internal migrants
2015-11-02 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDevNet: Having been sidelined by the Millennium Development Goals, it is a welcome change to see migration included in the post-2015 goals. Six SDGs refer to mobility in one way or another, and specialists have applauded them for 'recognizing the positive contributions of migrants and their fundamental role in sustainable development'. Goal 10, on reducing inequality, refers to an important issue long-neglected in development debates: reducing the cost of remittances, or sending money home -- a vital source...
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