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International Panel says Urgent Action Needed Mitigate Climate Change
2014-09-19 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of America: A leading climate scientist warns failure to act on reducing threats from climate change will have disastrous global consequences. He said the science on climate change is solid and inaction is no solution. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is due to release the final installment of its 5th Assessment Report in a few weeks. The previous report lays out the risks of climate change and stresses the need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere through adaptation...
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Joint Action Needed to Tackle Massive Global Food Losses
2014-05-07 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GERMANY - Tackling the world’s massive food loss problem is a key to reducing hunger and poverty, but governments and companies must step up their collaboration on the issue, an international congress on food losses and waste heard today (7 May).
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U.N. Climate Panel Warns Speedier Action Is Needed Avert Disaster
2014-04-13 22:35:19| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Delivering the latest stark news about climate change on Sunday, a United Nations panel warned that governments are not doing enough to avert profound risks in coming decades. But the experts found a silver lining: Not only is there still time to head off the worst, but the political will to do so seems to be rising around the world. In a report unveiled here, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found that decades of foot-dragging by political leaders had propelled humanity into a critical...
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U.N. climate panel warns speedier action is needed to avert disaster
2014-04-13 14:38:56| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The countries of the world have dragged their feet so long on global warming that the situation is now critical, experts appointed by the United Nations reported Sunday, and only an intensive worldwide push over the next 15 years can stave off potentially disastrous climatic changes later in the century. It remains technically possible to keep planetary warming to a tolerable level, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found, according to a report unveiled here. But even in parts of the...
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Global emissions up, stern action needed: IPCC
2014-04-13 14:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveMint: he latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) shows that global emissions have gone up substantially despite policies to reduce climate change. It shows that the level of greenhouse gases has risen to an unprecedented high and emissions grew more quickly between 2000 and 2010 compared with each of the three previous decades. IPCC is a United Nations body that compiles and reviews existing literature on climate change. This report is from Working Group III, being the last...
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