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WHO Warns of Climate Change Dangers, Calls for Stronger Actions
2014-08-27 18:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ria Novosti: The World Health Organization (WHO) is warning governments and the public of the negative effects that global warming is already having on peoples health, calling for urgent action, according to a press release published Wednesday. The evidence is overwhelming: climate change endangers human health, WHO Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan said at a global conference on health and climate change, which opened in Geneva on Wednesday. Dr. Chan suggested that countries need to act decisively...
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Climate change may disrupt global food system in a decade
2014-08-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: The world is headed "down a dangerous path" with disruption of the food system possible within a decade as climate change undermines nations' ability to feed themselves, according to a senior World Bank official. Rising urban populations are contributing to expanded demand for meat, adding to nutrition shortages for the world's poor. Increased greenhouse gas emissions from livestock as well as land clearing will make farming more marginal in many regions, especially in developing nations, said...
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UN warns irreversible change in draft climate report
2014-08-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Greenhouse gas emissions are increasing dramatically and will wreak havoc on the climate in the near future, the United Nations said in a draft report. The U.N.s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned of severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts if emissions continue to grow at a similar pace to recent years. The conclusions are in a draft report obtained by The New York Times. In a similar fashion to other recent U.N. reports about the climate, the most recent draft says...
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6 Ways Washington Post Could Show ISerious About Climate Change
2014-08-27 15:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateProgress: Cheers to the Washington Post for (finally) taking human-caused climate change seriously enough to launch a series of editorials demanding a change in both dialogue and action. Jeers for suggesting the paper will now be "more inclined to take op-eds that challenge" their view that climate science is real and that the threat posed by it is "existential." The Post`s first editorial in the series this week was about "The countrys sinking debate over global warming." It begins by stating "the national...
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Investment Key To Climate Change Solution
2014-08-27 00:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: Have you ever thought that really addressing climate change would require more than just swapping our light bulbs for compact florescent bulbs and LEDs? It is just that sort of thinking that created the Aspen Institutes Accelerating Market-driven Partnerships program, the purpose of which is to build public-private partnerships, including both the corporate sector and nonprofits, to invest in projects and technologies that will protect the environment. Executive Director Robert Foster explains,...
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