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UN: climate change investment could secure Africas development
2014-08-13 18:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Investment in climate change investment adaptation in Africa is vital to ensure that decades of development progress in the country is not reversed, according to a report by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). As the effects of climate change impact Africa, the steps the country has taken to grow and secure a sustainable and more equitable future could be placed at risk, the report states. UNEP estimates that by 2050 Africas population will have doubled, reaching 2 billion people, with...
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The meat you eat is worsening climate change
2014-08-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MainStreet: There's a huge contributor to climate change that gets ignored when talking about our warming world -- and it isn't coal or cars . Rather, it's what we most of us eat on a daily or near daily basis -- namely, meat and milk . Read More: Carbon Tax Gains Steam to Fight Global Warming In 2006, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations released a lengthy report entitled "Livestock's Long Shadow." Among the array of environmental problems the livestock industry is accused of contributing...
In China, Climate Change Is Already Here
2014-08-13 12:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Diplomat: Northern China is currently experiencing a severe drought. Xinhua reports that Henan Province, one of Chinas top grain producers, has suffered economic losses of 7.3 billion renminbi ($1.2 billion) due to the drought, with agriculture representing 97 percent of those losses. Neighboring Hebei Province is also suffering, with rainfall levels in some areas at less than 50 percent of yearly averages. Liaoning Province, meanwhile, is in the midst of its worst drought since the province began keeping...
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US Secretary State Kerry raises climate change in brief Solomons stop
2014-08-13 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry flagged cooperation on tackling climate change during a brief stop in the Solomon Islands on Wednesday, where he emphasized ties dating back to World War Two. Kerry is the first secretary of state to visit the Solomon Islands. His trip is viewed as an important part of President Barack Obama's strategic rebalance to the Asia-Pacific region, something that has irked China and been questioned by allies who wonder about the extent of U.S. commitment there. "We...
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Skanska CEO Change Announced; 360 Architecture Senior Principals Are Set to Join HOK in Buyout Plan
2014-08-13 00:13:24| ENR.com: Headline News
HDR elevates Laurie Roden to president and chief operating officer of its construction subsidiary.
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