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Insurers' pledge to help developing countries on climate change
2016-06-28 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Financial Times: When powerful earthquakes rocked New Zealand and Haiti in 2010, each measuring 7.0 magnitude, very different dramas unfolded: New Zealand, though hit hard, was able to start recovering relatively quickly; Haiti, meanwhile, was brought to its knees. One major reason for the difference was the role insurance played in the two island nations recoveries. Whereas most of New Zealands earthquake-related damages were covered by insurance, very few of Haitis were. The lack of insurance for emerging...
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'Climate change, erosion pushing new generations to poverty along Ganga'
2016-06-28 05:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Money Life: Climate change and vicious river bank erosion in the post-Farakka Barrage period have blurred the lines between the rich and the poor and are pushing successive generations to grinding poverty along the lower stretches of the mighty Ganga in West Bengal. The frequent nature of erosion is induced by hydraulic control by the commissioning of the barrage in 1975 and Indo-Bangladesh water sharing treaty of 1977 and 1996, experts say. And the famed weaver's colony (taantis) in Shantipur block of West...
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New Josh Fox Documentary on Climate Change Falls Short
2016-06-28 04:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Clean Technica: Josh Foxs Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning film Gasland was ahead of its time. The documentary not only woke the world up to frackings risks, it also sparked a social movement that led New York state to ban natural gas drilling. Thats why I was so excited to see his new film, How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Cant Change, airing on HBO. I hoped Fox would once again elevate the conversation and perhaps go beyond the stories of tragedy and despair that have stymied so...
Climate change: communities and councils fill void on zero emissions targets
2016-06-28 02:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Communities and councils are filling the void left by the federal government on ambitious climate action. Many are frustrated by the governments lack of progress on climate change and instead are getting on with the job themselves. A survey conducted by Beyond Zero Emissions of 152 councils across Australia shows that almost one in five of the councils surveyed have set their own zero emissions or 100% renewable energy targets. At the Australian Local Government National General Assembly in...
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Josh Fox on Letting Go and Climate Change
2016-06-28 00:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Progressive: On June 3 I attended a screening with Josh Fox of his latest documentary How To Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Cant Change at a Beverly Hills theater. Susan Sarandon, Shailene Woodley of the Divergent series, Frances Fisher of Titanic and Hollywoods longtime eco-advocate/actor Ed Begley, Jr. made personal appearances. The following Tuesday, on the night of Californias presidential primary, I spoke with Fox at the Santa Monica hangar where Senator Bernie Sanders addressed supporters....
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