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Dominican Republic advances against deforestation effects of climate change
2016-06-13 15:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Dominica Today: The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources and the World Bank today launched the Project Preparation for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD +) that promote the use sustainable forest resources throughout the national territory and reducing emissions from deforestation for the benefit of poor rural communities and biodiversity. "This initiative represents one more step by the Dominican Government to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from the forestry sector...
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Biggest US coal company funded dozens groups questioning climate change
2016-06-13 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Peabody Energy, Americas biggest coalmining company, has funded at least two dozen groups that cast doubt on manmade climate change and oppose environment regulations, analysis by the Guardian reveals. The funding spanned trade associations, corporate lobby groups, and industry front groups as well as conservative thinktanks and was exposed in court filings last month. The coal company also gave to political organisations, funding twice as many Republican groups as Democratic ones. Peabody,...
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The Choctaw vs. climate change: 'The earth is speaking'
2016-06-13 08:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: It's nearly June. Every day, the Earth brings Darryl "Grey Eagle" Brown closer to the Sun, to heaven, to the Creator. That means it's nearly time for the Eagle Sun Dance ceremony, a 12-day communal gathering of fasting, thanksgiving and prayer that takes place around the summer solstice, when the Creator is especially near. Fifty-six-year-old Brown is a member of the Choctaw tribe of Oklahoma and a spiritual leader for a band of tribal members seeking to practise their indigenous religion. He...
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Averting disasters : 'Planning can mitigate climate change impact'
2016-06-13 02:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
APP: Appropriate planning and putting effective strategy in place could help mitigate the adverse impact of global meteorological changes that has reached extreme levels due to global warming and changing climate patterns. National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Spokesperson Ahmed Kamal said that natural disasters were unavoidable but the damage from such tragedies could be lowered reasonably by keeping an affective and comprehensive strategy in place to address certain key issues. Commenting...
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Climate Change: A Battle between the Industrialised Rich and Africa
2016-06-12 20:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
This Day: There is a battle of interest between industrialised countries and Africa on how to alleviate the effects of climate change leading to different conferences being held. The much publicised were the Conference of Parties known as COP15 held in 2009; the United Nations, UN, climate talks in Warsaw, Poland, tagged the COP19 the 19thConference of Parties 2013; the pre-COP planned for Venezuela in 2014. The most recent is the 21st Conference of Parties, also known as COP21 held in Paris in 2015....
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