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Climate change and resiliency
2016-06-05 16:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inquirer: By signing the Paris Agreement on April 22, 2016 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the Philippines committed, together with other countries, to reduce the polluting greenhouse gases that are causing our climate system to go haywire. Energy, agriculture, transportation and waste accounts for a large portion of these sources of dangerous emissions, with dirty coal as the biggest, said to account for 35% of the global greenhouse gas discharges. To show our sincerity in complying with...
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Evicted by climate change
2016-06-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Government regulations forced the Yupik to give up their semi-nomadic existence. Now, as the land around them vanishes, theyre puzzling through the problem of moving. On a Sunday morning in late September, Tom John, a wiry fisherman with a deep, placid gaze, ushers me onto his boat, moored on a riverbank in Newtok village, in southwest Alaska. His wife, Bernice, a sturdy-shouldered woman with a voice as bright as a sparrows, and their nine-year-old grandson clamber in after me. Our footsteps...
Unatt helps to combat climate change
2016-06-05 07:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Trinidad Guardian: Today, The United Nations Association of T&T (Unatt) joins with the global community to celebrate World Environment Day. On this day, the organisation takes the time to recognise its collective responsibility for the Earth, its natural resources, and to become stewards for change. Unatt seeks to combat climate change issues through a renewable energy project which aims at the sensitisation towards these concepts within various schools and communities throughout T&T. Unatt, with funding from...
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'Climate change impact on Jordan an opportunity in disguise'
2016-06-04 23:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Jordan Times: Dealing with the impact of climate change on Jordan offers opportunities for further investments in green economy, according to experts. Raouf Dabbas, senior adviser to the minister of environment, said Jordan has the option of proposing projects that build a green economy based on the capacities of fresh graduates, while the other option would be doing nothing to mitigate the impact of climate change. "It is for the benefit of Jordan to enter the battle of green economy," he said on Wednesday...
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Farming in these days of climate change
2016-06-04 22:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Statesman: It is by now widely recognized that climate change can increase the difficulties of farming and farmers in many ways. India has 118 million farmers as per the 2011 census. Women farmers may not be listed separately. If women who contribute so much to farming are added, the number will be considerably higher. The overwhelming majority of these are small and medium farmers - over 80 per cent own less than 10 acres of land. A large number own around two acres. The number of small farmers can increase...
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