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National flood program needed because of climate change, Edmonton audience hears
2015-11-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Edmonton Journal: The head of the Insurance Bureau of Canada called Thursday for governments and industry to create a national flood program to deal with the growing costs of destruction from weather events spurred by climate change. There is tremendous value in a more collaborative approach between the private sector and different levels of government to solve a problem that has been growing in frequency and severity, said Don Forgeron, president and CEO of the national insurance industry association, before...
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For the kids suing over climate change, things are going well so far
2015-11-27 14:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: When the young people working with Our Childrens Trust talk about their lawsuits to compel governments to act on climate change, they like to use a quote attributed to Mahatma Gandhi: First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. This month, it looks like these young activists have made it to step three: On Nov. 12, three fossil-fuel lobby groups asked a judge to let them join the federal case as codefendants against the 21 children (and a climate scientist)...
Worldwide Support For an Ambitious Climate Change Deal Is Faltering, New Poll Says
2015-11-27 09:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: A new poll released ahead of the U.N.-led climate change conference in Paris says that support around the world for an ambitious global climate-change deal has slipped in recent years. Only four of the 20 countries surveyed displayed majority support for setting lofty targets for the upcoming conference, according to the BBC. Less than half of the people surveyed considered climate change a "very serious" issue, according to the GlobeScan research group, the BBC reports. In 2009, the same...
Climate change is riskiest for these countries: S&P
2015-11-27 07:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNBC: Climate change will worsen the hit to countries' ratings from severe natural catastrophes by one-fifth of a notch on average, according to simulations by S&P. But the hit could be even greater for vulnerable countries, such as Thailand, which could see a fall in the ratings by as much as two notches. "Our simulations indicate that climate change-related natural hazards can harm sovereign ratings," S&P credit analyst, Marko Mrsnik, said in a report on Thursday. "In terms of average impact of climate...
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VIDEO: India's start-ups and climate change
2015-11-27 07:08:46| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
India's government is boosting its renewable energy programme to help the environment - the country's start-up businesses are also trying to tackle the challenge.
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