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Climate change consequences for people in Canada's Arctic deserves more attention, says researcher
2015-11-27 00:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: The polar bear has become somewhat of an international symbol for the consequences of climate change but some researchers say more work needs to be done on how the disappearing sea ice affects people who call the Arctic home. Climate change is changing the Arctic landscape faster than other regions in fact the change is happening "almost 40 times faster than the models had predicted," said Eric Solomon, director of Arctic Programs at the Vancouver Aquarium. Solomon said Canadians need to...
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Pope Urges Deal on Climate Change in Paris to Avoid Catastrophe
2015-11-26 17:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Pope Francis urged world leaders preparing to meet at a United Nations conference on climate change to agree an accord that transforms current development models and focuses on the need to adopt low-carbon energy systems. Negotiators meeting in Paris next week have a political and economic obligation to rethink and correct the dysfunctions and distortions of the current development model, the pontiff said in a speech at the UN Environment Programme headquarters in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi....
Drastic Reductions Meat Consumption Worldwide Help Fight Climate Change
2015-11-26 17:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vice: Dramatic changes in diets around the world could help to ensure that global temperatures keep from rising above 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels. If the world piled on the veggies and cut back on steaks and hamburgers, the UK-based think tank Chatham House said in a report this week, the world could generate a quarter of the remaining emission reductions needed to keep warming from rising above 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) compared to pre-Industrial Age levels,...
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Conserve Diverse Breeds to Adapt to Climate Change, FAO Urges
2015-11-26 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - In the run-up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP21), FAO has released new guidelines to assist countries in better conserving and sustainably using genetic resources in times of climate change.
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'Give Africa $16bn for climate change'
2015-11-26 00:04:47| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Temperatures across the globe are likely to break records in 2015 with readings running "well above" any previous year, scientists say.
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