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World Bank warns address climate change & poverty in tandem
2015-11-08 21:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The world must pair efforts to stabilise climate change with programmes to eliminate poverty if vulnerable people are to be kept from falling back into hardship as rising temperatures wreak havoc on food security and livelihoods, a report has said. Climate change has led to crop failures, natural disasters, higher food prices and the spread of waterborne diseases, creating poverty and pushing people at risk into destitution, according to Shock Waves: Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty,...
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Climate change could push 100m into extreme poverty
2015-11-08 21:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Whether its flooding in Mumbai slums or drought decimating goat herds in the Sahel, poor people are hardest hit by the changing climate. Such impacts could push another 100 million into extreme poverty by 2030. So warns the World Bank in its latest report, calling for targeted support to help marginalised communities cope. When we look at poverty today, we see that climate-related shocks and stresses are already an obstacle to people escaping poverty, lead author Stephane Hallegatte told...
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New York investigating Exxon over climate change statements
2015-11-08 19:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NYSE Post: Beginning in September, InsideClimate News and the Los Angeles Times have published a series of articles finding that Exxon has a long history of climate research, which contradicts its stance on climate policy (ClimateWire, October 28). The investigation will focus on whether the company's statements regarding climate change were consistent with its 40-year scientific research. New York's Martin Act passed in 1921 gives the attorney general extraordinary powers and discretion to investigate financial...
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'A one-off in human history': Stern's warning climate change battle
2015-11-08 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Europe has to step up its effort to combat climate change and wake up to the urgency of the situation, the climate change expert Lord Stern has said before crunch UN talks in Paris later this month. Europeans need to end subsidies for fossil fuels, multiply energy efficiency efforts, improve mass public transport systems and accelerate the roll-out of electric cars in order to live up to their commitments, Stern told the Guardian in an interview. Decisions taken at the Paris summit, opening...
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Climate Change And Economic Woes: The New Civil War
2015-11-08 17:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inquisitr: While politicians and pundits would have voters believe it`s all about red states and blue states, the reality is much more complicated, with the growing economic divide and climate change threatening to bring about greater instability, insurrection, and warfare than any time since the American Civil War. According to a recent article by Joel Kotkin in The Daily Beast, the real division in the U.S. today is economic, and the competition is growing increasingly fierce. "When we speak about the...
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