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Central America seeks recognition vulnerability climate change
2015-11-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InterPress Service: For decades, the countries of Central America have borne the heavy impact of extreme climate phenomena like hurricanes and severe drought. Now, six of them are demanding that the entire planet recognise their climate vulnerability. An initiative that has emerged from civil society in Central America wants the new binding universal climate treaty to acknowledge that the region is especially vulnerable to climate change - a distinction currently given to small island developing states (SIDS) and...
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Climate change could have a significant impact on our economy
2015-11-02 13:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ars Technica: Climate change may have many economic impacts, including loss of crops, changes in water supply, increased incidence of natural disaster, and spikes in health care costs related to infectious diseases and temperature-related illnesses. However, hard evidence about the effects of climate change on economic activity has been inconsistent. A new paper published in Nature takes on the ambitious task of connecting micro- and macro-level estimates of climate costs. The study finds that climate change...
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Business leaders will bring politicians to the table on climate change
2015-11-02 12:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Now that the majority of people in both political parties accept that climate change is occurring, Washington's top task is to catch up with the rest of the country -- particularly business and farming communities -- and engage in a real debate about practical solutions. In a recent op-ed in the Miami Herald, Florida Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R) said lawmakers need to do a better job of focusing on ways to cut carbon emissions, invest in clean energy and combat climate change. While some politicians...
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Not all moths, butterflies react the same to climate change
2015-11-02 12:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Futurity: Scientists analyzed how the abundance and distribution of 155 species of British butterflies and moths have changed since the 1970s. In response to climate change, some are growing more common and others more rare. Using data collected by thousands of volunteers through citizen science programs, the team determined that responses to recent climate change varied greatly from species to species. Published in Science Advances, the research also shows variation in how much the climate has changed for...
Fortress Maldives: Protecting islands against climate change comes at a price
2015-11-02 11:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: This week, government ministers meeting in Paris will try to resolve a number of contentious issues that threaten to derail UN negotiations less than a month before a once-in-a-generation climate change summit convenes in the French capital. Much progress has been made toward an agreement with some 150 countries, large and small, now having submitted national plans to reduce the greenhouse emissions responsible for the crisis. But significant differences remain and a deal is by no means a foregone...
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