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Predictors of climate change awareness and risk perception vary around the globe
2015-07-27 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Using data from the largest cross-sectional survey of climate change perceptions ever conducted, researchers writing in Nature Climate Change today report the first global assessment of factors underlying climate change awareness and risk perception. They say results indicate that to be most effective, climate-related messages must be tailored to public awareness and perceptions specific to each nation. Co-author Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale…
Al Gore: People left scratching heads over Australia's climate change position, former US politician says
2015-07-27 09:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Australia's position on climate change has left some in the world scratching their heads, former US vice-president and environmental campaigner Al Gore says. Mr Gore visited Melbourne and met ministers from Labor-led Victoria, South Australia and Queensland to discuss renewable energy and economic growth, and the importance of the Paris climate change summit at the end of this year. The Federal Government is yet to reveal its new post-2020 emissions reduction target, but Mr Gore said some were...
Africa: Forests May Be Our Last Chance to Slow Climate Change
2015-07-27 09:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Conversation: Deforestation is now the second leading cause of global climate change. Debates on this topic often centre on the Amazon, given the high-profile destruction of its forest biodiversity. However, a troubling rise in deforestation in Central Africa - home to the world's second largest tropical forest - has received surprisingly little attention. Two-thirds of Africa's remaining forests are located in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). These forests span 1.7 million km, which is equivalent to...
Pakistan: Climate change : Minister echoes global warming concerns
2015-07-27 08:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Express Tribune: The present unsustainable global economic order has brutally overexploited natural resources to achieve so-called development, benefitted a few while plunging millions in the developing world into poverty and debt. This was stated by Climate Change Minister Mushahidullah Khan while speaking to the media on Sunday. The world direly needs a whole new economic framework to cope with these challenges being aggravated further by the consequences of the global warming caused by the increasing trajectory...
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Why Canadians Have Ignored Climate Change
2015-07-27 02:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: In addition to the staging of the PanAm Games, Toronto was the location of some unusually high profile activities in recent days that were supposed to increase the efforts to tackle climate change. The events raised some important questions: How effective are efforts to slow the increase of carbon emissions into the atmosphere, do Canadians agree on the extent of damage to our environment, and what do scientists say in their most recent reports about the degree of the threat? Celebrities lead...
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