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Climate change, ISIS keeping world awake
2015-07-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Climate change is a big worry in Latin America, Asia and Africa, but the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group spells more anxiety among Europeans and North Americans. That is what a new global opinion poll suggests, although world economic instability also figures prominently as the top concern in a number of countries, and forms the second-biggest concern in half of the 40 countries surveyed. The details are in a poll released on Tuesday by the Pew Research Centre in Washington, which...
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Are countries legally required to protect their citizens from climate change?
2015-07-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ensia: On June 24, 2015, a court in The Hague ordered the Dutch government to act faster in its duty to protect its citizens against the effects of climate change. This marks the first time the issue has been legally declared a state obligation, regardless of arguments that the solution to the global climate problem does not depend on one countrys efforts alone. The decision was based on various branches of law, including, most importantly, human rights. In effect, it makes the Dutch government accountable...
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Insects: Winners and losers of climate change
2015-07-16 15:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Deutsche Welle: Think of climate change and endangered species, and animals like the polar bear might come to mind. But the vast majority of species affected by climate change are in fact insects. And though small, their impact is huge. Fuzzy pollinators Global warming is shrinking the habitat where bumblebees can live in North America and Europe. These pollinators in particular tend to overheat due to their large size, dark color and hairy bodies. Bumblebees are unable to quickly migrate to cooler climes...
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Australia: NSW Farmers change climate change policy
2015-07-16 05:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: NSW Farmers has shifted its policy to recognise the impact of climate change on agriculture and urged politicians to act. Mullaley farmer Angela Martin, a former NSW Farmers board member, said the change sends a clear signal to governments that climate change is an issue farmers deal with every day. "Primary producers are on the front lines of seasonal variability, rising temperatures and more extreme weather, exacerbated by a changing climate," she said on the final day of the NSW Farmers conference...
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Polynesian leaders push climate change message
2015-07-16 03:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Radio New Zealand: Polynesian leaders are meeting in Tahiti today to form an agreement on their position on climate change. The Polynesian Leaders Group, made up of eight countries, hopes to create and sign a declaration to give the region a common message. The PACT declaration, or Polynesia Against Climate Threats, is due to be signed tomorrow at marae Taputapuatea on Raiatea. It comes ahead of the United Nations climate change conference in Paris at the end of the year. The president of French Polynesia, Edouard...
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