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World leaders missed chance to tackle climate change, says economist
2015-05-25 18:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: World leaders missed the perfect opportunity to tackle climate change during the global economic crisis, according to the influential economist and academic Lord Stern. The author of the seminal 2006 Stern review on the economics of climate change also criticised what he called a strange and anti-science wing of the Conservative party for putting the brakes on their leaders making progress on the issue in the UK. Stern told an audience at the Hay festival the economic and technological conditions...
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UN chief seeks 'global action' on climate change this year
2015-05-25 16:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: UN chief Ban Ki-Moon on Monday called for "global action" this year to limit climate change as international weather experts began a quadrennial congress in Geneva. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) meeting comes ahead of a key conference in Paris at the end of the year which will be the first attempt to clinch a planet-wide deal on global warming since the near-disastrous 2009 UN summit in Copenhagen. The Paris accord, which would take effect from 2020, would aim at limiting global warming...
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What impact will climate change have on Scotland?
2015-05-25 14:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scotsman: While climate change is no longer news to anyone, it can seem like an arbitrary concept; a term bandied about by politicians and cited by campaigners. But its effects, caused by all of us, will be felt by all of us. Scotland -- its wildlife and landscapes -- is already experiencing the consequences of our changing climate, and we are only likely to see more of these if the changes continue at their current rate. Here are some of the ways Scotland will feel the impact. Coastal habitats could be lost...
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Australia: Great Barrier Reef's 'single biggest risk' climate change
2015-05-25 09:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Financial Review: The chairman of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Russell Reichelt, says climate change posed the biggest risk to the long-term future of the reef but said he believed there was enough government funding at the moment to tackle the problem. Just days before UNESCO will make its decision on whether the Great Barrier Reef will be placed on the "endangered" list, Dr Reichelt said he was encouraged by the $140 million in extra funding from the federal government to improve water quality...
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John McCain mocks Obama for calling climate change a threat as Isis advances
2015-05-24 18:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Senator John McCain on Sunday attacked the president for citing climate change as a threat to national security, suggesting that the Obama administrations focus on environmental issues was detracting from the fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. The comments by the Senate armed services committee chairman were part of a rotating blame game over the Memorial Day weekend about who is responsible for recent gains by Isis fighters, who last week took control of the ancient Syrian...
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