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Why Africa particularly vulnerable climate change
2015-05-21 05:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Conversation: When it comes to climate change Africa is in the eye of the storm. This is partly because of human factors - but the continents climate also makes it extremely vulnerable. Africa is faced with a number of interlinked challenges. These include land degradation, poverty and climate change. These are referred to as wicked problems since they are complex and caused by a number of factors, many of which have global dimensions. In the case of climate change, Africa is vulnerable because it is...
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Obama Recasts Climate Change as a Peril With Far-Reaching Effects
2015-05-21 04:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: President Obama used a commencement address on Wednesday at the Coast Guard Academy to cast his push for urgent action to combat climate change as a national security imperative, saying that the warming of the planet poses an immediate risk to the United States. The speech was part of an effort by Mr. Obama to make a multipronged case for his ambitious climate-change agenda, which he has identified as a top priority for the remainder of his time in office and as a central element of his legacy....
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New Technology Could Fundamentally Change Future Wireless Communications
2015-05-21 03:23:50| rfglobalnet Home Page
Radio systems, such as mobile phones and wireless internet connections, have become an integral part of modern life. However, today’s devices use twice as much of the radio spectrum as is necessary.
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5 Ways Shell's Not Walking Its Talk on Climate Change
2015-05-21 02:00:16| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
It talks about the fight against climate change being a moral obligation , about the expectations it has of its contractors , and about the lessons Shell has learned from its 2012 misadventures in the US Arctic Ocean. Yes, Shell talks a good game when it comes to climate change and to Arctic drilling, and we can expect to hear more of this rhetoric at the firm's annual shareholder meeting in The Hague.
Declare war on climate change?
2015-05-20 23:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: We have a tendency to view certain public policy issues as wars. As in "the war on ... " fill in the blank: drugs, cancer, poverty. It is often a misleading analogy, but it is meant to get the public to respond to a dire need, just as they would in wartime. The terminology, however, is entirely accurate -- and literal -- when it comes to our need to address the changing environment as "the war on climate change." Wednesday, President Obama raised the stakes on an issue that tends to pit environmentalists...
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