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United Kingdom: Real progress climate change needs trust between all political parties
2015-02-16 16:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: I became UK energy and climate change secretary in February 2012 that makes me the longest serving minister with this portfolio for 25 years. In this time, I have learned one lesson above all else: you can only make real progress on climate change with political leadership and trust between all parties. Thats why the new joint climate change agreement between the leaders of the three major British political parties Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats is so important. This cross-party...
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'Numerous effects' of climate change on tropical diseases
2015-02-16 16:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Medical News Today: The behavior of mosquitoes - the vectors, or carriers, of diseases such as malaria - is known to be sensitive to temperature and rainfall, and the "inevitable" effect of climate change on this and other vector-borne diseases is the subject of a new collection of papers published today. Among the theories is that Europe could, within decades, become a "highly suitable" place for the mosquitoes that transmit, for example, dengue. Global warming may push tropical diseases to new regions. Published...
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Climate change hamper world food production: Scientists
2015-02-16 09:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Zee News: The acceleration climate change and its impact on agricultural production means that profound societal changes will be needed in coming decades to feed the world's growing population, researchers at an annual science conference said. According to scientists, food production will have to be doubled over the next 35 years to feed a global population of nine billion people in 2050, compared with seven billion today. Feeding the world "is going to take some changes in terms of minimising climate...
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Climate change hampering world food production, say scientists
2015-02-16 07:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The acceleration in climate change and its impact on agricultural production means that profound societal changes will be needed in coming decades to feed the world's growing population, researchers at an annual science conference said. According to scientists, food production will have to be doubled over the next 35 years to feed a global population of nine billion people in 2050, compared with seven billion today. Feeding the world "is going to take some changes in terms of minimizing climate...
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America's heartland risks ag economic disruptions as climate change advances, report says
2015-02-16 07:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
High Plains Journal: The Midwestern U.S. faces potential disruptions to its agricultural economy, and dangerous levels of heat in many of its largest cities, if climate change continues unabated, according to a new report released Jan. 23 by the Risky Business Project. Heat in the Heartland: Climate Change and Economic Risk in the Midwest details how extreme heat--the signature impact of a changing climate--could transform the Midwests economy. Absent significant adaptation, overall crop yields will likely decline,...
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