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Pakistan: National agricultural economy facing climate change risks
2014-09-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Times: Senior Environmental experts said on Wednesday that national agricultural economy was being affected by five major risks related to climate change. Talking to APP senior researcher, Kashif Salik working with Sustainable Policy Development Institute (SDPI) said that being a predominantly agricultural economy, climate change is estimated to decrease crop yields in Pakistan not only as a result of flooding, but also as a result of changing temperatures, which in turn will affect livelihoods and food...
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China, U.S. Vow Enhance Cooperation in Global Response to Climate Change
2014-09-25 15:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: Chinese and U.S. leaders on Tuesday vowed to promote bilateral cooperation in global response to climate change. The pledge was made when Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli, who was here to attend the UN climate summit as Chinese President Xi Jinping's special envoy, met with U.S. President Barack Obama. Zhang said that China, the largest developing country, and the United States, the largest developed country, have important duties in protecting the environment despite their differences in historical...
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Why climate change policy won't hinge on international talks
2014-09-25 14:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fortune: Its not that international diplomacy wont matter, but individual countries are already taking action to reduce carbon emissions for various reasons beyond worries about climate change. World leaders gathered at a United Nations summit this week to kick off 15 months of negotiations aimed at finalizing a climate pact next December in Paris. If you focus on those international climate talks, though, youll miss most of the real action. The fate of global efforts to tackle climate change and...
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Quote, unquote: UN Climate Change Summit 2014
2014-09-25 13:22:58| Agriculture - Topix.net
Representatives from the political, business, finance and civil sphere came together in New York yesterday at the UN's 2014 Climate Change Summit. Food corporations were among those signing up to pledges to tackle the growing problem of climate change.
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New Approaches to Agriculture Needed to Cope with Climate Change
2014-09-25 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - Overcoming climate change is central to achieving a sustainable future for the planet's growing population, and food security must lie at the heart of that effort, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said here today in a speech at the UN Climate Summit.
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