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Poorest 'need more help over debt'
2013-11-20 04:30:51| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Much more must be done to help the poorest families tackle problem debt, Conservative-leaning think tank the Centre for Social Justice says.
Warming oceans will affect the planet's poorest
2013-10-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: Greenhouse gas emissions from industry and power generation have begun to trigger ocean changes that will impose huge costs to the poorest people on the planet. Only in the polar regions would there be any increase in productivity or in oxygen levels. Nowhere would there be any cooling. These changes are likely to cascade through marine ecosystems and habitats to the deep ocean itself, and to affect humans along the way, according to a report published this month in the journal Public Library of...
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Perus poorest will soon have solar power
2013-07-18 20:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Solar is for rich people - or so it often seems. Theres the cost of the panels themselves (although theyre slowly becoming more affordable) and the fact that getting your landlord to plop solar panels atop your apartment building might be a lost cause (unless you live in these Seattle apartments). Community solar is catching on, but solar is still out of reach for most of us. Unless you live in Peru. The country just launched The National Photovoltaic Household Electrification Program, an initiative...
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Peru Solar Power Program To Give Electricity To 2 Million Of Poorest Peruvians
2013-07-16 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PlanetSave: Energy and Mining Minister Jorge Merino said that the program will allow 95% of Peru to have access to electricity by the end of 2016. Currently, approximately 66% of the population has access to electricity. "This program is aimed at the poorest people, those who lack access to electric lighting and still use oil lamps, spending their own resources to pay for fuels that harm their health, said Merino. The first phase of the program, called "The National Photovoltaic Household Electrification...
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World Bank Report Says Planets Poorest Most Vulnerable To Global Warming
2013-06-19 19:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: The World Bank released a statement today warning that the disastrous effects of global warming could be felt in our lifetime, along with a new study projecting the damage to Africa and Asia in particular. The scientists tell us that if the world warms by (3.6 degree Fahrenheit) warming which may be reached in 20 to 30 years that will cause widespread food shortages, unprecedented heat waves, and more intense cyclones, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said in the statement. In sub-Saharan?Africa,...
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