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UN report to be released Monday focuses on effects of climate change
2014-03-29 01:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: For Debra Davidson, the most immediate impact of global climate change has been on her sleep cycle this week. Dr. Davidson, a sociologist at the University of Alberta, is one of about 50 researchers participating in a series of marathon sessions to hammer out the final wording of a UN document on the effects of climate change. "It's our last official day and we still have a lot to cover, so I fear tonight will be an all-nighter," Dr. Davidson said, speaking early Saturday morning from Yokohama,...
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Sugar industry group to cushion Afta effects
2014-03-27 06:13:44| Sugar Industry News
SUGAR Industry Foundation Inc. (SIFI) president Edith Villanueva revealed Tuesday their plans to cushion the effect of the implementation of the Asian free Trade Agreement (Afta) to the sugar industry.
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Climate change panel warnings over human effects are real, say scientists
2014-03-26 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of Russia: Allegations that the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), meeting in Japan at Yokohama this week, is being too alarmist in its warnings over the human consequences of things like global warming have been denied. VoR's Tim Ecott spoke to Dr Arthur Petersen, chief scientist at the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. Government representatives and scientists on Tuesday opened a five-day meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to finalise a report assessing...
Asia likely to face worst effects of global warming, warn experts
2014-03-23 09:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Asian News International: People living in coastal regions of Asia could face the worst effects of global warming. Climate experts warned that flooding, famine and rising sea levels will put hundreds of millions at risk in one of the worlds most vulnerable regions. According to the Guardian, hundreds of millions of people are likely to lose their homes as flooding, famine and rising sea levels sweep the region. The report, Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, revealed that for the first half of...
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Obama Turns to Web to Illustrate the Effects of a Changing Climate
2014-03-20 04:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: President Obama wants Americans to see how climate change could deluge or destroy their own backyards - and to make it as easy as opening a web-based app. As part of an effort to make the public see global warming as a tangible and immediate problem, the White House on Wednesday inaugurated a website, climate.data.gov, aimed at turning scientific data about projected droughts and wildfires and the rise in sea levels into eye-catching digital presentations that can be mapped using simple software...
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