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New climate change report details threats to global security, possibilities of violent conflict
2014-03-31 05:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Violent conflicts and threats to the territorial integrity of some of the world's most vulnerable countries are among the more ominous risks posed by an ever-warming planet, according to the UN organization given the task of assessing the impacts of climate change. In a report that for the first time includes human security in its review of how global warming will be experienced around the world, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) lists outcomes such as the displacement of populations,...
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Climate change heightens risk of conflict, hunger - UN panel
2014-03-31 03:38:44| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Soaring carbon emissions will amplify the risk of conflict, hunger, flood and migration this century, the UN's expert panel said Monday in a landmark report on the impact of climate change. Left unchecked, greenhouse gas emissions may cost trillions of dollars in damage to property and ecosystems and in bills for shoring up climate defenses, it said. The report said the impact of climate change was already being felt and would increase with every additional degree that temperatures rose. "Increasing...
IPCC report: global warming increase heatwaves, flooding & conflict
2014-03-31 02:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Flooding, storm surges, droughts and heatwaves are among the key risks of global warming that will pose the greatest threat to humans in the future, according to the most authoritative report to date on the impact of climate change. Violent conflicts and food shortages were also forecast to increase over coming decades due to rising temperatures, while a growing number of animal and marine species will face increased risk of extinction. The warnings were published on Monday in the Intergovernmental...
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Conservative Climate Panel Warns World Faces Breakdown Of Food Systems And More Violent Conflict
2014-03-30 19:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Humanity`s choice (via IPCC): Aggressive climate action ASAP (left figure) minimizes future warming. Continued inaction (right figure) results in catastrophic levels of warming, 9°F over much of U.S. The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued its second of four planned reports examining the state of climate science. This one summarizes what the scientific literature says about "Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability" (big PDF here). As with every recent IPCC report, it...
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Leaked IPCC report predicts violent conflict due global warming
2014-03-18 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times of India: A leaked report of the United Nations panel has predicted severe impacts of global warming on food-grain production, fresh-water resources and human settlements across the globe with Asia facing the brunt of it. The document, second in series of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) fifth assessment report which is to be made public in Tokyo on March 31, also carries details of how the global warming will create a civil-war kind of situation in many parts of the world due to huge...
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