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IPCC report downplays economic impacts of climate change, reviewer says
2014-03-24 21:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blayney Chronical: An upcoming United Nations report on climate change has been altered after the expert review stage, with changes added that downplay the economic impacts of a warming planet, according to one of the reviewers. Bob Ward, an expert reviewer for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, also said alterations to the economics chapter of the draft report sent to governments included an assessment of a paper by the chapter's own lead co-ordinating author Richard Tol that contained at least one...
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Leaked IPCC report warns of social and economic impact of climate change
2014-03-18 11:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A leaked draft of a new study by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reportedly outlines a worrying scenario of conflicts, food crises and economic losses caused by climate change by the end of the century. The draft, seen by the Independent, is said to reveal that the effects of climate change will put enormous pressure on millions of people in vulnerable areas, such as some parts of Asia, causing mass migration, social unrest and huge economic losses. The report the...
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Monterey Shale Report Exposes Myth of Economic Prosperity From Fracking California
2013-12-04 21:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Post Carbon Institute and Physicians, Scientists & Engineers for Healthy Energy released a groundbreaking report on yesterday using industry data that presents compelling evidence that the promise of a Monterey Shale boom is a myth. Authored by geoscientist J. David Hughes, the report, Drilling California: A Reality Check on the Monterey Shale, is the first analysis of oil production data taken directly from the Monterey Shale Formation and questions whether previous studies modeled on assumptions...
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Regional economic report by Syracuse agency gives north country short shrift
2013-12-04 15:30:02| Agriculture - Topix.net
Economic development leaders say the north country largely was left out of a 12-county report led by a Syracuse-based agency offering strategies to make the region's economy globally competitive.
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Report: Climate change may pose threat economic growth
2013-10-29 20:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: Nearly a third of the world's economic output will come from countries facing "high" to "extreme" risks from the impacts of climate change within 12 years, according to a new report. The Climate Change Vulnerability Index, an annual report produced by UK-based risk analysis firm Maplecroft, found that climate change "may pose a serious obstacle to sustainable economic growth in the world's most commercially important cities." The index ranked the vulnerability of the world's countries, and...
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