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Adapting to climate change in Latin America and Caribbean means ending social disparity
2016-01-15 22:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Climate change is already a global reality. Glaciers are melting, sea temperatures are increasing, corals are bleaching and rainfall patterns are changing to an extent that water sources may disappear in Latin America and the Caribbean within a few decades. Preparing for disasters is therefore imperative to avoid development setbacks. Despite a growing recognition of the urgent need to act on climate change, theory and practice differ substantially. While the notion of resilience--the ability to...
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Fossils Show Humans, Not Climate, Affected Caribbean Island Creatures
2015-10-20 01:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Bahamas animal species were the ultimate survivors until one thing happened: humans showed up a mere 1,000 years ago, according to a new study of nearly 100 fossil species from a cave on that Caribbean island, according to a release. A team from the University of Florida recently published their findings on that in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In them, they concluded that human activities, and less so human-driven climate change in current days, are a threat to island biodiversity's...
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Caribbean Looks to Paris Climate Summit for Very Survival
2015-05-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter-Press Service: Caribbean leaders on Saturday further advanced their policy position on climate change ahead of the 21st Conference of Parties, also known as COP 21, scheduled for Paris during November and December of this year. The position of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), 14 independent countries, was put forward by the group's chairman, Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie, during a meeting here with French President Fran§ois Hollande."For the Bahamas, which has 80 percent of its land mass within one...
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Caribbean climate in crisis
2014-03-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice: AS HUNDREDS of people in Britain affected by floods seek help and shelter following the wettest winter on record, Caribbean islands hit by severe storms over Christmas are also still struggling to recover. Although more than 4,000 miles apart, the natural disasters that hit the Eastern Caribbean (EC) and parts of the UK can both be linked to climate change and global warming fuelled by carbon emissions. And scientists have warned that the planet will experience more frequent and severe hurricanes...
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'Vocal group' representing Caribbean at Warsaw climate talks
2013-11-14 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Jamaica Observer: The The 19th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 9th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol began here on Monday with the Caribbean having a relatively small but "very, very vocal" delegation at the talks, according to a source familiar with the closed-door negotiations. "For small island states, loss and damage is a major, major issue and at the same...
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