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The Private Sector and International Development: A Love Affair, or Cold Feet?
2013-03-27 15:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
World Resources Institute: The private sector is a crucial partner in advancing sustainable development, and bilateral aid agencies are grappling with ways to learn from and leverage the activities of companies and markets. As the worlds of business and of aid increasingly intersect--and as development budgets are reined in even as demands on them grow--the pressure is to do more in partnership with the private sector. The real challenge, though, is to do better. This was the headline message from a recent roundtable discussion...
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Butterflies 'hurt by cold, wet 2012'
2013-03-26 01:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Butterflies suffered in last year's wet and cold weather, having their worst year since 1976, a charity says. Only four of the 56 species studied in the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme saw an increase in population size. The relentless rain and cold of 2012 meant that in particular summer species struggled to find food, shelter and mating opportunities. The scheme looked at how a range of species did at more than 1,000 sites across the UK. The black hairstreak, one of the UK's rarest butterflies,...
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United Kingdom: Cold weather leaves thousands without power
2013-03-24 18:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Severe weather warnings covering most of England, Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland remain in place as the blast of unseasonally cold air shows no sign of relenting. Thousands of homes are without power in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Cumbria , many roads are blocked by snow or abandoned vehicles, flights have been cancelled, particularly in Yorkshire and the East Midlands, and rail travel has been disrupted across much of Britain. More snow fell in many places and the Met Office warned...
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Power problems remain in severe cold
2013-03-24 17:32:13| Energy - Topix.net
Up to 18,000 properties in Northern Ireland, 10,000 in Scotland and 2,000 in Wales have been without power overnight despite efforts by energy firms to reconnect them.
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United Kingdom: Spring is in limbo as cold stops plants coming into bloom
2013-03-22 23:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Spring is currently in limbo with few signs of wild flowers. The perishing cold has stopped lots of plants in their tracks, although there have also been some benefits, with snowdrops and crocuses enjoying an unexpectedly long flowering season. And when the weather was a lot milder earlier in March, the very earliest spring flowers managed to get going, such as colt's foot, which looks like a dandelion, and lesser celandine, a golden star-shaped flower and cousin of the buttercup. The lesser celandine...
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