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'Loss and damage' re-opens old wounds at climate talks
2013-11-20 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: UN climate negotiations are bogged down in a dispute over who will take legal responsibility for the loss and damage caused by climate change. Rich countries say they will strongly resist this move. Secretary general Ban Ki-moon opened the ministerial segment of the talks in Warsaw, Poland with a warning that the world was facing the wrath of a warming planet. Mr Ban called on delegates to respond with wisdom, urgency and resolve. He told delegates that climate change threatens current...
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UN talks locked on 'loss and damage'
2013-11-20 00:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: UN climate negotiations are bogged down in a dispute over who will take legal responsibility for the loss and damage caused by climate change. Rich countries say they will strongly resist this move. Secretary general Ban Ki-moon opened the ministerial segment of the talks in Warsaw, Poland with a warning that the world was facing the wrath of a warming planet. Mr Ban called on delegates to respond with wisdom, urgency and resolve. He told delegates that climate change threatens current...
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Damage control: CAA announces offshore helicopter safety review
2013-11-19 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced a forensic review of offshore helicopter operations in the North Sea, following five accidents in the past four years. Julian Turner reveals which aspects of offshore aviation the CAA is reviewing,
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Japan: Land ministry says climate change may be behind increase in landslide damage
2013-11-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Asahi Shimbun: Torrential rain possibly caused by climate change is the culprit for an increase in damages from landslides over the past 30 years, according to a recent survey. Land ministry officials compiled statistics on landslide damage from 1984 that showed a 1.5-fold increase due to heavy rains. With the frequency of torrential rains expected to increase in the future, there will be greater need for measures to deal with landslides. A recent example of the destructive power of landslides occurred...
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Why Typhoon Haiyan Caused So Much Damage
2013-11-11 23:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The deadly typhoon that swept through the Philippines was one of the strongest ever recorded. But storms nearly this powerful are actually common in the eastern Pacific. Typhoon Haiyan's devastation can be chalked up to a series of bad coincidences. Typhoons - known in our part of the world as hurricanes - gain their strength by drawing heat out of the ocean. Tropical oceans are especially warm, which is why the biggest storms, Category 4 and Category 5, emerge there. These storms also intensify...
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