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Climate change blamed for huge mangrove die-off
2016-07-11 13:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Aljazeera: Thousands of hectares of important ecosystem have been wiped out in Northern Australia. Climate change has triggered a massive die-off of mangroves along the northern coast of Australia, according to scientists at the country's James Cook University. Professor Norm Duke, who is also the spokesman for the Australian Mangrove and Saltmarsh Network, said in a statement on the university's website that the scale and magnitude of the loss appeared "unprecedented and deeply concerning". Mangrove...
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Climate change cost for fossil fuel industry: $33 trillion
2016-07-11 13:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fuel Fix: The fossil fuel industry risks losing $33 trillion in revenue over the next 25 years as global warming may drive companies to leave oil, natural gas and coal in the ground, according to a Barclays Plc energy analyst. Government regulations and other efforts to cut carbon emissions will inevitably slash demand for fossil fuels, jeopardizing traditional energy producers, Mark Lewis, Barclayss head of European utilities equity research, said Monday during a panel discussion in New York on financial...
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Climate change will cause 2,50,000 deaths by 2030: WHO
2016-07-11 10:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: Climate change will cause an additional 2,50,000 deaths from malaria, diarrhoeal disease, heat stress and under nutrition by 2030, a finding by World Health Organisation (WHO) has stated. The conclusion was drawn at a meeting held by the French government in Paris on July 8 to study actions taken to implement the Paris agreement in order to reduce health risks linked to climate change. Experts noted that climate change was already causing tens of thousands of deaths every year. This is in addition...
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By 2030, climate shift may kill 250k more per year
2016-07-11 09:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times of India: Each year as temperatures rise across India, farmers look to the sky and pray for rain. The all-important monsoon forecast becomes a national priority, with more than 70 per cent of India's 1.25 billion citizens engaged in agriculture and relying on weather predictions to decide when they will sow their seeds and harvest their crops. But getting the forecast right remains a challenge, thanks to the complex -- and still poorly understood -- ways in which South Asia's monsoon rains are influenced...
S'pore lays out plan to address challenges of climate change
2016-07-11 09:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Times: CITIES have to take the lead in finding solutions to address challenges brought about by changing weather patterns, said President Tony Tan Keng Yam on Sunday, as he announced the release of Singapore's Climate Action Plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change. Among some new measures announced in the Climate Action Plan are a target to achieve improvements in energy efficiency in the manufacturing sector by 1-2 per cent a year from 2020 to 2030, and plans to upgrade critical...
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