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Brace up for climate change effects on human health
2016-07-07 22:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: Tropical disease vectors -- for malaria, dengue and zika, to name a few -- are expanding as the insects that carry them spread following warming climes.">Tropical disease vectors -- for malaria, dengue and zika, to name a few -- are expanding as the insects that carry them spread following warming climes. PARIS: The world should brace for potentially devastating impacts on human health due to climate change, top policy makers and officials from around the globe meeting in Paris said Thursday. Some...
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Preserving forest carbon sinks top of donors' climate mitigation agenda
2016-07-07 22:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science Codex: New research has found that developing countries with large carbon sinks and good governance tend to be the main destination for major green donors' climate mitigation funding. The study by the University of East Anglia (UEA) compared the factors used to allocate climate mitigation finance to 180 developing countries by the five largest donors - Japan, Germany, France, Norway and the United States. Ways of addressing the global need for reducing greenhouse gas emissions vary from promoting energy...
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Climate Denier Marco Rubio Clueless on Florida Toxic Algae
2016-07-07 18:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RINF: Glenn Hamer and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida speak at the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry`s Leadership Series luncheon in Phoenix, Arizona on May 6, 2016. Former Republican presidential candidate and current US Sen. Marco Rubio recently weighed in on the toxic algal blooms that have caused a state of emergency in two counties in his home state of Florida. Rubio wrote in a statement at the beginning of the month that "[The algal blooms are] a complex and painful thing to talk about and...
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Oil companies confirm talks over California climate programs
2016-07-07 18:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Oil companies confirm talks over California climate programs Officials representing oil companies say they are in talks with Gov. Jerry Brown's administration about changes to California's carbon-emissions programs, including his vaunted program requiring companies to buy pollution credits, which faces an uncertain future. Western States Petroleum Association President Catherine Reheis-Boyd said in a statement that her group has been engaged in ongoing talks on behalf of California's oil and...
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Climate change health impacts loom large
2016-07-07 18:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Phys.Org: A crescendo of scientific studies paints an alarming picture of the human suffering in store due to disrupted weather patterns, rising seas, droughts and climate-enhanced superstorms The world should brace for potentially devastating impacts on human health due to climate change, top policy makers and officials from around the globe meeting in Paris said Thursday. Some of these consequences may be avoided if humanity radically curbs its use of fossil fuels in coming decades, but many are...
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