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Paris climate summit put planet on 'catastrophic' warming despite seen as success
2016-06-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The pledges made by countries at the historic Paris agreement on climate change would lead to completely catastrophic global warming, scientists have warned. In a major analysis of 10 different studies into the effect of what world leaders promised to do, researchers calculated that the planet was still on course for a temperature increase of 2.6C to 3.1C by the end of this century. Their finding was in sharp contrast to the landmark declaration in Paris in November last year that action...
Are West Virginia's floods the result of climate change? And a congressman gone AWOL
2016-06-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: For a state that has been racked with recession and unemployment, the flash floods that have ravaged West Virginia dont help much. But the key question to ask no matter how unpleasant is whether the coal sector there shares some of the blame. At issue is the concept of climate change and whether the warmer atmosphere is holding more water and therefore intensifying the storms. To that end, West Virginias prime industry has been coal, a fuel that when burned is responsible for a third of...
Climate Change's Growing Impact On People Experiencing Homelessness
2016-06-30 14:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inside Climate News: The seemingly unending and sometimes fatal heat waves gripping large portions of the United States this month can be bad for those who are able to find shelter indoors. It is even worse for those experiencing homelessness. The impacts of climate change are already being felt by people across the planet, most of whom can seek shelter and use their resources to try to cope with heat waves, extreme downpours, stronger storms, more intense flooding, worse drought, and air pollution. Those who lack...
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Climate change: UK backs world-leading climate target
2016-06-30 13:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The UK government has set a world-leading climate change target up to the early 2030s. The Fifth Carbon Budget will cut carbon emissions by 57% by 2032 - that's based on 1990 levels. The announcement will help reassure investors needed to overhaul the UK's ageing energy system. But the government's advisory Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has warned the targets will be missed unless policies are improved. Labour's Barry Gardiner urged tougher policies, although he said: "At a time of...
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Impact of climate change on animals in Himalayas
2016-06-30 11:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times Of India: While the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has launched a long-term monitoring studies in five Himalayan states including Himachal Pradesh to document the impact of climate change on animal biodiversity, a study conducted by State Centre on Climate Change, Himachal Pradesh, has already found that in Himachal Pradesh a number of diseases occurred in the past ten years. Some diseases among these are worsened by climate change including influenza, cholera, babesiosis, verminous pneumonia, tuberculosis,...
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