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'Climate change, erosion pushing new generations to poverty along Ganga'
2016-06-28 05:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Money Life: Climate change and vicious river bank erosion in the post-Farakka Barrage period have blurred the lines between the rich and the poor and are pushing successive generations to grinding poverty along the lower stretches of the mighty Ganga in West Bengal. The frequent nature of erosion is induced by hydraulic control by the commissioning of the barrage in 1975 and Indo-Bangladesh water sharing treaty of 1977 and 1996, experts say. And the famed weaver's colony (taantis) in Shantipur block of West...
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New Josh Fox Documentary on Climate Change Falls Short
2016-06-28 04:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Clean Technica: Josh Foxs Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning film Gasland was ahead of its time. The documentary not only woke the world up to frackings risks, it also sparked a social movement that led New York state to ban natural gas drilling. Thats why I was so excited to see his new film, How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Cant Change, airing on HBO. I hoped Fox would once again elevate the conversation and perhaps go beyond the stories of tragedy and despair that have stymied so...
Universal support needed to tackle global warming, UN climate chief says
2016-06-28 03:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Universal support is needed from businesses across the world to tackle global warming, the United Nations climate chief says. Business leaders and politicians are meeting in London to discuss how to implement the first comprehensive climate agreement, secured at UN talks in Paris in December, to cut greenhouse gas emissions and avoid dangerous temperature rises. The two-day Business and Climate Summit will look at how companies can continue with leadership that has already seen firms take...
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African policy to end hunger silent on climate risk
2016-06-28 03:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Experts call for African nations to invest in climate risks knowledge creation. The African Union's Malabo Declaration adopted in 2014 to double agricultural productivity and end hunger by 2025 underestimated the risk that climate change will pose, a report says. The declaration failed to consider investing in Africa's scientific capacity to combat climate threats, according to the report, which was produced by the UK-based Agriculture for Impact, and launched in Rwanda this month (14 June). "Food...
Climate change: communities and councils fill void on zero emissions targets
2016-06-28 02:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Communities and councils are filling the void left by the federal government on ambitious climate action. Many are frustrated by the governments lack of progress on climate change and instead are getting on with the job themselves. A survey conducted by Beyond Zero Emissions of 152 councils across Australia shows that almost one in five of the councils surveyed have set their own zero emissions or 100% renewable energy targets. At the Australian Local Government National General Assembly in...
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