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Scripps scientists talk about climate change
2015-11-15 02:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
San Diego Union-Tribune: Thousands of world leaders and scientists will meet in Paris next month for the United Nations conference on climate change. A key goal of the summit is to reach agreement on limiting or reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Among those attending the Paris conference will be Margaret Leinen, director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Scripps scientists Richard Somerville and Lisa Levin. The three met recently with The San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board to discuss climate change and the...
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Climate Change Summit In Paris Will Still Go Forward
2015-11-15 01:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inquisitr: President Obama and other world leaders will still meet in Paris later this month, despite the recent spat of terrorist attacks. In fact, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says the meeting is essential, and must go forward. He took that message to Twitter. .@LaurentFabius says #COP21 is essential to combat #climatechange and that it will take place despite #ParisAttacks https://t.co/mHTZR3hQe8 -- UN Climate Action (@UNFCCC) November 14, 2015 The Paris Summit on Climate Change will start...
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Climate change could bring tropical disease epidemics to Britain, health expert warns
2015-11-15 00:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Epidemics of dengue fever and other tropical diseases could soon affect people in Britain because of global warming, one of the worlds leading medical experts has warned. Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust, said he also believed the planet is already being affected by many other serious health threats triggered by climate change including malnutrition and deaths from air pollution. However, these dangers were not being given proper attention by world leaders, added Farrar, an expert...
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France Defiantly Plans To Go Ahead With Climate Change Summit
2015-11-14 22:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: France plans to go ahead with a global climate change summit in Paris at the end of the month, the prime minister said on Saturday, despite a wave of deadly attacks on Friday night that killed 127 people in the capital. The conference "will be held because it's an essential meeting for humanity," Prime Minister Manuel Valls told TF1 television on Saturday evening. He said the summit would also be an opportunity for world leaders to show their solidarity with France after the attacks. About...
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Climate Risk May Hit Portfolios Hard Now, Cambridge Study Finds
2015-11-14 21:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Equity portfolios may lose as much as 45 percent of their value due to shifting investor sentiment about climate change, according to a report by Cambridge Universitys Institute for Sustainability Leadership. Investors are becoming more aware of the short-term impact that the warming planet may have upon financial markets, affecting the value of holdings in portfolios modeled over five years, according to the report released Thursday. Equity portfolios lost almost half their value, and fixed...
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