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Silent Crisis: How Climate Change Drives People From Homes by Destroying Their Livelihoods
2015-11-14 05:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlterNet: According to a recent study, rising temperatures are a significant driver of permanent migration among poor farmers in Indonesia. The study found that temperature increases were far more likely to induce migration than rapid-onset hazards such as floods, due to their long-term and cumulative effects on household income. Based on the results, the researchers estimated that an additional 2°C rise in temperatures could force up to five percent of Indonesias population (12.4 million people) to migrate...
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Jane Goodall urges bold action at climate talks
2015-11-14 00:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Primatologist Jane Goodall called Friday for bold action next month at high-stakes United Nations climate change talks. The 81-year-old British chimpanzee expert said she has her "fingers crossed" heading into the summit in Paris, which will seek a comprehensive deal on curbing carbon emissions warming the planet. "It will be the fourth of these climate events that I've been to and it's a bit desperate right now," said Goodall, a leading environmentalist and scientist who rose to fame during...
Liberal donors double down on climate change
2015-11-13 23:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: At a closed-door gathering next week in Washington, influential liberal donors and operatives plan to double down on their efforts to make climate change a central voting issue in 2016, despite disappointing returns on a similar campaign in 2014. The meeting at Washington's Mandarin Oriental hotel, organized by the Democracy Alliance liberal donor club, will feature discussions with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, representatives from powerful green groups and billionaire...
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Forget Washington, Citizens Need to Stop Climate Change
2015-11-13 22:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Climate change talk with little action isn't exactly new in the United States - but this time, the talk has centered on the rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline,on the upcoming COP21 talks in Paris, Pope Francis, even the new President Obama Facebook page, which launched this week with a climate theme. But as you scan the headlines you might think that Americans themselves haven't paid much attention. Not one but two recent polls suggest that Americans don't care about climate change and don't worry...
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4 Signs We Are Winning the Climate Fight
2015-11-13 21:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Its been a powerful couple months in the world of climate activism. As many of us prepare for the Paris climate talks, weve seen major victories in the stopping of Shell Arctic drilling project and the rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline. These victories were the result of sustained direct action campaigns that lifted the issues into mainstream consciousness. Now with Paris on the doorstep we plan to keep the momentum rolling with an international youth-led climate strike on Nov. 30, the first...
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