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Climate Change Threatens Flavour of Argentine Wine
2015-11-05 05:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Purple garlic that is losing its color? More translucent wine? Climate change will also affect the flavours of our food in the absence of measures to mitigate the impacts of global warming, which are already being felt in crops that are basic to local economies, such as in the Argentine province of Mendoza. An exposition by the National University of Cuyo (UNCuyo), during the Climate Change Forum held in October in Mendoza, the capital of the province of the same name, organised jointly with the...
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Climate change among new Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau priorities
2015-11-05 01:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Justin Trudeau, who was sworn in as Canada`s 23rd prime minister Wednesday, faces immediate challenges on issues including climate change, taxes, refugees and the fight against Islamic State militants. During the unusually long 11-week election campaign that propelled the Liberal Party he leads to a majority government, Trudeau promised to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada by year`s end and establish "a pan-Canadian strategy" to tackle climate change within 90 days of the United Nations`...
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California revs up for Paris climate change summit
2015-11-04 22:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: In the wonky world of climate change, Californias presence at the United Nations summit in Paris next month is expected to be a star-studded affair. There will be an actual movie star, former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who jump-started some of the states most ambitious efforts to slow global warming. Also in the mix is Tom Steyer, the billionaire Bay Area environmental activist who has bankrolled political campaigns around the country. And there is the official state delegation led by Gov....
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Australian companies sign on for climate change action ahead of Paris conference
2015-11-04 22:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Twelve Australian companies including energy suppliers, banks and a major telecommunications business have committed to climate change action at a summit ahead of the UN's climate change conference in Paris at the end of November. The Australian Climate Leadership Summit is backed by the French government and focuses on seven key climate commitments by action group We Mean Business, including carbon emission reduction targets, carbon pricing, renewable sources and climate policy. The conference...
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40 percent in US believe climate change is real, are unworried
2015-11-04 18:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science Monitor: Americans agree that climate change is real and caused by humans, but they arent that worried, says a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. In the October survey, 65 percent of those surveyed said Yes global warming is happening, and 51 percent said that climate change is caused entirely or mostly by human activities. However, only 23 percent were Extremely or very worried about global warming, and the highest percent of those polled 38 percent were...
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