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Republican candidates skirt surprise climate change question at debate
2016-03-11 05:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The subject of climate change was raised on Thursday at the Republican debate in Miami a city with pressing concerns about its effects. Marco Rubio, the Florida senator fighting strongly on home ground as he sought to revive his presidential campaign, was asked: Will you acknowledge the reality of the scientific consensus of climate change? Rubio said: Sure, the climate is changing There was never a time when the climate was not changing. But Rubio then said flooding in south Florida...
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Climate change adaptation post-Paris: next steps for the Green Climate Fund
2016-03-10 13:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Green Climate Fund is expected to become a key channel for funding adaptation efforts in vulnerable developing countries. The GCF pursues valuable adaptation objectives, namely to increase resilience and enhance the livelihoods of the most vulnerable people, communities and regions in the world, including in areas such as health, well-being and food and water security. It can make a real difference to the lives of millions of people. Building on some key adaptation features of the GCF, it must...
Could climate change be the culprit in spread of Zika virus?
2016-03-09 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: The Zika virus sweeping across South America may be only one of several long-dormant infections that will resurface in coming years because of climate change and deforestation, says a Johns Hopkins University neurologist now leading research efforts in Colombia, one of the countries hardest hit by the disease. According to Dr. Carlos Pardo Villamizar, warmer climates may have triggered the emergence and subsequent spread of the Zika virus by making more of the world habitable for the Aedes aegypti...
Climate Change To 'Destroy' Vital Food Supplies In Africa: Scientists
2016-03-08 16:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ValueWalk: African governments need to take immediate action to help poor farmers adapt to the climate change. Rising temperatures are destroying vital food supplies in Africa, said Julian Ramirez-Villegas of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Without action, it will be impossible to grow several staple food crops in sub-Saharan Africa. Farmers need to replace crops Climate change will make unsuitable vast swathes of areas growing crops like maize, beans...
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US climate change campaigner dies snorkeling at Great Barrier Reef
2016-03-07 09:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Award-winning American environmental photographer Gary Braasch died on Monday while snorkeling at the northern end of the Great Barrier Reef. Braasch, 70, from Portland, Oregon, was snorkeling with a companion at the Australian Museum's Lizard Island Research Station, the museum said in a statement. He was documenting the effect of climate change on the reef. The cause of death was not immediately clear. Queensland police had been notified and were investigating, the museum added. A Nikon...
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