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Climate change and risks to financial stability
2015-11-16 10:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: In April, G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors requested that the FSB convene the public and private sector to consider how the financial sector can take account of climate-related issues. This follows a warning by Mr Carney, in his role as Governor of the Bank of England, that investors face potentially huge losses from climate change action that could make vast reserves of oil, coal and gas literally unburnable. Extract from FSB Chairmans letter to G20 leaders, 9th November...
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Society 'set for climate change woe'
2015-11-16 01:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Human societies will soon start to experience adverse effects from manmade climate change, a prominent economist has warned. Prof Richard Tol predicts the downsides of warming will outweigh the advantages with a global warming of 1.1C - which has nearly been reached already. Prof Tol is regarded by many campaigners as a climate "sceptic". He has previously highlighted the positive effects of CO2 in fertilising crops and forests. His work is widely cited by climate contrarians. "Most...
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Global Climate Change Conference Will Continue in Paris, Despite Wave of Attacks
2015-11-16 00:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
TakePart: A series of deadly terrorist attacks that left at least 132 dead and hundreds wounded in Paris on Friday won't deter France from hosting one of the country's largest international conferences ever later this month to continue the war against climate change. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius announced on Saturday that the annual United Nations conference, which will bring more than 100 world leaders, including President Barack Obama and respective Russian and Chinese leaders Vladimir Putin...
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A Successful Climate Change Conference Is The Best Response To ISIS Brutality
2015-11-15 21:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Certain people have perhaps been thinking, after the immense shock of the attacks of November 13, that the only thing that matters from now on, as a response to terrorism, is a security reinforcement, and of course, a reexamination of our priorities-- since ISIS has declared war on us all. However, people forget that the war that's been declared on us is also psychological. The report released by ISIS to claim the massacre in Paris uses all the tools of conditioning and psychological manipulation:...
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Why Climate Change and Terrorism Are Connected
2015-11-15 20:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders used the terrorist attacks in Paris to call for action to address climate change at a primary debate Saturday. But, while the plea attracted ridicule across the political spectrum, many academics and national security experts agree that climate change contributes to an uncertain world where terrorism can thrive. U.S. military officials refer to climate change as a "threat multiplier" that takes issues like terrorism that would pose a threat to national...
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