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Climate change may raise disease burden in South Asian cities
2014-09-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Recorder: South Asian cities are facing problems of decaying environment which include hazardous levels of air and water pollution and insufficient solid waste management. According to a report on Human Development in South Asia 2014, "Urbanisation: Challenges and Opportunities," these environmental threats have deteriorated the sustainability and liveability of cities in South Asia, besides the situation is being compounded by global warming. The report said: "South Asia is one of the least urbanised regions...
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"Climate change is undermining rights of every child": UNICEF official
2014-09-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: "Climate change is really undermining the rights of every child today and the children of tomorrow," Alex Heikens, a senior official with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), told Xinhua in an interview,just a few days before opening of the UN climate change summit. The UN summit will start at United Nations Headquarters in New York on Sept. 23 and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will be the host. "The session is really about bringing the voices of marginalized people, particularly children,...
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Massive NYC march aims focus world's eyes climate change
2014-09-21 13:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: World leaders including U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon were set to join farmers, fishermen, children and others in a massive demonstration on Sunday to demand action on climate change. Organizers are expecting 100,000 to join the People's Climate March in midtown Manhattan ahead of this week's U.N. General Assembly, which brings together 120 world leaders to discuss reducing carbon emissions that threaten the environment. The gathering will include celebrities such as musician Sting, scientists...
How Climate Change Costs Could Soar to the Billions
2014-09-21 12:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fiscal Times: Unabated global warming will have huge budget and economic consequences for the U.S., potentially draining state and federal coffers of hundreds of billions of dollars in the coming years. That was the dismal warning from White House Budget Director Shaun Donovan on Friday in advance of President Obamas participation this week at the United Nations Climate Summit. The new Office of Management and Budget director offered a sobering fiscal scenario for the country as rising temperatures foster...
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Climate change rallies held across Australia urge Tony Abbott to act now
2014-09-21 08:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Tens of thousands of people have attended climate change rallies across Australia, in the first leg of a global wave of protests calling for tougher action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ahead of the UN climate summit in New York next week. The main Peoples Climate March rally was held in Melbourne on Sunday, with Victoria police estimating at least 10,000 attended. Organisers put the figure closer to 20,000, with families, young people and the elderly making the most of the sunshine to urge...
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