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Kerry calls climate change 'weapon of mass destruction'
2014-02-16 11:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned Indonesians on Sunday that man-made climate change could threaten their entire way of life, deriding those who doubted the existence of "perhaps the world's most fearsome weapon of mass destruction". Kerry described those who do not accept that human activity causes global warming as "shoddy scientists" and "extreme ideologues", and said big companies and special interests should not be allowed to "hijack" the climate debate. Aides said Kerry had chosen...
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Kerry presses Indonesia on climate change action after sealing deal in China
2014-02-16 10:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Aides said the U.S. secretary of state had chosen Indonesia for the first of what is to be a series of speeches on the topic this year partly because as an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands it is particularly at risk from rising sea levels. "Because of climate change, it's no secret that today Indonesia is...one of the most vulnerable countries on Earth," Kerry said in speech at a high-tech U.S.-funded cultural center at a Jakarta mall. "It's not an exaggeration to say that the entire...
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Kerry to urge climate change action in Indonesia speech
2014-02-16 09:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: US Secretary of State John Kerry Sunday issued a clarion call for nations to do to more to combat climate change, calling it "the world's largest weapon of mass destruction". In a keynote speech, one of a series planned in different countries throughout the year, Kerry sought to make both a moral and economic argument for greater urgency in cutting greenhouse gases. He warned that low-lying Asian nations and their rich ecosystems were particularly at peril from rising sea levels. Talking...
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In Indonesia, Kerry Blasts Climate Change Deniers
2014-02-16 08:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Climate change may be the world's "most fearsome" weapon of mass destruction and urgent global action is needed to combat it, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday, comparing those who deny its existence or question its causes to people who insist the Earth is flat. In a speech to Indonesian students, civic leaders and government officials in Jakarta, Kerry laid into climate change skeptics, accusing them of using shoddy science and scientists to delay measures needed to reduce emissions...
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United Kingdom: Climate change and its risks are not going away, Mr Cameron
2014-02-16 02:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: A scientist who co-wrote a report seven years ago predicting current levels of flooding says that ministers are still disinclined to do what is needed. The PM must show leadership as much as sympathy The current flooding crisis is one of a succession to hit England. After the widespread flooding in 2000, the Department of Trade and Industry commissioned the Foresight Future Flooding study which involved some 90 national experts. The reports covered how flood risks would change up to the 2080s...
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