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PH envoy: Climate change may have fueled 'Yolanda'
2013-11-28 07:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ABS CBN: Philippine Climate Change Commissioner Naderev "Yeb" Sao said developed countries have yet to live up to their commitments under the climate change convention to help developing countries cope with the effects of climate change. However, Sao noted gains were made as UN members gathered in Warsaw, Poland for this year's climate change convention. In an interview with ANC on Thursday, Sao said another agreement was a Warsaw international mechanism that would account for the loss and impact of...
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Progessive, responsible agenda to tackle climate change is essential
2013-11-28 04:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Brisbane Times: The Victorian 2013 State of our Environment Report opens by paying respect to Aboriginal people because this is a report that considers how people live in the environment and we all know that some live more sustainably than others. Our record since colonisation is not good and we now live with the legacy of our land, water and human settlement management practices. With leadership, application and the implementation of sound environmental policies we can and should be working to remedy this...
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Why Climate Change Skeptics & Evolution Deniers Joined Forces
2013-11-27 12:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: All across the country--most recently, in the state of Texas--local battles over the teaching of evolution are taking on a new complexion. More and more, it isn't just evolution under attack, it's also the teaching of climate science. The National Center for Science Education, the leading group defending the teaching of evolution across the country, has even broadened its portfolio: Now, it protects climate education too. How did these issues get wrapped up together? On its face, there isn't a...
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Weight of climate change as the safety net unravels
2013-11-26 14:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: As we watch with horror the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, we also remember that just a little over a year ago, our own nation experienced Superstorm Sandy the deadliest and largest Atlantic hurricane of 2012 and the second costliest in U.S. history after Hurricane Katrina. And we recall that this September, Colorado suffered tremendous damage caused by torrential rains. While climate change affects communities in every state, the full weight of its impacts disproportionately...
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Australia: Graziers warned climate change costly
2013-11-26 13:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canberra Times: Graziers managing more than 2 million hectares across south-eastern Australia could face escalating costs and diminishing returns in coming decades, a leading international scientist has warned. The CSIRO is hosting Sandra Lavorel and, on Wednesday, she will give a public talk in Canberra on climate adaptation, considering Australian case studies including that of the country's grassy woodlands. The French researcher said if the frequency and intensity of droughts in south-eastern Australia...
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