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Climate change: some reasons for our failures
2013-07-22 05:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Twenty five years ago, scientists with an interest in the climate were moving towards a consensual understanding, that primarily through the burning of fossil fuels human beings were responsible for potentially catastrophic global warming. At present, at least 97% of climate scientists have reached that conclusion. Through voluntary international cooperation, the Montreal Protocol of 1992 went a long way to solving the problem of the hole in the ozone layer. Using it as their model for the solution...
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Climate Change Capital founder reveals plan for green energy mega corp
2013-07-22 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: James Cameron, the founder of Climate Change Capital and one of the UK's leading advocates for green economic growth, has revealed ambitious plans to establish a giant clean energy company capable of raising the billions in capital needed to drive the transition to a low carbon economy. Speaking to BusinessGreen to mark his winning the BusinessGreen Leader of the Year Award, Cameron revealed he was working with a number of colleagues on plans for a major new enterprise. "One of the things I am...
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Climate Change Could Wipe Out Iberian Lynx
2013-07-21 19:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: Climate change could ensure the wipe out of the Iberian Lynx, considered the world's most endangered cat, new research from Spain suggests. Currently, about 300 of these adorable, pointy-eared, shaggy-bearded cats live in Spain and Portugal, dining mostly on rabbits. But according to a study publishing today (July 21) in the journal Nature Climate Change, warming temperatures and an increasingly dry local climate could kill off their staple food, making their extinction certain. Reintroducing...
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Obama finds unlikely ally in climate change battle: China
2013-07-21 14:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama has stumbled on an unusual partner in his quest to combat climate change: China. The world`s two biggest emitters of heat-trapping greenhouse gases are finding common cause in efforts to reduce global warming, cooperation the U.S. says could clear the way for other developing, heavily polluting nations such as India and Brazil to get on board, too. While skeptics question whether either nation will follow through on lofty aspirations, the budding agreements are nevertheless...
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Climate change threatens Swedish water cost hike
2013-07-21 09:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Local: Sweden could see the costs of tap water rise in the future, said Rural Affairs Minister Eskil Erlandsson, as the government investigates how to secure a plentiful flow under the threat of climate change. "Water will become more expensive and Sweden needs to take action," said Erlandsson to news agency TT and added that national infrastructure requires more investment and water pipes need improved maintenance. "In comparison with the rest of Europe, we have cheap water in Sweden. We do see a threat,...
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