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Jamaica deeply concerned about Climate Change challenges

2015-10-03 15:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Antigua Observer: Jamaica has expressed deep concern about the challenge posed by Climate Change, saying it is an existential one for the populations of Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Foreign Affairs Minister Arnold Nicholson told the 70thSession of the United Nations General Assembly Debate that the lives and livelihoods too often hang in the balance for SIDS nationals because of the threat of Climate Change. We, therefore, look toward the continued support of the international community for SIDS,...

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Climate change can alter the planet's shape

2015-10-03 11:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Indo-Asian News Service: As melting glaciers erode the land, global warming could alter the shape of the planet, a new study says. "Antarctica is warming up, and as it moves to temperatures above 0-degrees celsius, the glaciers are all going to start moving faster," said study lead author Michele Koppes, assistant professor at University of British Columbia. "We are already seeing that the ice sheets are starting to move faster and should become more erosive, digging deeper valleys and shedding more sediment into the oceans,"...

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India's climate change commitment rest on principles of Gandhi

2015-10-03 07:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Jagran: As millions across the world paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his 146th birth anniversary, India's top diplomat in the US said that the country's commitment on climate change is based on the Mahatma's three guiding principles of 'ahimsa, satyagraha and sarvodaya'. "Today India declared its INDCs, the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions. This day was deliberately and specifically chosen to indicate that India would take, because Gandhiji had described that we should act as 'trustees' and...

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Republican Candidates' Climate Change Denial No Longer Reflects The Conservative Base

2015-10-02 22:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Huffington Post: A recent study by Sondre Btstrand shows what an extreme outlier the modern Republican party is when compared with the conservative parties in nine other democracies with respect to their attitudes about climate change. Interestingly, a survey by Republican pollsters indicates the party's presidential candidates denial of climate change science no longer reflects the views of the party's base either. According to Jonathan Chait writing about the study in the New York Times: "Of all the major...

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More people, less food climate change threatens food production

2015-10-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New Era: The world population is likely to grow from the 6.9 billion recorded in 2010 to somewhere between 8 and 10.5 billion by 2050. The path of future population growth is uncertain and can be affected by critical development initiatives related to gender equity and access to health services, including reproductive healthcare. Whether future population growth follows the low, medium, or high variant will have important implications for society's ability to address the climate crisis. The pressing...

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