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Pakistans new climate change ministry merely cosmetic
2015-02-06 05:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Dawn: Pakistan has elevated the climate change division to a ministry but opinion is divided on whether it will translate into effective policy making or remain a merely cosmetic initiative. The Pakistan governments decision to upgrade its climate change division to the status of a ministry has experts divided down the middle with some welcoming it and others sceptical on whether it will prove to be effective in formulating policy. The federal government upped the status of the division to a ministry...
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Climate Change Predications Confirmed by Ancient Warming Event
2015-02-05 22:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Evidence of this previous warm period came from an analysis of ancient plankton fossils drilled from the ocean floor. By studying the relationship between CO2 levels and climate change during a warmer period in Earth's history, the scientists have been able to estimate how the climate will respond to rising CO2 levels - a parameter known as "climate sensitivity." The findings, published in the journal Nature, are in line with future predictions from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...
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Study: Climate change could bring more disease, crop damage, fires to Colorado
2015-02-05 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Camera: Colorado could see more infectious disease, negative impacts on the elderly and people living in poverty, as well as stresses to water, cattle and crops as byproducts of future climate change, according to a comprehensive new report commissioned by the Colorado Energy Office. "The important takeaway is, here's what's important to Colorado," said Eric Gordon, co-lead editor of the 176-page report and managing director of the Western Water Assessment at the University of Colorado. "We're not talking...
Climate Change May Spark Debate In Washington, But D.C. Is Preparing For It
2015-02-05 14:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
WAMU: Climate change and how to respond to it may provoke partisan fights in Washington, but that's not stopping the nation's capital from preparing for the consequences of changing weather patterns. In his 2016 budget proposal, President Obama included $750,000 for a "climate change adaptation plan to identify climate risks to the District of Columbia, vulnerabilities, and mitigation options." The money would help local, regional and federal agencies plan for possible weather-related incidents, according...
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Solving climate change will be difficult but worth it
2015-02-03 14:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: I wrote a post last week that seems to have caused a bit of fuss. I got a bunch of angry emails and Joe Romm is yelling at me on his site, so let me say a few words by way of clarification. Much of the feedback I`ve gotten ascribes beliefs to me that I do not hold - as revealed by a little something I like to call Everything I`ve Ever Written - so clearly I did not express myself well. This post is to clear things up, for the record. First lemme unwind a few things I really did screw up. My...
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