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US cities combating climate change on the local level
2014-08-15 21:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera America: When it comes to climate change, a major part of President Barack Obama's plan is to promote ideas and solutions at state and local levels. Last month, surrounded by his task force of state, local and tribal leaders, Obama unveiled a national climate preparedness plan, pressing forward in his commitment to combat the effects of climate change in the United States. The plan activates a variety of federal agencies to implement recommendations from the task force. The Department of Agriculture...
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Want to change international climate change policy? Use your body
2014-08-15 20:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Crosscut: On Sunday, September 21, I will be with my daughter in New York City, marching with tens of thousands of concerned citizens demanding action on the climate crisis. The march is timed to build pressure on world leaders and show support for U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon's Climate Solutions Summit on September 23. Almost a year ago, in December 2013, I was in Warsaw at the 19th Conference of the Parties (COP) for the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change the world's legally binding climate...
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10 Places Where Climate Change Is Being Felt the Fastest
2014-08-15 17:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Weather Channel: In the future, Miami-Dade County could be one of the nation's most susceptible places to rising water levels from global warming. Some cities in the South Florida area are starting to plan for potentially catastrophic flooding events. Where are the effects of global warming already having a major impact? In places like South Florida and especially Miami, which faces major long-term threats from a slow but stealthy adversary: sea level rise. In this region, sea levels already have risen by about...
Tuvalu PM Enele Sopoaga says climate change 'like a weapon of mass destruction.'
2014-08-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The Prime Minister of the small Pacific island nation of Tuvalu has compared climate change to a weapon of mass destruction, and warned Australia not to stand in the way of a new global agreement. Enele Sopoaga says his country and many other low-lying Pacific nations are facing serious threats from global warming. Mr Sopoaga says he'll be making his position clear when he co-chairs a UN climate change summit in New York next month. "We are caught in the middle, and certainly in Tuvalu, we are...
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Is climate change key to the spread of Ebola?
2014-08-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNBC: Ebola outbreaks may become more frequent because of climate change, scientists have warned, as the deadly disease ravages four countries across West Africa. Nearly 2,000 people have caught Ebola since the epidemic started in February. More than 1,000 people have died. All four countries hit--Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau and Nigeria--have declared public health emergencies, and the World Health Organization (WHO) has termed the outbreak "unprecedented". Scientists are uncertain why...
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