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How climate change will impact the Southeast USA
2013-11-13 00:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: Rising sea levels, warming temperatures, heat waves, worsening air quality and stresses on the water supply are issues the Southeast will face over the next 20 years because of man-made climate change, according to a report released Tuesday. "The Southeast is a key part of the problem," said Keith Ingram, director of the Southeast Climate Consortium and a professor at the University of Florida. "With 26% of the total population of the U.S. living there, the region emits 25% of the country's total...
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Typhoon Haiyan: Disaster should end climate change debate says World Bank President
2013-11-12 23:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said Tuesday that the deadly typhoon disaster in the Philippines should put an end to "silly" arguments denying climate change. "If you think of the number of storms that have hit over the past year, the severity of those storms... The frequency of these events is increasing and that's exactly what the climate change scientists have predicted," Mr Kim said. "What I hope the tragedy in the Philippines helps us to do is to move away from having what I think are silly...
Philippines' delegate calls out climate change deniers after Haiyan
2013-11-12 15:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Yesterday, the Filipino delegate to the ongoing climate summit, Naderev 'Yeb' Sao, dared climate change deniers to take a hard look at what's happening not just in the Philippines, but the whole world. Over the weekend, the Philippines was hit by what may have been the largest typhoon to ever make landfallTyphoon Haiyan. Reports are still coming in days later, but the death toll may rise to over 10,000 with whole cities simply swept away. "To anyone who continues to deny the reality that is...
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Typhoon Haiyan overshadows UN climate change talks in Poland
2013-11-12 08:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The Philippines envoy to the UN climate change conference has issued an emotional announcement that he will go on hunger strike unless talks lead to a meaningful outcome. Naderev Yeb Sano, whose family comes from the city of Tacloban worst hit by the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan, made a tearful appeal for international action at the start of the two-week summit in Warsaw. Representatives from more than 190 countries listened as Mr Sano said climate change will mean more intense tropical...
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Typhoon Haiyan: Philippines climate change commissioner breaks down UN talks
2013-11-12 04:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Naderev "Yeb" Sano, representative for the Philippines at the UN Climate Change talks, broke down in tears as he addressed delegates in Warsaw. Mr Sano, whose family is from Tacloban -- one of the worst hit areas -- announced that he was going on hunger strike until "a meaningful outcome is in sight". Representatives from 190 nations have gathered in Poland to try and thrash out a new pact to fight global warming. Choking back tears Mr Sano described the devastation left in the wake of typhoon...
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