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World starting to tackle climate change, report says
2013-11-07 08:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The world is starting to tackle climate change, according to a report compiled by the UK's official advisory body, the Committee on Climate Change. The report also says that cuts are still well short of what scientists say is needed to stabilise the climate. Roger Harrabin reports on how Norway is using sewage to heat homes.
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Climate change talks: no minister represent Australia
2013-11-07 02:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australia will have no government minister at the main United Nations climate negotiations next week, for the first time since the Kyoto accord in 1997. Diplomat Justin Lee, Australia's ambassador for climate change, will represent the country at international talks in Poland, which are seen as vital to laying the groundwork for a global agreement to cut carbon emissions. A spokesman for the environment minister, Greg Hunt, told Guardian Australia he would be "honouring the election promise...
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Climate change scientists must turn their attention to clean skies, experts urge
2013-11-06 20:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: An international team of researchers, led by the University of Leeds, has shown that the effect of aerosols on the climate since industrialisation depends strongly on what the atmosphere was like before pollution -- when aerosols were produced only from natural emissions. The research will be published in the journal Nature on 7 November. Professor Ken Carslaw, from the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds and lead author of the study, said: "We have shown that our poor knowledge...
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India to put onus preventing climate change on industrialised countries
2013-11-06 17:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: In a move that will put India at odds with both developing and least developed countries at the upcoming climate change conference, Delhi plans to take a strong line, putting the onus of preventing climate change on the industrialised countries. The Cabinet on Thursday is expected to discuss and approve the Indian negotiating position for the Warsaw meet. The negotiating position, crafted by the environment and external affairs ministries, puts primacy of public funds over private for helping...
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Climate change is decreasing farm yields just when we need them to go up
2013-11-06 13:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: One of the most disturbing details included in the recently leaked IPCC report is that climate change could begin reducing farm yields worldwide by up to 2 percent a decade. Meanwhile, demand for crops is increasing 12 percent per decade. You dont have to be a math whiz to see how that (doesn`t) add up. A collision between a rising need for food and falling yields would be terrible for the environment, as well as for people. When people are starving, they are forced to make really bad tradeoffs:...
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