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Indian climate change activist wins Commonwealth youth award
2013-10-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times of India: An Indian climate change activist who works with local communities and governments for environmental change has been awarded the Commonwealth youth award. Priti Rajagopalan, 23, received a 5,000-pound grant towards her work at a ceremony held at the Commonwealth secretariat headquarters in London, the Commonwealth said on October 19. "This award inspires me to move forward and to take a lot more people with me, with the same spirit, into the development sphere," Rajagopalan said. She plans...
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Iowa scientists: Climate change affecting farming
2013-10-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: More than 150 Iowa professors and climate researchers have signed on to a statement released Friday that says extreme weather patterns caused by climate change are affecting farming, and updated practices are needed to prevent soil erosion and adjust to the new reality. "Every year, evidence has been building in Iowa and around the world that there are consequences to the continued release of large quantities of heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere," said David Courard-Hauri, chairman of the...
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I can't return home due to climate change claims New Zealand asylum seeker
2013-10-17 11:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
euronews: | Share on reddit More Sharing Services A man has claimed asylum in New Zealand saying it is unsafe for him to go home because of climate change. Ioane Teitiota, 37, said rising seas meant there was no land on the Pacific island of Kiribati that he could safely live on. He asked New Zealands High Court in Auckland to let him appeal a decision that refused him asylum on the grounds his claim fell short of the legal criteria, such as fear of prosecution or threats to his life. The court will review...
Population dynamics accelerate climate change: UNFPA
2013-10-17 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Jakarta Post: High fertility, high population growth and rapid urbanization across several regions have contributed to increases in greenhouse gas emissions, which had accelerated the effects of climate change in particular areas. Based on analysis, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Indonesia representative, Jose Ferraris, said population dynamics were closely related to increases in greenhouse gas emissions as fossil fuel-based energy consumption continued to increase, further accelerating the climate...
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Coal executive turned climate change activist fights for seat on BHP board
2013-10-17 09:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A former chairman of the Australian Coal Association, who has accused the fossil fuel industry of stuffing up effective action on climate change, is fighting an insurgent battle to gain a seat on the board of the mining giant BHP Billiton. Ian Dunlop, formerly a senior executive in the oil, gas and coal industries, is attempting to gain shareholder support for his bid to challenge what he claims is utter bullshit from a resources industry that has stymied an urgent transition away from carbon-intensive...
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