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Hunger Seen Worsening by Oxfam as Climate Change Heats Up World
2013-09-23 01:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: World hunger is expected to worsen as climate change hurts crop production and disrupts incomes, with food-price spikes due to extreme weather set to increase, charity Oxfam said. The number of people at risk of hunger may climb by 10 percent to 20 percent by 2050 as a result of climate change, with daily per-capita calorie availability falling across the world, Oxfam wrote in an e-mailed report today. The world risks cataclysmic changes caused by extreme heat waves, rising sea levels and depleted...
Climate change forecast of 'hot and hungry world'
2013-09-23 01:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scotsman: Climate change is set to push up food prices, increase hunger and reduce the quality of food, campaigners have warned. With one in eight people in the world going hungry, the effect of rising temperatures and extreme weather events on production means fewer people will be able to afford enough to eat, Oxfam said. Those at risk of hunger could rise by up to 20 per cent by 2050 compared to a world where the climate was not changing, the aid agency added. Oxfam estimates that the average price...
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Impact of climate change on forests requires early action
2013-09-22 21:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Early action and more investments are needed to respond to the threats of climate change on the world's forests. It will probably cost less to adjust forest management strategies immediately to the impacts of climate change than to react to the aftermath of climate-inflicted damage, FAO said in its new Climate change guidelines for forest managers.Early action will also help to improve the livelihoods and food security of local communities. Decreased forest ecosystem services, especially water-cycle...
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Fighting Climate Change Also Battles Disease
2013-09-22 20:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: Chances are you wont die from carbon dioxide. But cutting down on the greenhouse gas pollution responsible for climate change could extend your life and make it better. That's because less reliance on things that produce a lot of CO2, like coal-fired power plants, also means lower levels of other kinds of pollution that shorten lives. That's according to new research in the journal Nature Climate Change. (Scientific American is part of Nature Publishing Group.) Researchers looked at how CO2 reductions...
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Cleaner air from tackling climate change would save millions of lives
2013-09-22 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Tackling climate change would save millions of lives a year by the end of the century purely as a result of the decrease in air pollution, according to a new study. The study is published as scientists from around the globe gather in Stockholm to thrash out final details of a landmark assessment of climate science. Their final report is due to be released on Friday 27 September and will set out projections of wide-ranging impacts of global warming from droughts to floods to sea-level rise. The...
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