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Climate change is making private heat islands for people of color
2013-07-09 13:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: As if climate change weren`t enough of a huge jerk, now we find out that it`s racist, too - or at least it`s following America`s lead. A new study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives digs deep under the sidewalks and streets that are soaking up all this new heat in our cities - and finds that not all neighborhoods and racial groups are faring equally. According to the research, blacks, Asians, and Latinos are all significantly more likely to live in high-risk heat-island...
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Calls for climate change action
2013-07-09 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fiji Times: ATTORNEY-General and Acting Prime Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has urged developed countries to stop talking about the issues of climate change and start taking action. While opening the first joint regional meeting of the Pacific Platform for Disaster Risk Management and the Pacific Climate Change Roundtable in Nadi yesterday, Mr Sayed-Khaiyum said there was a need for a concerted global effort to tackle the problem before it was too late for Pacific Island countries. "We have to work together...
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US government pledges US$9.7 million for Maldives climate change adaptation, election preparations
2013-07-09 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Minivan: The United States government has pledged US$9.7 million (MVR 149 million) to the Maldives as technical assistance for climate change adaptation and election preparations. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the two nations was signed yesterday afternoon (July 7) by the Maldives Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador-at-large Abdul Azeez Yoosuf and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Acting Mission Director Todd Sorenson. The United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka and...
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Climate change to strain water supplies used by power plants
2013-07-09 09:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Waterways warmed by climate change will increase electricity prices by as much as a third in southern Europe as producers struggle to cool power stations, a study showed. Countries from Romania to Bulgaria and Slovenia face the biggest price increases, according to research today from the Laxenburg, Austria-based Institute for International Applied Systems Analysis. Dutch, German and Spanish scientists participated in the study. "The combination of increased water temperatures and reduced summer...
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In disarray: Climate change not a priority for new govt
2013-07-09 02:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Express Tribune: As soon as the new government assumed charge, the Ministry of Climate Change was demoted to the status of a division as part of a governmental drive to reduce the size of the federal cabinet. Then, the divisions development budget was slashed to half that of the previous fiscal year. Now, to complete a hat-trick of changes, it has a new boss - a move likely to hinder the divisions few remaining projects as the new secretary will take time to acclimatise. Raja Hassan Abbas, a grade-22 officer,...
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