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Climate change promises tough times for Asia and Africa
2013-06-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
IPS: Extreme heat, flooding and water and food shortages will rock South Asia and Africa by 2030 and render large sections of cities inhabitable, if the world continues to burn huge amounts of coal, oil and gas, the World Bank is warning. "Turn Down the Heat: Climate Extremes, Regional Impacts and the Case for Resilience", a new report commissioned by the World Bank and released Wednesday, analysed the expected effects on South Asia and Africa if global temperatures increase by two and four degrees Celsius....
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Australia: Climate change means tough time for Northern Rivers farmers
2013-06-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Northern Star: FARMERS across the Northern Rivers are facing a future of higher temperatures, more pests and less ground water, warns a report released this week by the Australian Climate Commission. And these are only some of the risks facing the agricultural sector detailed in the report Critical Decade 2013. Some main points from the report The nation's highly respected Climate Commissioner Professor Will Steffen described the risks to the farming sector as "substantial". "Farmers are on the frontline of...
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Climate change a threat to migratory birds, wildlife group says
2013-06-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
McClatchy: Climate change is altering and destroying important habitats that America's migratory birds depend on, the National Wildlife Federation said Tuesday in a report. The environmental organization warns that a warming climate might lead to declines and even extinctions in some bird populations, and it calls on Congress and the president to curb carbon pollution and adopt what it calls "climate-smart conservation strategies." "We need urgent action at the local, state and federal levels to cut carbon...
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Climate change could impact food output: World Bank report
2013-06-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: The government's attempts to push through the Food Security Bill may earn it political brownie points, but failure to counter and stem climate change is likely to blunt the impact of the legislation. Existing projections on the impact of higher temperature on agricultural production vary. However, there is empirical evidence that higher temperatures, and the resulting higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are expected to lower protein levels of crops such as wheat and rice. A World...
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Climate change will reshape world 'in our lifetimes' - World Bank president
2013-06-20 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: In fewer than 20 years, climate change impacts -- from flooded major cities to crashing food production -- threaten to fundamentally reshape the world economy and dramatically worsen human lives, the World Bank's president warned on Wednesday. But political will to act on climate change, particularly by major players such as China, is rapidly building, even as U.N.-led climate talks falter, Jim Yong Kim said at a Thomson Reuters discussion in London. After seeing widespread deaths from pollution...
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