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Climate change threatens trouble in the near future, World Bank says
2013-06-19 10:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The World Bank is beginning to commit billions of dollars to flood prevention, water management and other projects to help major Asian cities avoid the expected impact of climate change, a dramatic example of how short the horizon has become to alleviate the effects of global warming. Places such as Bangkok, Jakarta and Ho Chi Minh City are now considered "hot spots' that will bear the brunt of the impact as sea levels rise, tropical storms become more violent, and rainfall becomes both more sporadic...
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Climate change a factor in UKs unusual weather Met Office
2013-06-19 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Climate change is just one of the factors behind recent unusual weather patterns in the UK. That was the conclusion from a Met Office summit of climate scientists convened on Tuesday to investigate the underlying causes of a series of washout summers and colder than average winters. Weather patterns in northern Europe, the UK and the North East of the US are affected by the position of the jet stream. When the jet stream moves further south, it draws more rainfall in and around the UK making...
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World's poorest will feel brunt of climate change, warns World Bank
2013-06-19 09:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Millions of people around the world are likely to be pushed back into poverty because climate change is undermining economic development in poor countries, the World Bank has warned. Droughts, floods, heatwaves, sea-level rises and fiercer storms are likely to accompany increasing global warming and will cause severe hardship in areas that are already poor or were emerging from poverty, the bank said in a report. Food shortages will be among the first consequences within just two decades, along...
Biodiversity report fails climate change test
2013-06-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
WAtoday: The final report of a cross-party inquiry into Australia's biodiversity and climate change produced only "weak and ineffective" recommendations and was a missed opportunity to act, the Australian Conservation Foundation said. The House of Representatives Standing Committee inquiry report, tabled on Monday, called for extending grants periods to as long as a decade to ensure continuity in research, and proposed the Council of Australian Governments consider national accounting of biodiversity, among...
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Climate Change Impact of Individual Transportation Choices Reported in New Study
2013-06-17 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: A new study of the individual carbon footprint from leisure or business travel reveals that while air travel continues to have the largest environmental impact, people's terrestrial transportation preference can still make a big difference in how much individual actions contribute to climate change. Researchers at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research (CICERO) studied the impact of passenger trips of 500-1,000...
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