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Australia: Heavy weather for Defence: climate change and the ADF
2013-03-27 07:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Crikey: The 2009 Defence white paper dismissed climate change as an issue for future generations, judging that the strategic consequences wouldn`t be felt before 2030. That`s no longer the case. A new Australian Strategic Policy Institute report I`ve co-authored with Anthony Press (CEO of the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Co-operative Research Centre) and Eliza Garnsey (former ASPI analyst) - Heavy Weather: Climate and the Australian Defence Force -- argues the downstream implications...
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State Tells Investors That Climate Change May Hurt Its Finances
2013-03-27 03:39:51| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the administration of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has started to caution investors that climate change poses a long-term risk to the states finances. The warning, which is now appearing in the states bond offerings, comes as Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, continues to urge that public officials come to grips with the frequency of extreme weather and to declare that climate change is a reality. A spokesman for Mr. Cuomo said he believed New York was the first state to caution...
United Kingdom: Tackling climate change doesn't cost the earth
2013-03-27 01:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Government has a duty to help keep bills down -- and that's what we've been doing. There's a lot of help available to the most vulnerable, such as cold weather payments and the Warm Homes Discount. But my Department has been concentrating on keeping bills as low as possible over the long-term - and for everyone. Some people think climate change policies on things like wind farms are what are behind high bills. But they couldn't be more wrong. The biggest single thing driving bills higher is...
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United Kingdom: Key Cameron adviser blocks climate change from G8 agenda
2013-03-26 14:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: RTCC understands that the UK Prime Minister's Adviser for Europe and Global Issues Ivan Rogers has rejected moves from Germany and France to make the issue one of the meeting's key talking points. Officials from the two countries are said to be disappointed their suggestions were rebuffed. Instead, Rogers is insisting that trade, transparency and tax form the core of discussions scheduled to take place at Lough Erne, in Northern Ireland between June 17-18. There appears to be a view within...
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Climate change to be tracked via new systems
2013-03-26 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
GNA: New systems for tracking the social impact of efforts to adapt to climate change could soon be in place in Africa and South Asia. Working with policy and research partners in these regions, the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (Adaptify and Garama 3C Limited) has designed a framework and tools that would enable countries to ensure that their efforts to adapt to climate change and efforts to development work in concert. IIED is engaging with governments of five...
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