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McKibben: Fight against climate change only just beginning
2013-03-24 12:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Burlington Free Press: Ripton environmentalist Bill McKibben delivered the keynote address at the March 16 Global Warming Conference in Montpelier. Excerpts: Last summer was very scary. By the time the summer was over, the Arctic had, in essence, melted. Eighty percent of the ice that was there 40 years ago is gone. Weve taken one of the largest physical features on Earth, and weve broken it. And thats not a good sign, when you start breaking your major physical features. Thats the pace at which things are happening....
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Fiji commits to climate change fight
2013-03-23 21:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fiji Times: LIGHTS went off for an hour at most places in Suva last night as Fiji became the first in the world to commemorate Earth Hour. And hundreds joined the worthy cause at the Fiji Development Bank foreshore in Suva from 8.30pm to 9.30pm to show their support for the global event. Earth Hour is a global grass-roots movement encouraging individuals, businesses and governments around the world to take positive actions for the environment by switching off lights for an hour. World Wildlife Fund...
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PCAST suggests 6 key components for climate change strategy to President Obama; adaptation and mitigation
2013-03-23 17:30:18| Green Car Congress
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Bangladesh: Impact of climate change on women's reproductive health
2013-03-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Financial Express: Apocalyptic natural forces like disasters, diseases, drought, famine, flood threatened lives of millions, specially of women who suffered severely as an impact of climate change. Although findings of many studies have made it crystal clear that the climate change may affect people's health negatively, but the relationship between climate change and reproductive health is not yet very clear. While evidences showed the association between these two, scientists are yet to figure out the exact process...
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Manila 2nd most at risk from climate change among cities in 197 countries
2013-03-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
GMA: Of the major urban centers in 197 countries included in a study, Manila was among seven cities that face the highest exposure to the adverse impacts of climate change, British-based Maplecroft consultancy risk revealed. In its Climate Change Vulnerability Index 2013, Maplecroft identified Manila as a city facing extreme risks from the onset of climate change. The Philippine capital jumped eight spots to second place this year from the previous study that placed Manila at 10th place. Apart from...
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