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New report suggests bioenergy crops are not a risk to food production
2016-06-15 19:56:11| Green Car Congress
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A 15-Minute Walk Reduces Risk of Early Death, Study Says
2016-06-15 11:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: A 15-minute exercise each day could add years to your life, a study revealed. According to doctors, a short burst of activity could lower the risk of early deaths by 22%. The short amount of time to spend exercise is especially reasonable for older adults. Exercise is known to combat brain aging and memory loss, as well as reduce the risk of heart diseases. However, older people are spending less time on exercise. "It is well established that regular physical activity has a better overall...
Rolls-Royce: 'Brexit heightens investment risk'
2016-06-15 07:18:56| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Engineering giant Rolls Royce writes to employees saying it wants the UK to stay in the European Union.
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Australia: Risk register for climate change: report
2016-06-14 09:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: A key economic development body says Australia needs to start considering the cost of carbon emissions and establish a National Risk Register to help it plan for disasters associated with climate change. A new report from the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) says that an estimate of the social cost of carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions - that is the economic damages associated with increased emissions - is needed to evaluate responses to climate change. CEDA on...
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Sri Lanka's investment in disaster risk insurance gives fast payoff
2016-06-13 03:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: On April 1, the Sri Lankan government paid 300 million rupees ($2 million) as a premium to buy its first national natural disaster cover from the country's National Insurance Trust Fund. Just six weeks later, as drenching rains swamped the country and a major landslide ripped through Aranayake region, in Kegalle District, the government made its first insurance claim, for nearly a million dollars, to provide meals and other immediate assistance to over 300,000 people hit by the disaster. Soon...
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