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United Kingdom: Schools should be 'retrofitted' to cope with climate change
2013-03-25 08:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Under the Climate Change Act, the Government is legally obliged to set out plans on how the country will adapt to floods and droughts caused by global warming. The first so-called National Adaptation Plan, which has to be updated every five years, is due out by the end of this year. A new study by the London School of Economics and University of Leeds claims the UK is is already a degree warmer than in the 1970s and extreme weather events such as the 2007 floods and 2003 heatwave are likely...
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United Kingdom: Government warned early action is needed to tackle soaring climate risk
2013-03-25 01:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Climate-proofing new offices, hospitals, schools, roads and railways should be mandated to protect the UK's economy against the growing climate risk posed by increasingly frequent floods, storms and droughts. That is the central recommendation of a new report from the Grantham Institute, which says action should be taken now to ensure critical services and systems are ready to cope with both current climate variability and the likelihood that extreme weather incidents will become more frequent...
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United Kingdom: Lib Dem president backs decarbonisation target
2013-03-24 21:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Liberal Democrat president, Tim Farron, has raised the prospect that his party is privately negotiating to reopen the green energy deal signed by the coalition last autumn in an attempt to introduce carbon reduction targets for the energy sector. Lobbying has intensified over an amendment to the energy bill due to be tabled by Tim Yeo, the Conservative chairman of the energy select committee, calling for a decarbonisation target for the energy sector for 2030. The energy secretary, Ed Davey...
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United Kingdom: Cold weather leaves thousands without power
2013-03-24 18:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Severe weather warnings covering most of England, Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland remain in place as the blast of unseasonally cold air shows no sign of relenting. Thousands of homes are without power in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Cumbria , many roads are blocked by snow or abandoned vehicles, flights have been cancelled, particularly in Yorkshire and the East Midlands, and rail travel has been disrupted across much of Britain. More snow fell in many places and the Met Office warned...
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United Kingdom: Wind turbines, a new airport and an atomic plant threaten historic wetlands
2013-03-24 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: In the picturesque town of Lydd, the museum records the fate of two smugglers arrested at the turn of the 17th century. The men were locked in a room at a inn on the edge of Romney Marsh, a few miles from the English Channel, where they were guarded by six armed customs officers. But the officers were unprepared for the militancy of local residents. Hours after the arrests, more than 100 from the surrounding marshes confronted the guards, freeing the men. More than a century later, residents confirmed...
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