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United Kingdom: Climate change and its risks are not going away, Mr Cameron
2014-02-16 02:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: A scientist who co-wrote a report seven years ago predicting current levels of flooding says that ministers are still disinclined to do what is needed. The PM must show leadership as much as sympathy The current flooding crisis is one of a succession to hit England. After the widespread flooding in 2000, the Department of Trade and Industry commissioned the Foresight Future Flooding study which involved some 90 national experts. The reports covered how flood risks would change up to the 2080s...
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United Kingdom: On Thames, centuries of history tell a less apocalyptic flood story
2014-02-16 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A British fixation with the weather seems to link readily with a pessimistic view of our vulnerability to flooding. This has been underlined through an outstandingly wet winter, with often protracted floods. For those directly affected, in Somerset especially, this has been a harrowing experience, and the impact on transport, agriculture and commerce has been severe. Many believe that the cluster of major floods in the early years of the 21st century herald much worse as global temperatures continue...
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United Kingdom: Ed Miliband: 'Britain is sleepwalking to a climate crisis'
2014-02-15 22:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: We are on the 3.30pm train from Birmingham to London and it feels like a race against time. Outside, the fields are flooded and the rain is lashing down. More bad weather is heading in fast from the west. Two days before, on Wednesday, Virgin Trains called a temporary, early-evening halt to services in and out of Euston and passengers are worried it may do so again. Aside from a nagging anxiety about getting home, Ed Miliband is having a decent day. Earlier, he dropped in on south Manchester,...
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United Kingdom: Climate change is an issue of national security, warns Ed Miliband
2014-02-15 22:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Britain is sleepwalking towards disaster because of a failure to recognise that climate change is causing the extreme weather that has blighted the country for more than a month, Ed Miliband has warned. The Labour leader says in an interview with the Observer that climate change is now an issue of national security that has the potential not only to destabilise and cause conflict between regions of the world, but to destroy the homes, livelihoods and businesses of millions of British people. ...
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United Kingdom: David Cameron has fumbled the flooding crisis voters' verdict
2014-02-15 21:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: More than twice as many people think David Cameron has mishandled the flooding crisis as think he has responded well, according to the latest Opinium/Observer poll. The survey will also alarm the Tories Labour has increased its lead by two points to 9% and Ed Miliband's personal ratings have improved markedly to a level close to those of the PM. Some 51% of people say Cameron responded badly to the floods, with 28% of these saying he reacted "very badly" and 23% "quite badly". Some 23% say...
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