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Bangladesh warns of rising climate change costs as donations plummet
2014-03-10 08:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Bangladesh needs $5bn (3bn) over the next five years to adapt to current climate changes, and the cost is rising each year, according to a lead negotiator for developing countries in the UN climate talks, which resume in Bonn on Monday. It, and other developing countries, may have been promised $30bn as "fast-start finance" before $100bn a year is theoretically mobilised for developing countries in 2020, but the global recession and reluctance by rich countries to match their pledges with money...
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New report warns of cascading system failure caused by climate change
2014-03-08 14:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: From roads and bridges to power plants and gas pipelines, American infrastructure is vulnerable to the effects of climate change, according to a pair of government reports released Thursday. The reports are technical documents supporting the National Climate Assessment, a major review compiled by 13 government agencies that the U.S. Global Change Research Program is expected to release in April. Scientists at the Department of Energy`s Oak Ridge National Laboratory put together the reports, which...
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just On Call - Brown-Forman CEO warns of social media threat to US on-trade
2014-03-06 16:04:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
The head of Brown-Forman has suggested on-trade softness in the US spirits market may be long-term as new trends see younger consumers share drinks over social networks instead of in bars.
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA: Banjalucka Pivara posts FY growth, warns of tough 2014
2014-03-06 13:57:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Banjalucka Pivara has reported a return to profit in 2013 after "many years of losses".
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Pentagon warns of climate change 'threat multipliers
2014-03-05 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Examiner: The effects of climate change are "threat multipliers" that will force the Pentagon to rethink how it engages in training, missions and humanitarian aid around the world, the Defense Department said Tuesday in its Quadrennial Defense Review. The review, released every four years, steps up calls made to address climate change in the last version. It noted climate change would "aggravate stressors" such as "poverty, environmental degradation, political instability and social tensions -- conditions...
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