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Kerry Warns Indonesia: Climate Change Threatens 'Entire Way Of Life'
2014-02-16 17:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Secretary of State John Kerry is continuing a push to move climate change to the top of the global agenda, telling an audience in the archipelago nation of Indonesia that rising global temperatures and sea levels could threaten their "entire way of life." "When I think about the array of global climate, of the global threats, think about this: terrorism, epidemics, poverty, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction," Kerry said in a speech to students in the capital, Jakarta. "All challenges...
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Kerry Warns About Global Climate Change
2014-02-16 05:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of America: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has told an audience in Jakarta, Indonesia, that climate change is a threat to the entire world. Kerry said the science of climate change is compelling the world to act and that the science is absolutely certain. He stressed that 97 percent of scientists agree that climate change is happening and that it is caused by human activity. Many scientists say a warmer planet means a rise in sea levels, which could have a dangerous impact on island nations like...
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Flooding crisis likely to get worse, warns David Cameron
2014-02-16 02:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: David Cameron has warned that the flooding crisis is likely to get worse even though Britain is set for a respite from the devastating winter storms. The prime minister said while the weather was due to improve, the sheer volume of rain over recent weeks meant groundwater levels would keep rising in many places. The comments came as power firms struggled to reconnect tens of thousands of homes after the latest downpours and high winds. Despite weather forecasters predicting an "improving...
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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: Floods could remain until March, Environment Agency warns
2014-02-15 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Flooding will continue into March in some parts of Britain, the Environment Agency has warned, as the country braces itself for yet another Atlantic storm on Saturday. With two inches of rain expected in the South West, it may be another week before the knock-on effects are felt downstream in major rivers, while overflowing groundwater levels will mean the water may not drain away until the spring. Up to 3,000 homes could flood in the Thames Valley this weekend, with 24 "danger to life' severe...
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