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Climate change adaptation comes of age UN talks: TRFN
2014-12-01 01:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: In Peru, where two weeks of U.N. climate talks begin Monday, melting glaciers and more extreme weather such as hot spells and flash frosts are already harming crops and incomes, and keeping people in poverty, aid workers say. "From the Andes to the jungles, communities are doing what they can, but their efforts will never be enough without ambitious global action to tackle climate change, said Milo Stanojevich, CARE International's Peru director. The Lima negotiations are tasked with settling...
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Education is key to climate adaptation
2014-11-27 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] leitzell@iiasa.ac.at 43-223-680-7316 International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis @IIASAVienna Given that some climate change is already unavoidable—as just confirmed by the new IPCC report—investing in empowerment through universal education should be an essential el…
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Extreme weather events raise awareness of adaptation needs
2014-10-14 18:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Adapting to climate change has reached the political agenda in most European countries, according to the most comprehensive analysis of adaptation in Europe published to date. Extreme weather events and EU policies were the most common reasons for beginning to address adaptation. The Finnish Environment Institute took part in preparing the report with the experts from the EEA, the Austrian Environment Agency, Alterra (Netherlands), CMCC (Italy) and UKCIP (UK). Climate change adaptation is an issue...
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Crop adaptation: In efforts to develop crops tolerant to heat and...
2014-10-06 09:33:27| Chemicals - Topix.net
Crop adaptation: In efforts to develop crops tolerant to heat and drought, one promising discovery is fungi found naturally in the soil which allow plants to flourish under harsh conditions. - MCT Imagine a world, just a few decades away, where once-fertile cropland is baked and starved of rain by ongoing climate change.
Adaptation rational response climate change
2014-10-05 17:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Oregonian: It is ironic to observe the ranting and pleading of those hoping to curtail climate change through human intervention when it is obvious that there is nothing significant that we humans can or will do to affect it. Unfortunately, the prevailing characteristics of the human species are self-interest, greed, tribalism and short-sightedness, none of which is conducive to intervention in this gradual and disruptive change to our environment. The projected increase in the world's population and the...
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