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US and China forming Climate Change Working Group; say a more focused and urgent initiative required
2013-04-14 15:30:19| Green Car Congress
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Climate Change Fueling Extreme Australian Weather, Group Says
2013-04-02 15:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Australia is facing increased risks of extreme weather events such as heatwaves, wild fires and drought spurred by climate change, according to a report released today by the nations Climate Commission. Key food-growing regions across Australias southeast and southwest are likely to experience more droughts in the future, the commission said in a statement accompanying the report. The number of record hot days in Australia has doubled since the 1960s and a long-term drought is affecting the...
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Davos group report warns climate change among top global risks
2013-01-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: Climate change ranked among the top global risks in the annual World Economic Forum survey of more than 1,000 experts released Tuesday. The group, most associated with its yearly conference in Davos, Switzerland, said leaving environmental issues unaddressed compounded with global economic stress could handcuff policymakers. A sudden and massive collapse on one front is certain to doom the others chance of developing an effective, long-term solution, the report said of the interplay between...
Davos group sees troubled economies, climate change as interlocking risks in coming years
2013-01-08 12:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The widening income gap between the rich and poor and burgeoning government deficits are the risks most likely to have a global impact over the next decade, according to experts surveyed by the World Economic Forum. Climate change, water shortages and aging populations rounded out the WEF's top five risks. The 1,000-plus experts surveyed for the Switzerland-based forum's annual risk report also warn that risk factors could combine to produce unique problems. These risk combinations included climate...
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