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US companies don't want to talk about preventing climate change disasters
2013-08-02 15:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Back in 1736, Benjamin Franklin famously advised his Philadelphia neighbours that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Franklin started the city's first fire department, as well as a fire insurance company, but he knew, as we all do, that preventing fires is better than fighting them, or cleaning up afterwards. Franklin's words came to mind in mid-July when a Washington think tank called the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) released a report called Weathering the Storm:...
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BANGLADESH: FY garment exports up 13% despite disasters
2013-07-17 14:38:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Bangladesh's ready-made garment exporters have shrugged off political turmoil and a series of deadly industrial accidents to grow shipments by nearly 13% in the outgoing fiscal year.
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BANGLADESH: Garment exports surge 13% despite disasters
2013-07-17 14:38:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Bangladesh's ready-made garment exporters have shrugged off political turmoil and a series of deadly industrial accidents to grow shipments by nearly 13% in the outgoing fiscal year.
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Kiribati facing challenges in educating on climate change and disasters
2013-07-15 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Radio New Zealand International: The Kiribati education ministry says there are many problems obstructing climate change and disaster education. A curriculum development officer Teeta Kabiriera says there are no experts to work with curriculum writers so that resources can be developed on climate change information. He also says teachers are lacking and arent equipped to teach these topics. Mr Kabiriera says there is a development plan but the curriculum at the teachers college should be improved. He told the joint climate...
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Alberta must adapt and upgrade in disasters wake
2013-07-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Edmonton Journal: On May 29, Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) president Don Forgeron gave a speech in Calgary that wrapped up with a few questions: Are your homes and businesses ready for extreme weather? And: Do you have measures in place to respond when the heavy rains fall? Eerily, Forgerons questions came precisely three weeks before torrential downpours inundated southern Alberta, flooding homes and businesses in downtown Calgary. As far as I know, Forgeron is neither clairvoyant nor an exceptionally...
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