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GM achieves perfect scores on climate change data disclosure and performance in CDP report
2014-09-24 13:30:31| Green Car Congress
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UN Highlights Climate Big Data Ahead of Summit
2014-09-04 00:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Data is buzzing around us all the time. Whether you realize it or not, you utilize data everyday, be it in figuring out how much your daily cup of coffee costs or how long it takes you to get to work. Now imagine doing that on a much bigger picture, organizing millions of pieces of information and making it useful. That's exactly what scientists are up to when they talk about big data, including when it comes to climate. The United Nations recently highlighted two projects focused on bringing...
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Data Deleted From UN Climate Report Highlight Controversies
2014-07-03 08:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: When the United Nations' last major climate change report was released in April, it omitted some country-specific emissions data for political reasons, a trio of new papers argue, sounding a warning bell about the global politicization of climate science. Written by thousands of science, policy, and economics experts from around the world, the UN International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports represent a synthesis of existing climate research knowledge, focusing on the evidence of a warming...
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Better Climate Data Could Help Tanzania Curb Malaria
2014-04-23 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
allAfrica: Tanzania is enlisting climate data in a new approach to curbing malaria. Enhancing National Climate Services (ENACTS), a system established by the Tanzania Meteorological Agency in conjunction with the US-based International Research Institute for Climate and Society, is designed to identify long-term drivers of the disease by compiling historical climate data and making it available for analysis by health policy-makers. Malaria is a major public health concern in Tanzania. More than 10 million...
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Obama Opens Vast Climate Data Resources to Public Use
2014-03-21 00:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: The White House, federal agencies and private partners Wednesday unveiled the Climate Data Initiative, a project that gives local leaders across the country information to plan for the impacts of climate change while building resilience to rising temperatures already affecting Americans. The Climate Data Initiative makes use of the federal government's extensive, freely-available climate-relevant data resources to stimulate innovation and private-sector entrepreneurship in support of national...
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