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Climate change and desertification a threat to social stability - UN
2014-04-17 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: William Tell, in popular legend, takes a stand against a system that undermined his human dignity tyranny and oppression. He refused to bow down before the hat of the evil bailiff Gessler, but was then forced to shoot an apple off his sons head with a crossbow. This tale has a universal message. When you are pushed into a corner, your freedom and liberty are under pressure and your family and future are threatened, you take a stand. So why are we ignoring the fundamental threats to the liberty...
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IPCC report: we have the tools, now it's time for a tough UN climate deal
2014-04-15 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Runaway climate change can be thwarted. The cost of fighting global warming is affordable. It`s also within the reach of the richest. Whats more, we can avert this global crisis without sacrificing living standards of the developed industrialised world. That`s the message I read from the IPCC fifth assessment report on mitigation released on April 13, 2014 in Berlin. This UN report essentially says the transformation needed to a clean energy world or low carbon growth is possible. I...
REDD & a green economy are inseparable but concerns for equity remain: UN report
2014-04-14 12:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Landscapes: The world is transitioning to a green economy, but the many synergies between greater sustainability and the forest-focused REDD+ mechanism are underutilized, according to a recent United Nations report. Countries with tropical forests have for years been preparing for a full-scale implementation of REDD+, and can offer a wealth of knowledge and lessons learned for the broad shift towards a green economy, according to the report. "If designed well, REDD+ can thereby contribute to the key elements...
Weekly 52 Week Highs Highlight: CM, PBA, UN, CL
2014-04-14 10:32:12| Grocery - Topix.net
According to GuruFocus list of 52-week highs ; Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Pembina Pipeline Corp, Unilever NV, and Colgate-Palmolive Company have all reached their 52-week highs.
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'Modest hope' to slow warming but no 'free lunch,' U.N. warns
2014-04-14 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: Keeping global warming down to a level people can live with means cutting carbon emissions to "near zero" by the end of the century, even in an increasingly industrialized world, the top U.N. experts on the issue reported Sunday. That may be doable, but it will take "substantial investments" in everything from planting more trees to replacing fossil fuels with low-carbon power sources like solar, wind and nuclear energy, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change announced in its latest report....
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