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Young 'to be poorer than parents'

2015-11-19 01:00:31| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Young people are on track to be poorer than their parents at every stage of their lives, according to a new report.

Climate envoys should try harder after Paris, poorer nations say

2015-10-28 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: The global push to fight climate change must intensify after a major meeting in Paris, said poorer nations on Tuesday, who are reconciled to disappointment in any upcoming deal. Climate negotiators should not abandon hope of limiting global temperatures rises to below 1.5 degrees even if targets on the table for Paris are less ambitious, they said. Their comments came three days before the United Nations publishes a report expected to show current plans - Intended Nationally Determined Contributions...

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World Bank pledges extra $29bn to poorer nations for climate change fight

2015-10-10 07:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The World Bank has pledged to boost by up to $29bn the financial assistance pledged to poorer nations to cope with climate change, bringing closer the possibility of reaching a target of $100bn a year by 2020. Jim Yong Kim, the president of the World Bank Group, said it could boost funding by a third, from 21% to 28%, in response to client demand. He spoke at a meeting of the World Bank and the IMF in Lima, Peru. As we move closer to Paris countries have identified trillions of dollars of climate-related...

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Climate Change May Lead to Low Newborn Weights in Poorer Nations

2015-10-02 11:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

HealthDay: Climate change is expected to bring about a host of health harms, and a new study suggests that a surprising addition to that list might be an increase in the number of low birth weight babies born in poor nations. The researchers looked at almost 70,000 births in 19 African nations. The births occurred between 1986 and 2010. The researchers hoped to assess the relationship between rainfall, temperature and birth weight. They found that that lower levels of rainfall and an increased number of very...

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