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Small global warming rise would have 'alarming' impact
2013-06-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Much of Bangkok could flood within the next two decades if global warming stays on its current trajectory, as sea levels rise and cyclones intensify, the World Bank said in a new report on Wednesday. The flooding of 40 percent of the Thai capital was just one of dozens of negative effects the Washington-based World Bank warned would happen if the world grew warmer by just 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit), which it said is likely to occur in the next 20 to 30 years under a "business-as-usual"...
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World Bank warns global warming woes closing in
2013-06-19 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The World Bank on Wednesday, June 19, warned that severe hardships from global warming could be felt within a generation, with a new study detailing devastating impacts in Africa and Asia. The report presents "an alarming scenario for the days and years ahead -- what we could face in our lifetime," said World Bank President Jim Yong Kim. "The scientists tell us that if the world warms by two degrees Centigrade (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) -- warming which may be reached in 20 to 30 years -- that...
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Global warming agreement still on course for 2015
2013-06-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Irish Times: The world is still on course for an international agreement to tackle global warming in 2015 despite days of bickering in Bonn over how decisions are made under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Russia supported by Belarus and Ukraine collapsed one of the key strands of the UN talks here this week after repeatedly complaining about how its objections to a deal renewing the Kyoto Protocol were ignored at last Decembers climate summit in Doha. But UNFCCC executive secretary...
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Colorado fire: Is global warming one of the culprits?
2013-06-15 11:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Cooler temperatures and some rain helped increase the contained area from just five percent Thursday to 30 percent Friday, authorities reported. Still, the fire has been devastating: Two people killed and 38,000 evacuated, 473 homes destroyed as the blaze moved through 25 square miles of forests and woodland neighborhoods. The Black Forest Fire in Colorado is part of a pattern in the West: increased construction in the wildland-urban interface, as its called. Most homeowners adhere to...
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UN Global Warming Talks Blocked by Russia Set Back Six Months
2013-06-15 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: The United Nations global warming talks have been set back by six months after Russia and its allies blocked progress at a group charged with implementing decisions of the 190 nations involved in the discussions. The Subsidiary Body for Implementation at the UN talks failed to complete any work at two weeks of meetings in Bonn that finished today because Russia, Ukraine and Belarus objected to the groups agenda. The delay means envoys will have to redouble efforts when they meet in November...
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