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Philippines worst hit by extreme weather in 2013
2014-12-03 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Philippines, Cambodia and India were the countries hardest hit by extreme weather events in 2013, according to a study unveiled on Tuesday (December 2) at U.N. talks in Lima on a global deal to limit climate change. The report by Germanwatch, a think-tank partly funded by the German government, said the Philippines suffered most because 6,300 people died when Typhoon Haiyan struck a year ago and caused $13 billion in damage. A new storm is now threatening the country. Overall, the study...
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Financial systems must consider extreme weather, or risk condemning millions to die
2014-11-29 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Its extraordinary how the financial markets that pride themselves on their data analysis and forecasting have such a blind spot when it comes to the impacts of climate change. I was reminded of this by a new report released today from the Royal Society, which calls on our global financial systems to start considering the risks posed by extreme weather, or risk condemning millions of people to die. The failure of financial institutions to focus on the dangers comes despite increasing numbers...
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Risk from extreme weather rises
2014-11-27 02:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Climate change and population growth will hugely increase the risk to people from extreme weather, a report says. The Royal Society warns that the risk of heatwaves to an ageing population will rise about ten-fold by 2090 if greenhouse gases continue to rise. They estimate the risk to individuals from floods will rise more than four-fold and the drought risk will treble. The report's lead author Prof Georgina Mace said: "This problem is not just about to come" it's here already." She...
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Is Extreme Weather a Sign of the Apocalypse?
2014-11-24 21:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: While 62 percent of Americans say that they believe climate change is a factor driving recent natural disasters and extreme weatherprobably a higher percentage than in Congress49 percent also believe they are caused by Biblical end times, with an especially high number of white evangelicals holding that belief. Thats according to a new survey released by the Public Religion Research Institute, which queried people on the intersection of their religious faith and their beliefs about climate change....
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Extreme Weather Will Be New Climate Normal Without Immediate Action, Warns World Bank
2014-11-24 16:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said this weekend that the organizations investment focus will be on clean energy and that it will back coal-fired and other fossil fuel projects only when there is extreme need. Flying in the face of a popular climate denier narrative that says phasing out fossil fuels and addressing extreme poverty cant be done at the same time, Kim said climate change threatened efforts to tackle poverty. His remarks followed the release of the World Banks new report, Turn...
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