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Data hub to promote global Souths research nears launch

2014-04-16 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

SciDevNet: Several research institutes are preparing to launch a prototype open-access 'warehouse' of digital data to help increase the online accessibility of development research coming from the global South and boost their decision-making influence. The Global Open Knowledge Hub is being developed by seven research bodies in the developing world, along with the UK-based research charity the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the US-based International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), to host...

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Catastrophic Threshold Nears and Global Warming Body Calls for Dramatic Action

2014-04-14 07:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

The Street: The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sunday released the latest part of its Fifth Assessment Report, outlining the dramatic steps that need to be taken to avoid the catastrophic impacts of global warming caused by humans. Most significantly, the Summary for Policymakers portion of the report emphasizes the need for coordination on a planetary scale. "Effective mitigation will not be achieved if individual agents advance their own interests independently," the report emphasizes....

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Thais brace for recession as crisis nears crunch time

2014-04-14 04:33:48| Auto Dealers - Topix.net

The golden Buddha statues, amulets and lucky charms that festoon Sakuntala Mettawong's tiny Bangkok cellphone shop are not helping business.

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Keystone XL Pipeline Fight Heats Up as Decision Nears

2014-04-11 20:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Environment News Service: Two large national public health groups today wrote to Secretary of State John Kerry, joining a request for an in-depth human health study on the Keystone XL pipeline before the President decides whether to permit the tar sands pipeline to cross the Canada-U.S. border. The American Public Health Association is the oldest and most diverse organization of public health professionals in the world, representing health providers, educators, environmentalists, policy makers and health officials at all...

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