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Pacific Islanders hold warrior dance day of action to highlight climate change effects
2013-04-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Indian Country: We are not drowning. We are fighting. With this clarion call, Indigenous Peoples from 15 Pacific Island nations and territories pulled together for a Warrior Dance Day of Action in early March to send the world a message on climate change. Island nations are some of the most severely affected by the effects of climate change as ocean levels rise and water encroaches on their already small territories. (Related: Arctic and Small Islands Fight Climate Change) These Indigenous Peoples held warrior...
Why action on forests now is essential to all our futures
2013-04-20 12:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: While forests once provided subsistence for local people, for generations clearing forested land has also been good for global business, providing immediate food security for the world. Put simply, forests have been worth more dead than alive. As populations grow, emerging and industrialised countries are looking to the three great world forest regions the Three Basins of the Congo, the Amazon and south-east Asia for their growing resource needs. The economic imperative to acquire and clear...
China and India talk up plans for national climate action
2013-04-19 11:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: China and India have both signalled this week that they will deliver ambitious climate change policies within the next few years, including the creation of a Chinese national carbon market and a doubling of India's renewable energy capacity by 2017. Speaking to reporters at an event in Beijing yesterday, Xie Zhenhua, vice chairman at China's National Development and Reform Commission, said the government would draft national climate legislation within the next two years, laying the foundations...
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Still Tasty After All These Years | Food Choices | Climate Action Now
2013-04-18 23:02:13| PortlandOnline
Find answers to common food freshness and storage questions to reduce your food waste
US, Japan, G8 Commit to Climate Change Action
2013-04-18 20:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Support for global action to curb climate change is growing stronger within the G8 group of the world`s largest industrial democracies, which includes the United States and Japan. During an April 14 meeting in Tokyo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Japan`s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida expressed "serious concern about anthropogenic climate change and its worsening impacts." U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, talks with Japan's Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida, Tokyo,...
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