je.st
news
Tag: adapt
Louisiana chief says master plan can adapt to sea level rise
2013-03-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Advocate: Yes, we can. And, by the way: Youre wrong. Thats how Garret Graves, head of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, and some coastal scientists have responded to federal researchers who last week predicted the southeast coast faces the highest rate of sea level rise on the planet 4.4 feet by 2100. At that rate, they said, parts of the states coastal Master Plan will be obsolete before they are completed. The NOAA folks are just misinformed, said Graves, summing...
Climate Change: Get Ready to Adapt!
2013-02-27 20:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: WB President Jim Yong Kim's recent Washington Post op-ed "Make Climate Change a Priority" warned that "global warming imperils all of the development gains we have made". Jim Kim drew on a recent World Bank report that points to the possibility for global temperatures to rise by 4 degrees Celsius or more by the end of the century, with severe natural, economic and social impacts. Jim Kim's call is all the more urgent given how grim are actual trends on efforts to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions....
Tags: change
ready
climate
climate change
Extreme Weather Pushes Water Utilities to Adapt
2013-02-27 19:51:39| ENR.com: Headline News
Drought, wildfires and extreme weather events like Superstorm Sandy are pushing water utilities to find ways to cope with the effects of climate change, industry sources say.
Tags: water
weather
extreme
utilities
AUDIO: BAE will 'adapt to international market'
2013-02-21 14:03:31| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
UK aerospace company BAE Systems has reported a fall in full-year profits, blaming delays over a major contract with Saudi Arabia and weak global demand.
Tags: international
audio
market
adapt
Food security: Agriculture groups shore up financing for seed banks to help farmers adapt to climate change
2013-02-07 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: The DNA of the world's food crops just got a little more secure. Two leading agricultural organizations, the Global Crop Diversity Trust and CGIAR (formerly known as the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research) Consortium, have agreed to invest $109 million over the next five years in the world's seed banks, which maintain 706,000 samples of seeds and vegetative material. Most of the funds will go into maintenance and regular operations in the seed banks at 11 CGIAR research...
Sites : [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] next »