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Subsidies Play Significant Role in Climate Change, IMF Says
2013-03-27 22:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is urging national governments around the world to roll back or eliminate subsidies on petroleum-based energy sources, estimating that this alone could result in a 13-percent decline in global carbon dioxide emissions. In an unusual new paper marking its full entry into the climate change debate, the Washington-based fund on Wednesday said the cost of "pre-tax" subsidies for these products, when consumers pay less than the cost of supply, stood at about 480...
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Civil Society Wants Bigger Role in Green Climate Fund Planning
2013-03-12 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: As the new board of the United Nations Green Climate Fund meets in Berlin this week, activist and watchdog groups here and around the world are expressing frustration over proposed rules they say are already significantly limiting civil society participation in the new initiative. The fund, created in 2010 under the auspices of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is eventually expected to channel some 100 billion dollars a year to help developing countries counter and adapt...
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Billionaire has unique role in official Washington: climate change radical
2013-02-17 16:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: When Thomas Steyer a San Francisco billionaire and major Democratic donor discusses climate change, he feels as if one of two things is true: What hes saying is blindingly obvious, or insane. I feel like the guy in the movie who goes into the diner and says, There are zombies in the woods and theyre eating our children, Steyer said during a recent breakfast at the Georgetown Four Seasons, his first appointment in a day that included meetings with a senator, a White House confidant and...
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Role Of Statistics In Climate Change Research Investigated
2013-02-16 19:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: Climate change is a range of potential events that have a better or worse probability of occurring, and statistics could be a useful tool in helping people better understand how their actions could be adversely affecting the planet, according to new research presented on Friday. The general publics aversion to statistical thinking and probability is one of the factors that has prevented the implementation of strategies to deal with global warming right now, The Ohio State University professor...
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State gets money to explore role of climate change on health
2013-02-06 17:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Baltimore Sun: Maryland has received $250,000 in federal funds to explore the role of climate change on people's health. The funding was awarded by the Centers for Disease Control, which has a program aimed at preparing local communities to deal with the health affects of the changing environment. The program is attempting to identify vulnerable populations, such as children and senior citizens, and how to treat them. Related Regional climate compact at a crossroads Picture of Health blog Health Professionals...