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IPCC: CO2 Emissions Soar, Yet Paths Avoid Calamity Open
2014-04-13 20:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Global greenhouse gases emissions grew more quickly between 2000 and 2010 than in any of the three previous decades, reaching record levels despite a growing number of policies to reduce climate change, finds a new report by economists with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released today in Berlin. Still, it is possible, using a wide array of technological measures and changes in behavior, to limit the increase in global mean temperature to 2°C (3.6°F) above pre-industrial levels,...
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Philippines Declares Calamity as Fresh Storm Approaches
2013-11-11 09:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Philippine President Benigno Aquino declared a state of calamity to speed aid to communities ravaged by super Typhoon Haiyan, which may have killed more than 10,000 people, as a lesser storm approached the nation. The government has 18.7 billion pesos ($429 million) to fund reconstruction after Haiyan unleashed storm surges and gale-force winds that caused vast destruction, Aquino said yesterday in a televised address. Today, a fresh storm threatening the southern Philippines may pass through...
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