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US military stresses climate security risks

2016-09-18 11:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate News Network: A group of senior defence experts in the US has warned that climate change is a threat to the countrys security, with the stark message that the impacts of climate change present significant and direct risks to US military readiness, operations and strategy. They are members of the Climate Security Consensus Project, a bipartisan group of 25 senior military and national security experts - many of whom have served in previous Republican or Democratic administrations. Meeting at a forum in Washington...

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European Strategy for low-emission mobility stresses digital tech, electrification and ZEVs

2016-07-22 17:55:57| Green Car Congress

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Climate Change, Global Health Intimately Linked, UN Official Stresses

2016-05-24 23:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Voice of America: Global health hinges on drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions, a chief mover in the field of climate change told delegates Tuesday at the World Health Assembly in Geneva. Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, praised the groundbreaking Paris Climate Change Agreement signed by 177 countries and likely to come into force in the next year or two. She says the deal is promising for both the climate and global health. "In...

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'High risk' of severe water stresses in Asia by 2050

2016-03-31 15:08:02| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

CNBC: Some 1 billion people in Asia could be without water by 2050, according to new research. A group of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology says there is a "high risk of severe water stress" across large patches of Asia, home to a big chunk of the world's population. The primary driver of this water stress will not necessarily be climate change, according to the study published Wednesday in the peer-reviewed journal PLoS One. "We find that water needs related to socioeconomic...

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