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Climate change and La Nia may bring severe floods to Australia
2015-11-16 14:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: Queensland could face devastating floods rivalling those seen in 2010-11 in just a year`s time, as the effects of climate change and an impending La Nia weather event combine. La Nia brings warm water to the ocean around Queensland, and with it comes rain. Fresh research now shows that the effects of climate change made the flood-causing rains three times more likely that year. In 2010-11, Queensland suffered some of its worst flooding in a century. Some 35 people were killed, and so much...
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Ford Funds Climate Change Denial Organization ALEC
2015-11-16 12:17:15| Automakers - Topix.net
Ford Motor Company touts its environmental initiatives. The iconic car company is proud of its work to increase the fuel economy of its U.S. car and truck fleet and reducing carbon emissions from its European vehicles.
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Climate change and risks to financial stability
2015-11-16 10:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: In April, G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors requested that the FSB convene the public and private sector to consider how the financial sector can take account of climate-related issues. This follows a warning by Mr Carney, in his role as Governor of the Bank of England, that investors face potentially huge losses from climate change action that could make vast reserves of oil, coal and gas literally unburnable. Extract from FSB Chairmans letter to G20 leaders, 9th November...
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Farmer sues Pakistan's government to demand action on climate change
2015-11-16 08:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Asghar Leghari had had enough. The farmer was tired of watching his family fight against the unpredictable weather that threatened their crops in Rahim Yar Khan District, in Pakistans South Punjab region. He was also disheartened by the fates of many small-scale farmers around him, whose struggles with weather shifts have ended in poverty. And he was angry at Pakistans seeming inability to protect its people against the devastating effects of climate change. So Leghari decided there was only...
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UK wildlife is 'increasingly at risk' from climate change
2015-11-16 06:05:33| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press Association: Climate change is already affecting UK nature from seabirds to plants, with wildlife "increasingly at risk" as temperatures rise, conservationists have warned. A report from the RSPB shows the impact that warming temperatures in Europe are having on birds, bees, butterflies and plants and the risks of future impacts from more extreme storms, loss of habitat and disruption between predators and prey. The study shows that extreme weather such as heavy rainstorms, which is already becoming more...
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