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Australia: Farmer attitudes to climate change across generations
2015-11-27 20:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The nation's farmers could be considered the sentinels of climate change; they are more attuned than most to long-term changes in weather patterns. But many of them are yet to be convinced that man-made climate change is real, arguing that floods and droughts are cyclical and extreme temperatures are nothing new. It is a view some younger producers are now challenging and they are reshaping their farming practices to suit the changing climate. Josh Gilbert's family has farmed at Nabiac in...
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Climate Change Will Not Be Dangerous for Long Time
2015-11-27 20:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: The climate change debate has been polarized into a simple dichotomy. Either global warming is "real, man-made and dangerous,' as Pres. Barack Obama thinks, or it's a "hoax,' as Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe thinks. But there is a third possibility: that it is real, man-made and not dangerous, at least not for a long time. This "lukewarm' option has been boosted by recent climate research, and if it is right, current policies may do more harm than good. For example, the Food and Agriculture Organization...
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Trudeau pledges $2.65B to climate change fund at Commonwealth summit
2015-11-27 18:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: Canada is making a five-year, $2.65 billion contribution to help developing countries tackle climate change. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement Friday at the summit of Commonwealth leaders in Malta, where the battle against global warming is becoming the dominant issue. The money is part of Canada's commitment towards an international climate fund seeking to raise US$100 billion annually by 2020. "Canada is back and ready to play its part in combating climate change and...
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How Many Climate Change Refugees Should America Let In?
2015-11-27 16:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The United Nations estimates that climate change will create 200 million migrants and refugees throughout the world. How many climate change refugees should America let in? A vote in the U.S. House of Representatives last week created a firestorm of controversy about how many refugees from Syria should be allowed in the U.S. The House vote, which would further restrict Syrians from entering America, received support from nearly all the Republicans and 47 Democrats, including my Colorado Democratic...
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Shorten promises zero emissions climate change policy for Australia under Labor government
2015-11-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Times: Australia will aim for an ambitious net zero pollution target by 2050 under a Labor elected government, Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten has declared. The announcement came as Shorten also criticised Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull ahead of the United Nations Climate Summit for flying to Paris carrying Tony Abbotts climate-sceptic baggage. Speaking on Friday during a press conference at the Lowy Institute for International Policy in Sydney, Shorten stated that Labor believed zero emissions...
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