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Thanks to climate change, the future looks awfully warm very itchy
2015-11-13 17:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: In the midst of dire headlines and global horror, sometimes the greatest, most devastating terror strikes you right in your home, right in your bedroom, in the middle of the night. I was awoken the other night by an unpleasant itch on the bridge of my nose. In my dizzy half-consciousness, I brought my hand up to investigate and was jerked into a state of alarm by the all-too familiar whining hum of mosquito wings cruising past my ear. Related: Wasps may have stung me in the testicles but...
Scared by climate change? Maybe you should head north
2015-11-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNBC: What does Ireland share in common with the Nordic countries of Norway, Iceland, Sweden and Finland? Well, apart from being in Europe, these countries share the accolade of being the least vulnerable to climate change in the world, according to a new report from Verisk Maplecroft. The risk consultancy ranked Norway, followed by Ireland, as the least vulnerable, judged by the country's exposure to climate change and extreme weather events, coupled with their capability to adapt to, and take advantage...
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Tories push for climate change action abroad but back fossil fuels at home
2015-11-13 14:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Perhaps its being forced to think about global matters and the dangers they pose, but the UKs foreign secretary Philip Hammond, like his Conservative predecessor, both understands the risks of climate change and the urgent need to act. In a powerful speechthis week, he said: Taking action to combat climate change is the right thing to do - the conservative thing to do. Hammond had deliberately picked a tough crowd: the American Enterprise Institute, the free-marketeers who have for years have...
Melting glacier? Yawn. Climate change is boring, worthy and terrifying
2015-11-13 13:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Its the existential threat to our species, and it bores us to tears. Admit it. You think the consequences of human-driven climate change are terrifying, but it seems too abstract, too technical and too long term. A recent poll in the US found that, while most Americans accepted that the climate was indeed changing, less than a quarter admitted to be either extremely or very worried about it. So the latest scientific reports should have the effect of grabbing us by the lapels and admonishing us...
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Climate change sentiment could hit global investment portfolios in the short term
2015-11-13 12:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: A new report by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) reveals that global investment portfolios could lose up to 45 per cent as a consequence of short-term shifts in climate change sentiment. The report, "Unhedgeable Risk: How climate change sentiment impacts investment," concluded that about half of this potential loss could be avoided through portfolio reallocation, while the other half is "unhedgeable", meaning that investors cannot necessarily protect themselves...
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