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Report: Climate change may pose threat economic growth
2013-10-29 20:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: Nearly a third of the world's economic output will come from countries facing "high" to "extreme" risks from the impacts of climate change within 12 years, according to a new report. The Climate Change Vulnerability Index, an annual report produced by UK-based risk analysis firm Maplecroft, found that climate change "may pose a serious obstacle to sustainable economic growth in the world's most commercially important cities." The index ranked the vulnerability of the world's countries, and...
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Report: Investments in fight against global climate change fall short
2013-10-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Spending on technology and strategies aimed at fighting climate change are well behind the globe's needs, according to a new study from Stanford University. The report, released Tuesday by the Climate Policy Initiative, says that financing flows have hit a peak at $359 billion per year, which falls significantly short of the most conservative estimated needs for investing in climate policies. In order to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions, the report says, roughly $490 billion per year to $910...
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IPCC Climate Change Report Reinforces The Link Between Global Warming And The Human Equation
2013-10-21 04:28:28| pollutiononline Home Page
The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently released a report strongly reinforcing the link between humans and global warming
Grim climate change report is not the end of the world, says co-author
2013-10-13 20:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Global News: While the information contained in the study performed at the University of Hawaii is alarming, it`s not quite the end of the world, says one co-author. "It`s far from the end of the world, but we are heading into unprecedented climates," Abby Frazier said in an interview on The West Block with Tom Clark, The effects of climate change will begin in the tropics before heading toward cooler climates, the study suggests. "Kingston, Jamaica is projected by 2023, and there are multiple cities...
Pa. releases climate change report 18 months late
2013-10-11 14:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Pennsylvania this week quietly released an updated report on what impact future climate change may have on the state, about 18 months after it was due. The Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment Update was posted to an open database, but state officials issued no news release. The report paints a mixed picture of possible impacts, with many uncertainties for after 2050. Penn State University forestry expert Marc McDill, who worked on the report, said the evidence is "very, very strong"...
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