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Report: Climate change could cost 11,000 outdoor jobs
2015-12-17 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Great Falls Tribune: The cost of unabated climate change in Montana could be 11,000 jobs and $281 million in labor earnings by 2050, according to a new report that attempts to quantify its economic impacts on the state's outdoor economy, including hunting, fishing, skiing and snowmobiling. The report, released Tuesday, was completed by Donovan Power Consulting, a Montana-based economic consulting firm headed by the former head of the economics department at the University of Montana, at the request of the Montana...
New Report Says Cities May Fight Climate Change Better Than Countries
2015-12-11 04:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Good: As delegates from more than 190 nations start to put a bow on a broad climate deal at the climate talks in Paris, a new report has emerged outlining how cities around the world are playing their own vital role in the climate fight. The research, published by C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, specifically cites 2,300 actions that, if implemented, would cut 450 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2020. Thats the equivalent of the annual emissions of the United Kingdom--and thats before...
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Climate risk could undermine investments, report warns
2015-11-12 17:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: A report has warned that investors could be hit hard amid changes in short-term market swings, triggered by climate impact concerns. University of Cambridge experts said global investment portfolios could see losses of up to 45%. No investor was "immune from the risks posed by climate change", they added. In a recent speech to the City, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said climate change would "threaten financial resilience". The report, Unhedgeable Risk: How Climate Change Sentiment...
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Brazil climate change report warns of failed hydropower and crops
2015-11-09 17:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A comprehensive new study commissioned by Brazils government predicts severe drought and crop failures due to climate change by 2040. Brazil now gets 78% of its electricity from hydropower, but decreased rainfall could cut river flows by 38 to 57% to the nations four biggest existing hydropower plants, sharply decreasing energy generation. Reduced water flows to proposed dams in the Tapajós basin, as well as to the gigantic, under construction Belo Monte dam, could make hydroelectric power...
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UNEP report signals unprecedented momentum climate agreement in Paris
2015-11-06 05:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: Existing policies and strong engagement by nations submitting their contributions ahead of the Paris climate meeting will limit anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030, according to a new United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) report published on Friday. The new report presented an assessment of the 119 Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) submitted to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The report covers 146 countries (including the European...
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