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400-Page Report Digs Deep on Climate Intervention
2015-02-10 18:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Fifty years ago, the idea of reducing the amount of sunlight reaching the earth to address climate change officially entered the scientific and political vernacular. That concept has since been lumped under the banner of geoengineering with other hotly debated techniques that could help cool the planet. Just five years ago, President Obama's science advisor said that geoengineering has "got to be looked at.' On Tuesday, a report funded by federal agencies and released by the non-profit National...
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Even rich nations face climate danger zone, report says
2015-01-15 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: With prospects of containing global warming slipping away, a team of scientists urged policymakers to redouble their efforts to rein in pollution, saying human activity risks turning even rich nations into a danger zone. The researchers led by Stockholm University identified four ecosystems where boundaries have been crossed, throwing the stability of the environment into disarray. The findings were published in the journal Science and will be presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos next...
Climate adaptation costs soaring: UNEP report
2014-12-06 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times of India: At the time when developing countries including India are pitching to have a global climate deal with "adaptation" goal as its key component, a UN body on Friday dropped a bombshell for rich nations, saying the cost of adapting to climate change is likely to reach up to $210-300 billion per year by 2050 even if the global greenhouse gas emissions are cut to keep the temperature rise below 2 degree Celsius this century. This concern is expressed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)...
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WHO Report: Climate Change To Cause 250000 Extra Deaths A Year By 2030
2014-11-30 11:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CleanTechnica: Climate change will be the cause of roughly 250,000 "extra" deaths a year by 2030, according to a recent report from the World Health Organization quantifying the future impacts of the changing climate on human health. Of this figure, roughly 48,000 will be via diarrhea; 60,000 via malaria; 95,000 via under-nutrition during childhood; and 38,000 via heat exposure (the elderly mostly) - according to the new report. Our planet is losing its capacity to sustain human life in good health, stated...
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World Bank releases damning report climate change
2014-11-24 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Times: The extent of climate change resulting from human activities has gone beyond a point of 'no return' and the abnormalities, according to a new World Bank report released today. Experts will find these findings damning but it's exactly what scientists have been warning of for a long time and the poorest countries, majority of them from Africa, are set to suffer most from this new reality. "Today's report confirms what scientists have been saying - past emissions have set an unavoidable course to...
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