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Time to stop arguing about climate change, World Bank says
2013-06-20 07:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The world should stop arguing about whether humans are causing climate change and start taking action to stop dangerous temperature rises, the president of the World Bank said on Wednesday. Jim Yong Kim said there was 97 to 98 percent agreement among scientists that global warming was real and caused by human activity. "If you disagree with the science of human-caused climate change you are not disagreeing that there is anthropogenic climate change. What you are disagreeing with is science...
Global Warming will Affect Poor Countries the Most: World Bank Says
2013-06-19 16:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: The World Bank Group says that global warming will lead to a major food-crisis in the future. Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia are expected to be the worst-hit. Global warming is expected to cause major changes in climate- from causing drought in some regions to causing severe storms in others. Places such as Jakarta and Ho Chi Minh City are considered to be "hot-spots" for the climate change as these places will be badly affected by sea-level rise and severe tropical storms. Low-lying countries...
Climate change threatens trouble in the near future, World Bank says
2013-06-19 10:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The World Bank is beginning to commit billions of dollars to flood prevention, water management and other projects to help major Asian cities avoid the expected impact of climate change, a dramatic example of how short the horizon has become to alleviate the effects of global warming. Places such as Bangkok, Jakarta and Ho Chi Minh City are now considered "hot spots' that will bear the brunt of the impact as sea levels rise, tropical storms become more violent, and rainfall becomes both more sporadic...
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Global push for small hydro-power projects may disrupt ecosystem, says study
2013-06-19 10:00:00| Power Technology
A five-year study by researchers has found that a global push for small hydro-power projects, supported by various nations and Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, may cause unexpected and significant loss of habitat and biodiversity.
Feed-in Tariff cuts may slow down small hydropower projects in Scotland, says report
2013-06-19 10:00:00| Power Technology
A report by Scottish Renewables has revealed that proposed cuts to financial support, known as the Feed-in Tariff (FiT), could slow down or even halt the development of small scale hydropower projects in Scotland.
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