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UN Expert: Lima Climate Change Talks Key stepping stone
2014-11-29 18:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telesur: The outcomes of the upcoming Climate Change Conference in Lima, Peru will likely determine the agenda for all future negotiations. As world leaders prepare to attend the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference in Lima, on Monday, a top UN official issued a statement today emphasizing the event as an opportunity to pave the way towards reaching the goal of adopting a new legal instrument at its next meeting, in Paris in December 2015 (COP 21). Never before have the risks of climate...
Climate econ expert urges "critical" investment shift
2014-11-06 23:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The next 20 years must see a "critical" investment shift from high- to low-carbon energy sources to limit damaging global warming, Nicholas Stern, an authority on the economics of climate change, said Thursday. "The next 20 years are going to be a very special period, they are going to be critical to manage... key investments," the British economist told journalists before appearing as a guest lecturer at a Paris university. "If we make the key investments well... in urbanisation, energy systems...
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United Kingdom: Farmers' fury after climate change expert claims
2014-03-08 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Western Gazette: Farmers have reacted angrily after the Government's climate change experts questioned whether it was fair to spend 100 million of taxpayers' money to save the Somerset Levels. Climate expert Lord Krebs has sent a letter to Environment Minister Owen Paterson saying the Levels should not be made a special case and any plan should be good value for money. Earlier this week the Minister took receipt of an action plan outlining 100 million worth of measures that need to be taken to safeguard the...
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Expert claims climate change making tornadoes weaker
2013-11-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
News.com.au: CLIMATE change may be altering our weather but it may not necessarily be for the worse, with one leading climate scientist claiming tornadoes may actually be getting weaker. While we may have experienced a week of wild weather - with everything from Sydney's own travelling tornado to record-setting twisters in the US and a massive volcanic eruption in Indonesia, all following hard on the heels of the devastating Philippines typhoon - US weather expert Professor Richard A. Muller says there...
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Expert warns of link between warming climate and extreme weather
2013-11-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: A senior lecturer in environmental studies at the University of Newcastle says there is a link between a warming climate and extreme weather events. Dr Liam Phelan addressed a gathering in Newcastle yesterday as part of National Climate Action Day. He says while recent bushfires across NSW and the typhoon in the Philippines are not solely caused by climate change, the occurrence of such events is more likely with warming conditions. Dr Phelan says all extreme weather events are affected...
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