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Global warming could undermine poverty
2014-11-24 02:06:45| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: Climate change could undermine efforts to defeat extreme poverty around the globe, the World Bank says. In a new report on the impact of global warming, the bank said sharp temperature rises would cut deeply into crop yields and water supplies in many areas and possibly set back efforts to bring populations out of poverty. "Climate change poses a substantial and escalating risk to development progress that could undermine global efforts to eliminate extreme poverty and promote shared prosperity,"...
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Russia sanctions 'undermine trade'
2014-11-14 13:29:35| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Western sanctions will hurt the global economy and trade agreements, ahead of the G20 summit.
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Free Riders Undermine Climate Treaty Hopes
2014-08-24 10:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Truthdig: An effective treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will probably remain elusive, according to a new research study, because the steps likely to win political agreement would be ineffective, while those that could produce results would be politically unfeasible. In fact, the Norwegian researchers conclude, the world is actually further away from an effective climate agreement today than it was 15 years ago, when the Kyoto Protocol was adopted. The research is the work of a team from the...
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Air traffic growth set to undermine carbon reduction measures study
2014-08-11 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: As more and more people continue to fly and airlines do all they can to get ticket prices down, this is continuing to have a negative effect on the environment. New research has found even if controversial measures are put in place, carbon reduction efforts will still be outweighed by the growth in air traffic. New research released on Friday by the University of Southampton has said demand needs to be substantially reduced in order for airlines to see a reduction in harmful greenhouse gas emissions....
Don't undermine indigenous knowledge researchers advised
2014-08-09 04:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
GhanaWeb: The academia and development workers have been called upon to incorporate indigenous knowledge into their research activities to better address the challenges of vulnerable communities. Professor Wisdom Akpalu, Associate Professor of Economics at the United Nations University WIDER, University of Ghana Office, who made the call, said indigenous knowledge was important in ensuring the success of any scientific intervention for particular communities. He made the call when presenting a paper...
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