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Hundreds protest chemical plant in southern China
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 31st, 2014
Reuters: Hundreds of protesters in southern China marched against a chemical plant and environmental degradation on Sunday in a demonstration that the Maoming city government called a "grave violation" by criminals causing chaos. Photos posted on Weibo, China's Twitter-like microblog service, showed hundreds of demonstrators marching along the streets, an overturned car in flames and protesters laying bloodied on the road. Others showed lines of paramilitary police marching in formation. The images of violence...
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The IPCC’s stark warning: no nation will be untouched by climate change
Posted by Blue and Green: Ilaria Bertini on March 31st, 2014
Blue and Green: The UN`s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned of the effects global warming will have on food prices, national security and the environment in its latest sobering report.
The second part of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report, released on Monday, states that the scientific evidence is “overwhelming”. It adds that climate change’s impacts have almost doubled since 2007.
Speaking in Yokohama, Japan, IPCC chairman Rajendra Pachauri said “Nobody on this planet is going to...
U.N. Report Warns : Climate Change Getting Worse
Posted by Canada Journal: None Given on March 31st, 2014
Canada Journal: According to report that was released by the United Nations today, March 31, 2014, the organization has stated that climate change is a potential threat to human security and the effects of the rapid change in climate and global warming will badly effect the poor sector of the society, which obviously has less to do with man made change in the climate.
Rajendra K. Pachauri, IPCC Chairman, said the impact of climate change will be determined by the preparation of different areas and able to mitigate...
Researchers Detail How Climate Change Will Alter Our Lives
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 31st, 2014
National Public Radio: A United Nations panel has released a report from scientists who are getting a much better understanding of the effects of climate change.
Climate change threatens India economy – IPCC
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 31st, 2014
Reuters: India's high vulnerability and exposure to climate change will slow its economic growth, impact health and development, make poverty reduction more difficult and erode food security, a new report by scientists said on Monday.
The latest report from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) stresses the risks of global warming and tries to make a stronger case for governments to adopt policy on adaptation and cut greenhouse gas emissions.
"This is the most extensive piece of...
Climate change report highlight major impacts
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 31st, 2014
BBC: The impact of climate change is being felt across all continents and oceans and it is affecting food security, glaciers and the spread of disease, according to a new report. Scientists and officials meeting in Japan say the document is the most comprehensive assessment to date of the impacts of climate change on the world. Matt McGrath reports from Yokohama in Japan.
UN study says climate change already hitting food supply
Posted by Financial Times: Pilita Clark on March 31st, 2014
Financial Times: High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft.com to buy additional rights. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4728085c-b82a-11e3-92f9-00144feabdc0.html#ixzz2xXYWR5ds The most comprehensive study in seven years of the effect of climate change has found an ill-prepared world is already suffering from effects evident across the oceans...
Changing climate creates pervasive risks, but opportunities exist for effective responses
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 31st, 2014
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UN panel: Warming worsens food, hunger problems
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 31st, 2014
Associated Press: Global warming makes feeding the world harder and more expensive, a United Nations scientific panel said.
A warmer world will push food prices higher, trigger "hotspots of hunger" among the world's poorest people, and put the crunch on Western delights like fine wine and robust coffee, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded in a 32-volume report issued Monday.
"We're facing the specter of reduced yields in some of the key crops that feed humanity," panel chairman Rajendra Pachauri...
Climate warming may hit India’s food securiy system: Report
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 31st, 2014
Economic Times: High levels of warming resulting from continued growth in greenhouse gas emissions may hit India's food security system with a global report warning that the impact could be "more severe" on the country' rice and maize production.
Like crops, the country's fisheries could also be negatively affected by climate change, says a report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released in Yokohama, Japan.
It says that emissions of CO2 often are accompanied by ozone (O3) precursors...