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Extreme weather pushes up food prices – and unrest?
Posted by AlertNet: Katie Murray on October 31st, 2011
AlertNet: This past year the world has witnessed a spike in food prices, which some experts believe correlate with the rising number of developing countries experiencing societal unrest.
"Climate change increases the probability of extreme weather, which is likely to result in increased scarcity of food, land and water and access to other resources,' said Rob Bailey, an energy, environment and development expert at Chatham House, a London-based international affairs organization.
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Climate change a ‘catastrophic’ threat to global health – experts
Posted by AlertNet: Katie Murray on October 17th, 2011
AlertNet: Climate change will be "catastrophic' to global health and could foster global instability and insecurity, a group of prominent scientists, environmental health experts and government officials warned Monday.
They urged governments around the world to tackle climate change, and asked that the EU immediately adopt a 30 percent CO2 greenhouse reduction target by 2020.
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Chris Huhne asked governments around the world to focus on preventative climate...