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Global warming: Northern Ireland’s call to action revealed
Posted by Belfast Telegraph: Linda Stewart on January 31st, 2014
Belfast Telegraph: Northern Ireland could face a stark future of floods, water shortages and power cuts as climate change tightens its grip.
The warning comes in a new blueprint for how the province must adapt to meet the impact of climate change – the region's first Climate Change Adaptation Programme.
More than 60,000 properties across Northern Ireland already lie within areas at risk of flooding, meaning one in 18 properties is at risk if an extreme event does occur.
By the 2050s mean winter and summer...
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United Kingdom: Wet, wet, wet – this is what summers will be like from now on
Posted by Belfast Telegraph: Linda Stewart on November 10th, 2012
Belfast Telegraph: Get used to the summer wellies -- Northern Ireland's weather is getting wetter.
That's the warning from the Met Office which says we are facing more torrential weather in the years ahead as climate change tightens its grip.
Professor Stephen Belcher, who heads up the Met Office Hadley Centre, yesterday briefed the Stormont environment committee on how our weather is set to change in the future.
He said Northern Ireland will experience an increasing average temperature, more rainfall and...