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Florida hosts town hall on national climate report
The U.S. Global Change Research Program is hosting a town hall this week to inform communities about the draft National Climate Assessment (NCA) report, along with local and regional efforts to respond to the impacts of climate change. The Southeast Regional Town Hall is part of the roll out of the NCA and will take place in Tampa, Florida, on February 19, 2013. Florida faces extensive threats ...
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EPA releases report on climate change and health
The US Environmental Protection Agency has released a report that discusses the potential impacts of climate change on human health, human welfare, and communities in the U.S. The report, entitled 'Analyses of the Effects of Global Change on Human Health and Welfare and Human Systems,' also identifies adaptation strategies to help respond to the challenges of a changing climate and identifies ...
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U.S. Issues Loudest, Clearest ‘Alarm Bell’ On Climate Action to Date, Adviser Says
Researchers have issued the “loudest and clearest alarm bell to date” signaling the need for urgent actions to combat climate change in the U.S., the president's science adviser said May 6. The third and most comprehensive installment of the National Climate Assessment shows that evidence of human-induced climate change is growing stronger as its impacts are increasingly felt across ...
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U.S. Resource Management Agencies Unprepared for Climate Change
WASHINGTON, DC, September 10, 2007 (ENS) - Federal agencies manage almost 30 percent of the land area of the United States - over 600 million acres of land, and more than 150,000 square miles of protected waters - but these agencies have not made climate change a priority, and the agencies' strategic plans do not address climate change, according to a new report by the investigative branch of the ...
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U.S. RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AGENCIES UNPREPARED FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
WASHINGTON, DC, September 10, 2007 (ENS) - Federal agencies manage almost 30 percent of the land area of the United States - over 600 million acres of land, and more than 150,000 square miles of protected waters - but these agencies have not made climate change a priority, and the agencies' strategic plans do not address climate change, according to a new report by the investigative branch of the ...
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Climate Proof Cities: Practical guidelines for climate proof cities
Cities are vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The most efficient way to make cities more climate proof is through numerous relatively small and local measures, which can often be carried out parallel to major maintenance or renovation work. These were the findings of a final report published recently by the Climate Proof Cities research programme. Climate Proof Cities (CPC) has yielded ...
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The Arab world: `Scarce data in a water-scarce region`
Data-sharing is part of the answer to problems arising from the Arab region’s most serious challenge, water. Water is potentially a matter of conflict and death as well as life in the Arab region, which is why it is such a sensitive subject — on the ground and in negotiations for United Nations conferences such as the Eye on Earth Summit in Abu Dhabi (12-16 December) and next ...
By SciDev.Net
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The global climate in 2007 - WMO
The decade of 1998-2007 is the warmest on record, according to data sources obtained by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The global mean surface temperature for 2007 is currently estimated at 0.41°C/0.74°F above the 1961-1990 annual average of 14.00°C/57.20°F. Other remarkable global climatic events recorded so far in 2007 include record-low Arctic sea ice extent, which led to first ...
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News in brief 13 December 2011
GLOBAL: Banks forge partnership to fight global warming Five major multilateral development banks have agreed a new partnership to combat global warming. With the overall aim of better coordinating and deepening support to cities in adapting to and mitigating climate change, the African Development Bank (AfDB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), ...
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