Los bosques y el cambio climático
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23 November 2009
Australian: IT was a weekend of extremes. Melbourne copped a month's worth of rain in just 17 hours, NSW grappled with "catastrophic" bushfire conditions and record November temperatures -- and Climate Change Minister Penny Wong linked the unpredictable weather patterns to the effects of global warming. Sydney's average maximum temperature was a little more than 40C yesterday, making it the city's hottest November day in 27 years, while crews in Melbourne were still mopping up last night after a ... [more...]
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23 November 2009
Sydney Morning Herald: As the world struggles to come up with a climate change deal, India's Environment Minister, Jairam Ramesh, has challenged it to follow the example of millions in his country and refuse to eat beef in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Mr Ramesh, a vegetarian, says those who refrain from eating beef are helping to fight climate change. "The single most important measure that can be taken in the world to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is to stop eating beef," he ... [more...]
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23 November 2009
AP - The readings at this 2-mile-high station show a troubling upward curve as the world counts down to crucial climate talks: Global warming gases are building in the atmosphere at record levels from emissions that match scientists' worst-case scenarios. [more...]
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23 November 2009
AFP - The United States plans to join other developed nations in presenting an emissions target at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen, a senior administration official said Monday. [more...]
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23 November 2009
Reuters - Concentrations of greenhouse gases, the major cause of global warming, are at their highest levels ever recorded and are still climbing, the U.N. World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on Monday. [more...]
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23 November 2009
Time.com - Protecting Jungles: One Way to Combat Global Warming [more...]
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23 November 2009
AFP - The UN's top climate negotiator voiced optimism Monday that a deal can be salvaged next month at world talks on global warming, but said US President Barack Obama must offer a target and financing. [more...]
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23 November 2009
Climate change is transforming the Arctic so fast that many species could be gone within our lifetimes. But the important thing is to put human self-interest first, says Alun Anderson [more...]
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23 November 2009
AP - Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated — beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then. [more...]
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23 November 2009
Source: Xinhua -- JAKARTA, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's Ministry of Environment and the United Nations' agencies on Monday signed the Indonesia UN-REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) Programme, just in time for the upcoming Copenhagen Climate Change Conference in December, in an effort to address climate change by stopping the destruction of Indonesia's vast forests. [more...]
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23 November 2009
Source: ISRIA -- The Prince of Wales praised governments for reaching a consensus on emergency funding to tackle tropical deforestation. The consensus comes in the form of an inter-governmental report produced this month by the Informal Working Group (IWG) of 35 countries that was set up after the meeting of world leaders convened by The Prince at St James’s Palace in April. [more...]
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22 November 2009
AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned fellow world leaders on Sunday that they "cannot afford to fail" to strike a substantial deal on climate change in Copenhagen next month. [more...]
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22 November 2009
AP - A leading climate change scientist whose private e-mails are included in thousands of documents that were stolen by hackers and posted online said Sunday the leaks may have been aimed at undermining next month's global climate summit in Denmark. [more...]
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22 November 2009
Washington Post: In this nation that embraced one of the world's most aggressive campaigns against global warming, the Pokropp family can almost hear the cha-ching when switching off their lights. A kilowatt of electricity costs three times as much here as it does in the United States, supercharged with high taxes to discourage use and to help fund renewable energy development. Meanwhile, a 50 percent "eco-tax" has sent the price of gasoline soaring to $8 a gallon. To manage costs, the family of three ... [more...]
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22 November 2009
The News: Poverty stricken people, living in the rural and coastal areas of Pakistan, are more prone to the devastating effects of climate change. It has been noted in various studies and researches that people linked to agriculture and fishing may be the worst hit by global warming and food security issues. The rising temperature and non-consistent precipitation are feared to affect them, resulting in falling agricultural produce and rising sea levels. Cognisant of the situation arising ... [more...]
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22 November 2009
Guardian: Hundreds of rescuers in northern China are battling to reach 21 miners trapped after a huge gas explosion early yesterday killed at least 87 of their colleagues. But the prospects of finding more survivors of the deadliest blast in almost two years are rapidly diminishing. The workers are thought to be about a third of a mile underground in the pit in Heilongjiang province, near the Russian border. China's mining industry is the deadliest in the world, with more than 3,000 ... [more...]
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22 November 2009
Guardian: Thousands of jobs that were to have been created in Britain to build the next generation of nuclear power plants could be heading overseas instead, after Westinghouse, the nuclear company sold by the government three years ago to Toshiba, chose one of its largest shareholders as the lead contractor to build reactors. Westinghouse is expected to confirm this week that it has appointed US-based Shaw Group to head up its £10bn nuclear programme, passing over the favourite for the ... [more...]
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22 November 2009
Associated Press: A small amount of radiation has been detected in a reactor building at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in central Pennsylvania. Officials say there is no public health risk. About 150 employees were sent home after the radiation was detected Saturday afternoon. Exelon Nuclear spokeswoman Beth Archer says investigators are searching for the cause. She says the radiation was quickly contained. Radiological surveys showed the contamination was confined to surfaces ... [more...]
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22 November 2009
Al Jazeera: Billions of people around the world are facing political instability as a result of climate change, and international negotiations are failing to address the issue, a prominent peace-building organisation has said. In a report entitled Climate Change, Conflict and Fragility due to be released this week, International Alert says that poorer, badly governed countries are at risk of falling victim to climate related conflict. "Effects of climate change such as more frequent ... [more...]
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22 November 2009
Business Mirror: PRESIDENT Arroyo plans to push for a "binding and legal" agreement that would save the world from catastrophic climate change should she attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP 15) next month, Malacañang announced on Sunday. Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said, "She doesn't want mere promises without any commitments. So that is the Philippine and personal position." It may just be a forlorn effort. He added the President's possible participation in ... [more...]
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última actualización: jueves 15 de octubre de 2009