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Poor hit by climate damage despite adaptation – study
Posted by AlertNet: Megan Rowling on November 27th, 2012
AlertNet: The poorest people in developing countries are suffering negative impacts from extreme weather and rising seas even when they do take measures to adapt to climate change, says a new study from the U.N. University.
Interviews with nearly 1,800 households in parts of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Gambia, Kenya and Micronesia revealed that two thirds or more have experienced loss and damage from climatic stress factors, despite many taking steps to protect themselves and cope with shifting conditions.
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Arab youth offers hope for Doha climate talks
Posted by CNN: Wael Hmaidan on November 27th, 2012
CNN: When the biggest United Nations (U.N.) climate change talks of the year, COP18, get underway in Doha, the capital of Qatar, this week, it will be the first time that the meeting has been hosted by a Middle Eastern country.
As such, the talks provide the perfect opportunity for the countries in the region to prove that they have started to take climate change seriously. The best way to start proving that is to first pledge targets to reduce their carbon emissions.
The Middle East has been through...
My Grandma, the Fracking Matriarch
Posted by Climate Desk: None Given on November 27th, 2012
Climate Desk: This summer, James West and I hopped in our mud-caked rental sedan and followed the oil tankers out of Williston, ND. On my notepad was a scribbled address, a spot deep in the North Dakota prairie, just off the shores of serpentine Lake Sakakawea, twenty miles from the nearest town. As we drove oil rigs cropped up in every direction, each indistinguishable from the last. But somewhere out there was the one we were after: The one with my name on it.
In the most recent issue of Mother Jones, we...
Biblical Literalists’ Clash With Science
Posted by New York Times: Nicholas Wade on November 27th, 2012
New York Times: It was the standard political interview, about ambition and the right size for government. Then came the curveball question to Senator Marco Rubio of Florida from Michael Hainey of GQ magazine: “How old do you think the earth is?” Senator Rubio, a possible contender in the 2016 Republican presidential race, gave the following answer: “I’m not a scientist, man. I can tell you what recorded history says, I can tell you what the Bible says, but I think that’s a dispute amongst theologians.” He went...
Studying Cities to Find Global Warming’s Benefits
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 27th, 2012
New York Times: Heat, carbon dioxide and air pollution are already having significant effects on trees, plants and crops, and for most plant scientists, the debate over climate change ended long before the arrival of extreme weather like Hurricane Sandy. Now, some of those scientists have moved beyond political questions to explore how rising levels of heat and emissions might provide at least some benefits for the planet. “There is a lot of emphasis on the mitigation of global warming, and we need that,” said...