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Study warns of cascading health risks from the changing climate

Thu, 29 Nov 2018 02:45:00 +0100seattletimes (en)

Crop yields are declining. Tropical diseases like dengue fever are showing up in unfamiliar places, including in the United States. Tens of millions of people are exposed to extreme heat. These are the stark findings of a wide-ranging scientific report that lays out the growing risks of climate....

Study Warns of Cascading Health Risks From the Changing Climate

Thu, 29 Nov 2018 00:46:00 +0100nytimes (en)

, our email newsletter. Crop yields are declining. Tropical diseases like dengue fever are showing up in unfamiliar places, including in the United States. Tens of millions of people are exposed to extreme heat. These are the stark findings of a wide-ranging scientific report that lays out the....

How air pollution could end up killing you

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 23:03:00 +0100guardian (en)

The Trump administration published a major report on climate change the day after Thanksgiving. We will explore the major findings each day this week. People with masks in San Francisco try to shield themselves from the smokey air brought about by the recent wildfires. Air pollution causes breathing and heart problems.

World faces 'impossible' task at post-Paris climate talks

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 22:04:00 +0100hjnews (en)

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2011 file photo, people carry baskets of coal scavenged illegally at an open-cast mine in the village of Bokapahari in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand. 2018 is expected to see another 2 percent increase in human-made emissions, as construction of coal-fired power plants....

How to Hide Global Warming in Plain Sight

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 18:13:00 +0100opednews (en)

Recent wildfires have wreaked absolute havoc in California, covering more than 242,000 acres, destroying more than 13,000 structures including an entire town of 26,000, and killing at least 80 people with hundreds still unaccounted for. Driven by unprecedented drought conditions, this is the worst....

Continue reading Climate change to bring North Texas longer droughts, heavy rains, 120-degree temps within 25 years

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 17:33:00 +0100dallasnews (en)

Heat. More record-setting heat in North Texas is a virtual certainty. Already, we are living through the warmest period in the history of modern civilization, the federal report found, and that warming will accelerate. Climate science contrarians often attack the models on which climate projections are based.

OPINION: Obama-era Holdovers Issue Fake News Climate Report

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 17:28:00 +0100dailycaller (en)

Obama-era deep-state bureaucrats have issued a dubious climate report that warns of imminent devastation from global warming. The report presents discredited assertions from environmental activist groups as ‘evidence’ to support its findings, as well as predictions of temperature change and extreme....

Global Water Partnership Train Journos to Rai...

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 16:23:00 +0100modernghana (en)

Global Water Partnership, West Africa has deepened the capacity of about 20 journalists to increase awareness creation and advocacy on drought and flood management in their respective countries. The meeting, co-organized by Global Water Partnership West Africa (GWP-WA), the Volta Basin Authority....

World faces 'impossible' task at post-Paris climate talks

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 15:37:00 +0100siouxcityjournal (en)

In this Nov. 20, 2018 photo workers decorate the venue of the global climate summit that will be held at the site of the closed 'Katowice' coal mine in the city of Katowice, southern Poland, where - three years after sealing a landmark global climate deal in Paris - world leaders are gathering again to agree on the fine print.

Los países con mayor riesgo en caso de sufrir una catástrofe

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 13:11:00 +0100mdzol (es)

"El cálculo de esta fórmula toma en cuenta la exposición de un país a los riesgos naturales y su vulnerabilidad social", dice el informe. "Los que están preparados, los que saben qué hacer cuando ocurre un evento natural extremo, tienen una mayor posibilidad de supervivencia", afirma el informe que....

World faces 'impossible' task at post-Paris climate talks

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 12:56:00 +0100timesdaily (en)

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2018 file photo rescuers dig on the site where victims were believed to have been buried by a landslide after Typhoon Mangkhut barreled across Itogon, Benguet province, northern Philippines. Forest fires from California to Greece, droughts in Germany and Australia, tropical....

World faces 'impossible' task at post-Paris climate talks

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 12:48:00 +0100newswest9 (en)

A recent report by the International Panel on Climate Change warned that time is running out if the world wants to achieve the most ambitious target in the Paris agreement — keeping global warming at 1.5 Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit). The planet has already warmed by about 1 degree since pre-industrial....

World faces 'impossible' task at post-Paris climate talks

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 12:38:00 +0100siouxcityjournal (en)

In this Nov. 20, 2018 photo workers decorate the venue of the global climate summit that will be held at the site of the closed 'Katowice' coal mine in the city of Katowice, southern Poland, where - three years after sealing a landmark global climate deal in Paris - world leaders are gathering again to agree on the fine print.

World faces 'impossible' task at post-Paris climate talks

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 12:36:00 +0100wsfa (en)

A recent report by the International Panel on Climate Change warned that time is running out if the world wants to achieve the most ambitious target in the Paris agreement — keeping global warming at 1.5 Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit). The planet has already warmed by about 1 degree since pre-industrial....

World faces 'impossible' task at post-Paris climate talks

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 12:30:00 +0100muscatinejournal (en)

In this Nov. 20, 2018 photo workers decorate the venue of the global climate summit that will be held at the site of the closed 'Katowice' coal mine in the city of Katowice, southern Poland, where - three years after sealing a landmark global climate deal in Paris - world leaders are gathering again to agree on the fine print.

World faces 'impossible' task at post-Paris climate talks

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 11:55:00 +0100kswo (en)

Top of the agenda during talks starting Sunday in Katowice, Poland, will be finalizing the so-called Paris rulebook, which determines how countries have to count their greenhouse gas emissions, report them to the rest of the world and reveal what they are doing to reduce them.

Catherine Rampell: Republicans should want a carbon tax

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 01:41:00 +0100dailycamera (en)

WASHINGTON - Republicans' latest excuse for ignoring climate change like all their other excuses gets the problem exactly backward. Last week, on Black Friday, the Trump administration tried to bury a congressionally mandated report on the consequences of climate change.

Climate change's impact on your part of the US 58 mins ago

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 16:59:00 +0100wptv (en)

Hawaii and Pacific Islands: Flooding would be devastating, especially on low-lying islands: "... Across the state, nearly 550 Hawaiian cultural sites would be flooded or eroded, 38 miles of major roads would be chronically flooded, and more than 6,500 structures and 25,800 acres of land located near....

Climate change's impact on your part of the US

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 16:41:00 +0100abcactionnews (en)

Hawaii and Pacific Islands: Flooding would be devastating, especially on low-lying islands: "... Across the state, nearly 550 Hawaiian cultural sites would be flooded or eroded, 38 miles of major roads would be chronically flooded, and more than 6,500 structures and 25,800 acres of land located near....

Here's how climate change will impact your part of the country

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 15:52:00 +0100foxcarolina (en)

-- There will be a decline of species that support some of the most valuable and iconic fisheries , including Atlantic cod, Atlantic sea scallops and American lobsters. Expect approximately 650 excess deaths per year caused by extreme heat by 2050. Health risks from contaminated flood waters.

Trump had better “believe it”: the alarming findings of the US climate assessment

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 14:16:00 +0100newstatesman (en)

Since assuming office, President Donald Trump has withdrawn the US from its international commitments to reduce carbon emissions and fight climate change under the Paris Agreement, rolled back domestic environmental legislation, and questioned climate change science, suggesting in an October....

Federal report says what Florida already knows climate change is affecting us now

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 13:16:00 +0100miamiherald (en)

The message of the most comprehensive climate change report the United States has ever released is clear: climate change is already impacting Americans, and if nothing is done it will devastate the economy and disrupt millions of lives. For South Florida, among the most vulnerable regions in the....

Mediterranean forest area on the rise but increasingly in jeopardy

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 12:36:00 +0100fao-en (en)

But forests in the Mediterranean have also been considerably affected by degradation and are increasingly in jeopardy from climate change, population rise, wildfires and water scarcity, the report warns. "Mediterranean forests have long been adapting to pressures caused by human development.

Mediterranean forest area on the rise but increasingly in jeopardy

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 11:43:00 +0100agris-fao (en)

But forests in the Mediterranean have also been considerably affected by degradation and are increasingly in jeopardy from climate change, population rise, wildfires and water scarcity, the report warns. "Mediterranean forests have long been adapting to pressures caused by human development.

Here's how climate change will impact your part of country 13 Mins The lengthy National Climate Assessment released on Friday includes detailed information about how specific regions of the US will be

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 10:45:00 +0100news4jax (en)

-- There will be shorter winters and longer summers. -- There will be a decline of species that support some of the most valuable and iconic fisheries , including Atlantic cod, Atlantic sea scallops and American lobsters. Expect approximately 650 excess deaths per year caused by extreme heat by 2050.

Here's how climate change will impact your part of country 14 Mins The lengthy National Climate Assessment released on Friday includes detailed information about how specific regions of the US will be

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 10:10:00 +0100click2houston (en)

-- There will be shorter winters and longer summers. -- There will be a decline of species that support some of the most valuable and iconic fisheries , including Atlantic cod, Atlantic sea scallops and American lobsters. Expect approximately 650 excess deaths per year caused by extreme heat by 2050.

Climate report Trump tried to bury: key findings No 1 – air pollution kills

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 00:17:00 +0100guardian (en)

The Trump administration published a major report on climate change the day after Thanksgiving. We will explore the major findings each day this week. People with masks in San Francisco try to shield themselves from the smokey air brought about by the recent wildfires. Air pollution causes breathing and heart problems.

Trump doesn't 'believe' report climate change hurts economy. Here are 5 takeaways

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 00:16:00 +0100ABCnews (en)

Trump on Monday said that he's read some of the report and that "it's fine," but he doesn't believe some of the analysis that predicts possible devastating effects on the economy. Here are five things to know about the National Climate Assessment released last week.

Scientists warn new Brazil president may smother rainforest

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 23:25:00 +0100muscatinejournal (en)

In this May 4, 2018 photo released by Ibama, the Brazilian Environmental and Renewable Natural Resources Institute, members of a specialized inspection group of Ibama walk with their weapons up through an area affected by illegal mining, after landing in helicopters in Munduruku indigenous lands in Para state in Brazil's Amazon basin.

Scientists warn new Brazil president may smother rainforest

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 23:00:00 +0100siouxcityjournal (en)

In this June 24, 2017 photo released by Ibama, the Brazilian Environmental and Renewable Natural Resources Institute, agents from the institute navigate the Novo River where they set fire to a structure that was being used by people mining illegally, behind, as they work to combat mining and....

What the major US climate report tells us: air pollution shortens lives

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 22:46:00 +0100guardian (en)

Particulate pollution from smoke and windblown dust will increase, as will smog that forms in higher temperatures. People with masks in San Francisco try to shield themselves from the smokey air brought about by the recent wildfires. Air pollution causes breathing and heart problems. Photograph: John G Mabanglo/EPA.

The Met Office has released a major new report into the impact of climate change

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 17:50:00 +0100plymouthherald (en)

Heatwaves and rising sea levels of more than a metre could threaten the UK in the coming decades without action to cut greenhouse gases, experts have said. Summer temperatures could soar to 5.4C higher than current levels by 2070, while winters could be up to 4.

U.S. gov.’s climate assessment: U.S. already suffering severe consequences of climate change

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 17:47:00 +0100homelandsecuritynewswire (en)

The Fourth National Climate Assessment ( NCA4 )—a quadrennial report mandated by Congress since 1990—was released Friday. Thirteen federal agencies develop the NCA using the best available science to help the nation “understand, assess, predict and respond to” climate change. The 1,500-page report examines the climate and economic impacts U.

Rising sea levels and higher temperatures threaten UK, experts warn

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 16:40:00 +0100oxfordtimes (en)

Heatwaves and rising sea levels of more than a metre could threaten the UK in the coming decades without action to cut greenhouse gases, experts have said. Summer temperatures could soar to 5.4C higher than current levels by 2070, while winters could be up to 4.

Rising sea levels will impact UK 'in the coming decades' if we don't cut greenhouse gases say experts

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 16:13:00 +0100heraldscotland (en)

Heatwaves and rising sea levels of more than a metre could threaten the UK in the coming decades without action to cut greenhouse gases, experts have said. Summer temperatures could soar to 5.4C higher than current levels by 2070, while winters could be up to 4.

BETTER GET USED TO IT UK summers could be 5C warmer by 2070 - with 50% chance of heatwaves Summer temperatures will soar to 5.4C higher than current levels by 2070, experts have warned. While winters could be up to 4.2C warmer if fossil fuel pollution stays high, the new UK climate projections from the Met Office show

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 16:13:00 +0100thesun (en)

Rainfall could fall by almost half in summer by 2070, while rain could be up by more than a third in winter. Even if emissions are cut in line with the Paris climate agreement to curb temperature rises to well below 2C above pre-industrial levels, sea levels could still be 29cm to 70cm higher in the capital by 2100.

The Met Office has released a major new report into the impact of climate change

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 16:07:00 +0100westbriton (en)

Heatwaves and rising sea levels of more than a metre could threaten the UK in the coming decades without action to cut greenhouse gases, experts have said. Summer temperatures could soar to 5.4C higher than current levels by 2070, while winters could be up to 4.

The Met Office has released a major new report into the impact of climate change

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 15:51:00 +0100exeterexpressandecho (en)

Heatwaves and rising sea levels of more than a metre could threaten the UK in the coming decades without action to cut greenhouse gases, experts have said. Summer temperatures could soar to 5.4C higher than current levels by 2070, while winters could be up to 4.

Met Office report: UK summers could be more than 5C warmer by 2070 Evening Standard

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 15:27:00 +0100msn-uk (en)

Launching the new report into how climate change will affect the UK, the first of its kind in almost a decade, Environment Secretary Michael Gove said no-one could predict the future with absolute certainty. In his first major speech on climate change, Mr Gove - who during the EU referendum claimed....

Sudan: ECHO Factsheet – Sudan – November 2018

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 15:07:00 +0100reliefWeb (en)

FACTS & FIGURES. 6 million people are at crisis or emergency levels of food insecurity. 2 million internally displaced people need humanitarian assistance. 930 000 refugees, including 760 000 from South Sudan. 2.3 million acutely malnourished children (source: UNICEF/MoH, OCHA, Aug. 2018) EU humanitarian funding: €41 million in 2018.

Rising sea levels and higher temperatures threaten UK, experts warn

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 15:04:00 +0100wandsworthguardian (en)

Heatwaves and rising sea levels of more than a metre could threaten the UK in the coming decades without action to cut greenhouse gases, experts have said. Summer temperatures could soar to 5.4C higher than current levels by 2070, while winters could be up to 4.

Met Office issue stark warning over rising sea levels and higher temperatures across UK

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 14:57:00 +0100itv (en)

Heatwaves and rising sea levels of more than a metre could threaten the UK in the coming decades without action to cut greenhouse gases, experts have said. Summer temperatures could soar to 5.4C higher than current levels by 2070, while winters could be up to 4.

Met Office report: UK summers could be more than 5C warmer by 2070

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 14:57:00 +0100standard (en)

summers could be more than 5C warmer by 2070 and weeks-long heatwaves are forecast to become the norm by mid-century, experts said today. Summer temperatures could soar to 5.4C higher than current levels by 2070, while winters could be up to 4.2C warmer if fossil fuel pollution stays high, the new UK climate projections from the Met Office show.

Rising sea levels and higher temperatures threaten UK, experts warn

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 14:31:00 +0100yorkpress (en)

Heatwaves and rising sea levels of more than a metre could threaten the UK in the coming decades without action to cut greenhouse gases, experts have said. Summer temperatures could soar to 5.4C higher than current levels by 2070, while winters could be up to 4.

Rising sea levels and higher temperatures threaten UK, experts warn

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 14:16:00 +0100dailyecho (en)

Heatwaves and rising sea levels of more than a metre could threaten the UK in the coming decades without action to cut greenhouse gases, experts have said. Summer temperatures could soar to 5.4C higher than current levels by 2070, while winters could be up to 4.

Rising sea levels and higher temperatures threaten UK, experts warn

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 14:16:00 +0100worcesternews (en)

Heatwaves and rising sea levels of more than a metre could threaten the UK in the coming decades without action to cut greenhouse gases, experts have said. Summer temperatures could soar to 5.4C higher than current levels by 2070, while winters could be up to 4.

Rising sea levels and higher temperatures threaten UK, experts warn

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 14:09:00 +0100chesterfirst (en)

Heatwaves and rising sea levels of more than a metre could threaten the UK in the coming decades without action to cut greenhouse gases, experts have said. Summer temperatures could soar to 5.4C higher than current levels by 2070, while winters could be up to 4.

Rising sea levels and higher temperatures threaten UK, experts warn Heatwaves and rising sea levels of more than a metre could threaten the UK in...

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 14:01:00 +0100belfasttelegraph (en)

Heatwaves and rising sea levels of more than a metre could threaten the UK in the coming decades without action to cut greenhouse gases, experts have said. Summer temperatures could soar to 5.4C higher than current levels by 2070, while winters could be up to 4.

Success stories

Sun, 25 Nov 2018 18:56:00 +0100fao-en (en)

"There’s always a right path for development. You just need to stop and think, and work very hard." Artur, a fisher and rural council member from Toktogul, a city in the Jalal-Abad Region of Kyrgyzstan The project strengthened the right to food and enhanced livelihoods and employment opportunities among the rural poor in Kyrgyzstan.

Mass deaths and mayhem: Climate report's most shocking warnings

Sat, 24 Nov 2018 22:06:00 +0100CBSnews (en)

By Jason Silverstein CBS News November 24, 2018, 3:56 PM Mass deaths and mayhem: National Climate Assessment's most shocking warnings Billions of hours in productivity will be lost. Hundreds of billions of dollars will be wiped from the economy. Tens of thousands of people will die each year.

Trump tried to ‘bury’ climate change report by releasing it on Black Friday: Al Gore

Sat, 24 Nov 2018 18:27:00 +0100cknw (en)

says it’s no coincidence that the Trump administration released a damning report on climate change on a day when Americans are more preoccupied with snagging the best deals for TVs than they are with the future of the planet. On Friday, the White House released the National Climate Assessment by 13....

Trump tried to ‘bury’ climate change report by releasing it on Black Friday: Al Gore

Sat, 24 Nov 2018 18:25:00 +0100globalnews (en)

says it’s no coincidence that the Trump administration released a damning report on climate change on a day when Americans are more preoccupied with snagging the best deals for TVs than they are with the future of the planet. On Friday, the White House released the National Climate Assessment by 13....

Truffle industry will vanish because of climate change – prediction

Sat, 24 Nov 2018 14:15:00 +0100marketbusinessnews (en)

The European truffle industry will probably disappear by the end of this century thanks to climate change , two researchers predict. A drier and warmer climate will be responsible for the decline of the lucrative truffle industry, says Dr. Paul Thomas. at the University of Stirling’s Faculty of Natural Sciences.

Report: Climate change damages 'intensifying across the country'

Sat, 24 Nov 2018 12:33:00 +0100sentinelsource (en)

The federal government on Friday released a long-awaited report with an unmistakable message: The impacts of climate change, from deadly wildfires to increasingly debilitating hurricanes and heat waves, are already battering the United States, and the danger of more such catastrophes is worsening.

US climate report warns of worsening disasters

Sat, 24 Nov 2018 11:44:00 +0100deutschewelle-hr (en)