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allAfrica.com: Uganda: The Interplay Between Gender and Climate Change - 0 views

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  • A United Nations Development Program Report of 2008 states that 83% of people who die due to impacts brought about by climate change disasters are women. Women and men are affected in different ways because of the different socio-cultural structure of their roles.
  • The 2009 State of Uganda Population Report focusing on 'addressing the effects of climate change on migration patterns and women' recognized that women in developing countries like Uganda produce 60% to 80% of food, and are also responsible for collecting firewood and water. This links women primarily to natural resources and if these resources like water are affected due to climate change then women are most likely to suffer. The Report states that 70% of the world's poor are women with most of them becoming the victims of climate change impacts.
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Climate Change, Extreme Weather Linked In Studies Examining Texas Drought And U.K. Heat - 0 views

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  • "Currently, attribution of single extreme events to anthropogenic climate change remains challenging,"
  • Attribution is possible, they said, as long as it is framed in terms of probability, rather than certainty. So instead of saying climate change caused a heat wave, researchers could gauge how much more or less likely the heat wave was in a world where the climate is changing
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Americans connect dots between global warming and extreme weather - Capital Weather Gang - The Washington Post - 0 views

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    Most Americans get it: global warming is intensifying heat waves and extreme precipitation to some degree. That's the take away from a new public opinion survey from the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication and George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication.
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The End of Pasta - Newsweek and The Daily Beast - 0 views

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  • “I don’t think there’s any question” that climate change is already affecting wheat production in North Dakota, says Roger Johnson, a former durum farmer who was the state’s agriculture commissioner from 1996 to 2009.
  • The televised horrors of Hurricane Sandy may help break the climate silence that still afflicts many Americans. “Mother Nature is better at bringing people to Jesus than any politician is,” notes Jay Fuhrer, the extension agent. But a fear of offending friends and neighbors still inhibits many. “The first thing we always talk about here is the weather, because it affects our lives so much,” says Donny Nelson. “But global warming, people just don’t get into it.”
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  • le underground locations, has given rise to a massive expansion of production. In November the International Energy Agency projected that the U.S. will become the world’s leading oil producer by 2020, surpassing even Saudi Arabia. The Bakken deposits are a big reason why.
  • In November the International Energy Agency projected that the U.S. will become the world’s leading oil producer by 2020, surpassing even Saudi Arabia. The Bakken deposits are a big reason why.
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