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Dale Bard

Climate change: Key influencers in the debate - 0 views

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    Climate change remains the most divisive issue of our age. As countries prepare to meet for the latest round of international talks to stop global warming, who are the key people influencing the debate?
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    Climate change remains the most divisive issue of our age. As countries prepare to meet for the latest round of international talks to stop global warming, who are the key people influencing the debate?
Simon Harrison

Climate change will increase threat of war, Chris Huhne to warn - 1 views

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    UK climate secretary to tell defence experts that conflict caused by climate change risks reversing the progress of civilisation Climate change will lead to an increased threat of wars, violence and military action against the UK, and risks reversing the progress of civilisation, the energy and climate secretary Chris Huhne will say on Thursday, in his strongest warning yet that the lack of progress on greenhouse gas emission cuts would damage the UK's national interests.
Simon Harrison

Could climate change be a good thing? - 0 views

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    This question and answer is part of the Guardian's ultimate climate change FAQ* See all questions and answers* Read about the project A changing climate isn't inherently bad, and commentators who are sceptical about the risks posed by global warming often point to the benefits that higher temperatures could bring - such as longer growing seasons in cool countries and more efficient shipping routes through an ice-free Arctic.
Simon Harrison

The G20 must tackle climate change - 0 views

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    Action cannot be put off until the economic storm has passed. The poor countries most vulnerable to the extreme weather associated with climate change need help now
Tom Fisher

Climate Change Deniers vs The Concensus - 1 views

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    A visual map of the arguments for and against human-caused global climate change.
Simon Harrison

Obama's envoy for climate change casts doubt on Kyoto protocol - 0 views

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    President Barack Obama's chief climate change negotiator has issued a warning over the future of the Kyoto protocol, casting doubt on a key plank of international climate talks this December in South Africa.
Simon Harrison

The threat posed by climate change in Bangladesh - in pictures - 0 views

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    Christian Aid highlights the plight of the millions of Bangladeshis forced to live along constantly changing river systems on World Environment Day
Simon Harrison

'We have seen the enemy': Bangladesh's war against climate change - 0 views

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    Devastating cyclones, floods, erosion and ruined crops have made Bangladeshis 'the most aware society on climate change in the world'
Simon Harrison

Why Australia is vulnerable to both climate change and climate sceptics - 0 views

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    Australia is often cited as being particularly vulnerable to climate change, with projections of longer droughts punctuated by increasingly horrendous floods. In Western Australia, rainfall has already declined by 20%, and the tragic "Black Saturday" bush fires that claimed 173 lives in 2009 were amplified by an unprecedented heatwave. It is less well known that Australia is also a coal "superpower," being the world's largest exporter of this dirtiest of all fossil fuels.
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