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24.01.2011
Forest accords not saving trees, experts
NEW YORK — International accords on saving vulnerable forests are having little impact because they do not attack the core causes such as growing demand for biofuels and food crops, a new report said.
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23.01.2011
U.N. climate plans said too narrow to save forests
(Reuters) - World efforts to slow deforestation should do more to address underlying causes such as rising demand for crops or biofuels, widening from a U.N. focus on using trees to fight climate change, a study said Monday.
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20.01.2011
New climate data shows warming world: WMO
GENEVA (Reuters) – Last year tied for the hottest year on record, confirming a long-term warming trend which will continue unless greenhouse gas emissions are cut, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday.
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20.01.2011
2010 hits global temperature high
2010 was the warmest year since global temperature records began in 1850 - although margins of uncertainty make it a statistical tie with 1998 and 2005.
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19.01.2011
UAE energy plan a model for the Gulf
ABU DHABI // UAE efforts to minimise its contribution to climate change could serve as a model for the rest of the Gulf, says the UN diplomat heading up efforts to reach a global climate deal.
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19.01.2011
Climate change to spur crop shortages, study claims
The world may be 2.4 degrees warmer by the end of this decade, and that could have deadly consequences for global food production, according to a new study overseen by Nobel Prize-winning climate scientist Osvaldo Canziani.
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18.01.2011
Climate fight 'can boost recovery'
Addressing climate change could contribute to the recovery of the global economy, said Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz.
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18.01.2011
Imperiul Roman, invins de schimbarile climatice
Schimbarile climatice ar putea fi responsabile de decaderea imperiului roman, sustin oamenii de stiinta de la Institutul elvetian de Cercetare pentru Paduri, Zapada si Peisaj. Acestia au ajuns la aceasta concluzie dupa ce au studiat inelele de pe sectiunea transversala a copacilor seculari pentru a face legatura intre schimbarile climatice si marile evenimente din istoria omenirii, precum migratiile, epidemiile si aparitia si decaderea imperiilor.
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17.01.2011
Expiry of Kyoto fails to inspire urgency in climate talks
Government representatives from around the world convened in Cancun, Mexico late last year for the UN climate change negotiations in an effort to reach agreement on a successor regime to the Kyoto protocol, which expires next year.
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17.01.2011
Heated debate for Durban
The Seventeenth Conference of the Parties (COP 17) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will be held in Durban in December.
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