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Climate Change, DRRM Articles, Province

Fisherfolk of Naborot Island find hope in seaweeds

FISHERFOLKS. Women of Naborot Island harvest seaweeds while it’s low tide. All photos from Dennis Amata/ CARE

Amid the effects of El Nino, seaweed production help the fisherfolk community of Naborot Island to recover from Super Typhoon Yolanda

ILOILO, Philippines (May 26, 2016) — The northern part of Iloilo boasts of pristine islands that attract local and international tourists. While people from these islands hugely benefit from tourism for their livelihood, the fisherfolks in a small yet scenic island called Naborot found hope in planting seaweeds. Continue reading Fisherfolk of Naborot Island find hope in seaweeds →

Climate Change, Foreign

UN names special envoys for El Niño and climate

SPECIAL ENVOYS. Macharia Kamau (L) and Mary Robinson (R) are the United Nations’ special envoys for El Niño and climate. Kamau photo by Miguel Medina/AFP; Robinson photo by Patrick Kovarik/AFP

The new special envoys will be responsible for ‘raising the profile and sounding the alarm,’ says UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

UNITED NATIONS (May 22, 2016) — UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday, May 20, appointed former Irish President Mary Robinson and Kenyan diplomat Macharia Kamau as special envoys for El Niño and climate. Continue reading UN names special envoys for El Niño and climate →

Climate Change, Foreign

Climate change, chaos and inexact computing

Photograph: Valeriy Novikov/Perimeter Institute

Perimeter Institute public lecture by Tim Palmer of Oxford University

May 5, 2016 — The May 2016 Perimeter Institute public lecture is this evening. Tim Palmer of Oxford University will take about climate change, and the computational techniques used to evaluate the predictability and dynamics of weather and climate. The lecture Continue reading Climate change, chaos and inexact computing →

Climate Change, Foreign

NOAA temperature adjustments bring data closer to pristine

The U.S. Climate Reference Network consists of 114 stations, including this one in Capitol Reef National Park, Torrey, Utah. Photograph: NOAA
A new study finds that NOAA temperature adjustments are doing exactly what they’re supposed to

March 5, 2016 — Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX) has embarked upon a witch-hunt against climate scientists at NOAA, accusing them of conspiring to fudge global temperature data. However, a Continue reading NOAA temperature adjustments bring data closer to pristine →

Climate Change, Foreign

El Niño begins decline after ‘powerful’ impact

EXTREME WEATHER. Many districts in Thailand, as many parts of the world, are battling changing weather patterns and record-breaking droughts. File photo by Barbara Walton/EPA
The weather phenomenon passes its peak, but it will still remain until the middle of 2016

GENEVA, Switzerland (Feb. 19, 206) — The 2015-2016 El Niño weather phenomenon, one of the most powerful on record, has begun its decline but continues to have a strong influence on global Continue reading El Niño begins decline after ‘powerful’ impact →

Climate Change, Foreign

January 2016 hottest since records began

Image by Rappler.com
The average temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.87ºF (1.04ºC) above the 20th century average for January

WASHINGTON DC, USA (Feb. 18, 2016) — Last month was the hottest January in modern times, US data showed Wednesday, February 17, the latest in a string of heat records fueling concerns over the pace of climate change.

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Climate Change, Foreign

US, Canada and Mexico sign clean energy pact

Wind turbine image from Shutterstock
The trio will also collaborate on environmental stewardship

OTTAWA, Canada (Feb. 13, 2016) — Canada, Mexico and the United States signed a draft agreement Friday, February 12 to curb greenhouse gas emissions while increasing their energy interdependence.

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Climate Change, Foreign

Recovering tropical forests a sponge for CO2

A re-emerging forest. Photo from Kalikasan PNE
The research challenges long-standing assumptions that virgin tropical forests untouched by logging or industry do a better job of sopping up carbon dioxide

PARIS, France (Feb. 4, 2016) — Tropical forests reclaiming land cleared for agriculture or livestock not only grow quickly, but absorb far more CO2 from the atmosphere than old-growth trees, according to a study released Wednesday, February 3.

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Foreign

‘Doomsday’ clock remains at 3 minutes to midnight

CLOSE TO ‘DOOMSDAY’ Lawrence Krauss, director of the Arizona State University New Origins Initiative, helps unveil the ‘Doomsday Clock’ after the announcement that the historic clock would remain at 3 minutes to midnight, in Washington, DC, USA, January 26, 2016. Michael Reynolds/EPA
The clock serves as a metaphor for how close humanity is to destroying the planet, and was most recently moved closer to midnight in 2015

WASHINGTON DC, USA (Jan. 27, 2016) — Nuclear threats and climate change pose strong threats to the planet and a symbolic “doomsday” clock will stay at three minutes to midnight, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said Tuesday, January 26.

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Climate Change, Nation

Global climate pledges enough to limit warming, but…

coal-fired power plant
DARK CLOUDS. A file photo dated March 2, 2012 shows steam and fumes emerging from the brown coal-fired power plant Niederaussem operated by RWE near Bergheim, Germany. Oliver Berg/EPA

MANILA, Philippines (Oct. 30, 2015) — A summary of pledges from more than 140 United Nations member-states showed that it is still possible to limit global warming to below the danger threshold – but countries need to do more to avoid more devastating impacts of climate change.

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