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Here comes the sun: 2010 expected to be hottest year yet
According to scientific predictions made by the Met Office, 2010 will be the world’s warmest year on record with man-made climate change a huge factor.
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What is the relationship between tourism and climate change in the developing world?
The connection between climate change and international tourism presents a host of challenges, with a number of varying perspectives that identify how the role of tourism affects both the physical and political sides of the international climate debate.
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‘Climategate’ for Idiots: can we get back to reality now?
While the naysayers literally jumped at the chance to debunk all scientific study pertaining to the effects of climate change, we proponents for the environmental movement side-stepped that debate entirely in a rush to defend the real science. Now, the debate is settled. At least, for the intelligent people out there. The idiots are still buying Hummers.
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Put away the pitchforks, people – climate change is still real
Last week’s climate change email “scandal” has sent both sides of the argument into an absolute tizzy. Let’s try to clear the air once and for all.
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Which cities are in the greatest danger from rising sea levels?
According to measurements by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), rising sea levels will be a huge threat to even the most advanced cities – not to mention small, island nations – with predicted levels twice as high as originally thought.
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All aboard the month-long Climate Change Express to Copenhagen
The Climate Change Express is a one-month, 9,000-kilometer journey that symbolically joins the site of the last global warming pact with what is hoped to be the birthplace of the next major, and stricter, treaty to combat climate change.
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Still think climate change is a hoax? 23 million starving Africans disagree
As agricultural and water-supply devastation sweeps across the globe, our food and resource supplies will dwindle to nothing. On this small and fragile planet, East Africa is a lot closer than many will admit.
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What will the Arctic look like in 20 years due to global warming?
A new study suggests that the Arctic will be ice-less within the next 20 years, due to rapid acceleration of sea ice loss from global warming. How do we as world citizens fight this change?
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Breaking through the hype: How can living green be easy and affordable?
A new “how-to” online guide wants to show people just how to “go green” from start to finish while actually saving money.
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How one resort company is working to restore forests and water sources in Colorado
Popular hotel and resort chain, Vail Resorts, has entered into a new partnership to help restore forest lands and improve water quality in one of the most comprehensive forest conservation projects in the country – a project “catalyzed” seven years ago during Colorado’s largest and most devastating wildfire.
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Seven billion trees are public proof of action against climate change
The United Nation’s Billion Tree Campaign is a clear indicator of the public’s overwhelming desire to witness real, definitive action against climate change. The UN has just announced the campaign’s amazing feat of having planted 7 billion trees – one for every person on the planet.
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How much of an impact has Al Gore made on climate change education? A lot, actually.
An independent consulting company has recently issued a new report that says the Nobel Laureate and former Vice President’s non-profit environmental activism organization, The Climate Project, is a key factor in transforming public perception of climate change.
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How arctic warming affects the entire world, not just polar bears
A new study by WWF indicates that warming in the Arctic will have devastating consequences on the entire planet due to harmful greenhouse gases and significant shifts in global weather patterns that could disrupt the lives and livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people – all at a much worse rate than previously predicted.
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Kenya builds on social and environmental responsibility with new tree-planting pledge
Over the next two decades, Kenyan communities have pledged to plant 7.6 billion trees in order to counter massive deforestation in the region. Currently, only 2% of Kenya remains forested – far less than the minimum 10% required cover for healthy ecosystems.
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The Antarctica Challenge: A Global Warning takes the stage in Copenhagen
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has partnered with Canada’s Polar Cap Production’s, Inc. to present Mark Terry’s new climate change documentary The Antarctica Challenge: A Global Warning in Copenhagen during this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, December 7 to 18, 2009.
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Green economy of tomorrow: Youth of the world take on Climate Change
The biggest-ever youth gathering on climate change is calling for real action in time for this December’s UN climate conference in Copenhagen. The Tunza International Children and Youth Conference, representing three billion people – the children and youth of the planet – are planning to converge on the Republic of Korea on August 17-23 to voice their demands for action on climate change and rally support for the December conference.
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Teachers can win an eco-adventure to Antarctica
Environmental leader and polar explorer Robert Swan has joined Broadway Books and NativeEnergy to launch the “ANTARCTICA 2041 Teachers’ Contest,” providing U.S. and Canadian teachers the opportunity to win a free trip to Antarctica and join Swan on his 2041 International Antarctic Treaty Expedition in November 2009. The trip brings together eighty teachers, students, corporate leaders, and environmental experts from around the world will come together to gain first hand knowledge of Antarctica’s fragile ecosystems.
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Tell the White House to save our coral reefs!
Spearheaded by conservation group the Coral Reef Alliance, a coalition of 44 marine conservation and stakeholder groups as well as 117 marine scientists have been rallied together to call upon the Obama administration and Congress to protect the our shore’s coral habitats.
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Building on a message of ‘Hope’ against climate change
The United Nations is launching a new global campaign – ‘Hopenhagen’ – to harness action prior to this December’s U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. Joined by the International Advertising Association (IAA) and other media agencies, the U.N aims to empower people and generate mass activation around the world in order to adjust the fate of the planet.
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Flyers choose green with a new flight booking tool
Even in today’s rough economy, travelers are eager to put the environment first. A new and free online flight search tool has shown that, when given a choice, travelers typically choose carbon-efficient flights.
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