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Climate change compounds Ethiopia's food crisis

AFP - Sat Nov 14, 6:17 am ET

Standing amidst a group of scrawny fellow Ethiopian farmers, Tuke Shika points to the scorching sun when asked why his food reserves have dwindled this year.

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Climate change compounds Ethiopia's food crisis
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 14, 6:17 am ET
Standing amidst a group of scrawny fellow Ethiopian farmers, Tuke Shika points to the scorching sun when asked why his food reserves have dwindled this year.
The business of climate: A look to technology
CNN - Sat Nov 14, 2:42 am ET
Tim Flannery believes the future peace and stability of the world rides on action at next month's United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.
Obama must be more engaged on climate change: Greenpeace
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 13, 12:15 pm ET
Greenpeace, the global environmental group, called Friday on US President Barack Obama to become more engaged on climate change at home and abroad, just two days ahead of his visit to China.
Clinton: No binding climate deal at Denmark talks
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 13, 9:17 am ET
Next month's climate change summit in Copenhagen is not likely to produce a legally binding treaty to cut the greenhouse gas emissions that are widely blamed for global warming, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday.
Black Carbon Pollution May Be Key to Global Warming
Time Magazine - Fri Nov 13, 5:25 am ET
By some estimates, black carbon may account for as much as 18% of the planet's warming, making it the No. 2 contributor to climate change after carbon dioxide
NAM Speaks Softly on Climate -- Does It Carry a Big Stick?
New York Times - Fri Nov 13, 1:42 pm ET
The biggest U.S. manufacturers' alliance has gone from being a ferocious critic of global warming legislation to being a quie...
Australian Seaside Homes at Risk From Climate Change, Wong Says
Bloomberg - Fri Nov 13, 9:28 pm ET
The report calls airports, ports and other industries also vulnerable, Wong said in an e-mailed statement. The government has set up a council to develop a strategy to counter the risks.
Warming brings early demise to Bolivian glacier
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 13, 6:10 am ET
Once home to the highest ski resort in the world and now reduced to a rocky mountainside, Bolivia's Chacaltaya range bears powerful witness to the precipitous melting of glaciers.
Global warming a growing threat to Arctic reindeer
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 13, 5:48 am ET
On Norway's border with Russia, the consequences of climate change are affecting the reindeer population as rising temperatures hit food stocks and industry growth eats into vital grazing land.
APEC leaders back off on emissions cut target - draft
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 14, 8:09 am ET
Asia Pacific leaders are backing away from a target of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, pledging instead to "substantially" slash them by that date, the latest draft of their summit statement says.
Letters
Tulsa World - Sat Nov 14, 3:30 am ET
'Tax is tax'
Delegates discuss way forward in UN climate talks
Park Hills Daily Journal - Sat Nov 14, 5:56 am ET
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Countries most vulnerable to climate change said Friday they were incensed that rich nations were rethinking the timetable for concluding a global treaty that would hold them to legally binding targets for cutting emissions.
Haggling over global warming
CNN Money - Fri Nov 13, 4:19 am ET
The success of a congressional effort to push through stymied climate change legislation remains far from a sure thing.
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UPI - Fri Nov 13, 12:13 pm ET
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Brazil to offer carbon cut of 36% at UN climate meet
AFP via Yahoo! News - 43 minutes ago
Brazil said Friday it would offer a "voluntary" cut of at least 36 percent in greenhouse gas emissions at the UN conference on climate change in Copenhagen next month.
The Tree of Life - The Practical Answer to the Fight Against Global Warming
PRWeb via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 14, 2:01 am ET
An olive grove in South Africa's Western Cape Province is the unlikely setting for an ambitious environmental and humanitarian project which aims to combat global warming and ease the plight of children born into AIDS-ravaged communities. It has already caught the imagination of environmentally-aware companies and individuals in Europe with its simple and straightforward approach to the global ...
U.S. considers interim climate change plan
UPI - Fri Nov 13, 10:33 am ET
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. officials are considering an interim climate change pact before next month's summit in Denmark, tackling a more ambitious plan next year, officials said.
U.S. considers backing interim international climate agreement
Washington Post - Fri Nov 13, 12:00 am ET
Less than a month before negotiators will meet in Copenhagen with the lofty goal of crafting a deal to curb global greenhouse gas emissions, the Obama administration is considering endorsing a limited short-term climate pact and deferring more ambitious action until next year.
Trade, climate should be dealt with together
Washington Post - Fri Nov 13, 12:00 am ET
How we can treat the problems together.
Bolivian Glacier Melting Faster Than Experts Projected
redOrbit - Fri Nov 13, 5:21 pm ET
Image Caption: The world's highest ski resort at the Chacaltaya glacier in La Paz, Bolivia. Courtesy Ville Miettinen - Wikipedia

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