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Sermon on the Mount a global scare too far
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SPRING arrived this week with gentle hope and lots of daffodils.
As I skipped along the road to The Scotsman, I felt euphoric at the
turn of the seasons and the bounty of Mother Nature. Then I got to
the local paper shop.
Emblazoned on the front pages were pictures of Mount Kilimanjaro
in Tanzania, minus its iconic halo of pristine snow. The headlines
screamed that these dramatic photos were a grim warning of the end of
the world through human-induced global warming. The leaders of th...
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CLIMATE CHANGE: CAUSES, EFFECTS, AND SOLUTIONS
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
; CLIMATE CHANGE: CAUSES, EFFECTS, AND SOLUTIONS John T. Hardy, 2003, 260 pp., $45.00, paperbound, John Wiley and Sons, ISBN 0-470-85019-1 It would be hard to argue that any other scientific issue has captured the attention of the United States public more than climate change over the past decade.
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Exchanging ideas on climate change in the Yukon.
Northern Review
; In May, 2000, the Northern Climate ExChange (NCE) hosted a workshop in Whitehorse called Taking Action on Climate Change in the Yukon. The workshop provided an opportunity for individuals and organisations in the Yukon to identify what needs to be done to address climate change in the Yukon, and to
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Understanding and managing climate change: the UK experience.
The Geographical Journal
; Introduction A 2001 UK survey of the public found climate change came eighth out of a list of 20 current local, regional and global environmental concerns (National Survey of Public Attitudes to Quality of Life; DEFRA 2002). When asked what environmental concern will be most worrying in 20 years'
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Exploration of potential directions for climate change policy in Northern Canada.
Northern Review
; Abstract Climate change is a global issue whose causes and consequences require action at local, national and global levels. Despite the relatively small contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, which are the cause of anthropogenic climate change, by residents of Northern Canada, scientists
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Climate Change and the Global Harvest--Potential Impacts of the Greenhouse Effect on Agriculture.(Review)
Crop Science
; Climate Change and the Global Harvest--Potential Impacts of the Greenhouse Effect on Agriculture. C. ROSENZWEIG AND D. HILLEL. Oxford University Press, 198 Madison Ave., New York, 10016. 1998. Hardback, 324 pp., $65.00. ISBN 0-19-508889-1. The ultimate purpose of this book is to explore the global
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Climate Change, Future Conflict and the Role of Climate Science
RUSI Journal
; Climate Change There is now a general consensus amongst climate scientists that the Earth is undergoing significant warming, mainly as a result of human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases and landuse changes. The last Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Third Assessment Report (IPCCTAR)
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Ecumenical responses to climate change: a summary of the history and dynamics of ecumenical involvement in the issue of climate change.(The Churches and Climate Change)
The Ecumenical Review
; ... understanding that ecumenical (from oikos) pertains first to earth and refers secondarily to the churches as bearers of the good news of redemption and salvation as the redemption and salvation of all creation. The true offence of socio-environmental degradation ...
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Backs to the wind: for prudent insurers, climate change means greater risks and bigger opportunities.(Property/Casualty: Business Strategy)
Best's Review
; [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Climate Change: Insurers Respond The Second Party of a Series The climate change issue is converging upon the insurance industry like rapid fire. With so many new developments on the horizon, it's difficult for insurers or their executives to assimilate risks and burgeoning
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Climate change: Dark clouds on horizon
New Straits Times
; Climate change: Dark clouds on horizon Byline: Azmi Khalid; Boyd McCleary Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section Column: Comment ON Sept 24, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon convened the first-ever high-level meeting focused on climate change. Heads of state represented 80 of the
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Tourism in a warmer world: the travel industry is taking climate change very seriously indeed. Christian Amodeo reports from the First International Conference on Climate Change and Tourism, held in Djerba, Tunisia.
Geographical
; Climate change, it is said, is set to cause widespread misery. Predictions suggest that worldwide an additional 170 million people will be severely water stressed by 2050. For some time now, scientists and NGOs have been warning of the dangers of global warming. And recently politicians and
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