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Climate change will mean the average temperatures in Ireland will increase by 1.4 to 1.8 degrees Celsius by 2050, according to a new report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Ireland. “Climate Change in Ireland: Refining the Impacts for Ireland” outlines the expected changes the nation needs to
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The Met Office puts the focus on how climate change will affect the future of housing design at its exhibit at Grand Designs Live, which opens Saturday in London. In coming decades, new houses will not only need smaller carbon footprints than today’s, but will also need to stand
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A new international Gallup poll makes a fascinating discovery: the greater a country’s gross domestic product is per unit of energy consumed, the more likely it is that its citizens believe humans are responsible for climate change. For example, 75 per cent or more of those polled in Columbia,
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The European Commission is proposing that member countries begin planning now to adapt to climate change, which recent research shows coming faster than previous forecasts indicated. Regional and national authorities will need to focus on the necessary infrastructure changes, while the EU plans to focus on helping nations, communities and
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The latest round of international climate change talks are now under way in Bonn. Speaking on opening day, Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, warned that not much time remains to negotiate a meaningful response to climate change before the next round
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The Independent features a fascinating story this week about the first person awarded Employment Equality rights for his “philosophical belief” in climate change. Tim Nicholson was sacked last summer from his job as an environmental policy officer at Grainger plc. During an employment tribunal in London this week, a judge
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Forum for the Future is asking the public to help it choose the winning entry in its global competition for innovation to tackle climate change. The winner, to be announced 3 April, will be awarded a prize of $75,000, sponsored by Hewlett-Packard. The sustainable development charity organisation received nearly
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Scientists attending the “Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions” summit in Copenhagen that wrapped up today have released the six key conclusions reached by participants: 1. Climate trends are worsening and accelerating. “(T)he worst-case IPCC (for ‘Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’) scenario trajectories (or even worse) are being
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Cooling and watering bills aren’t the only costs likely to rise as climate change accelerates: new research warns that we can also expect global warming to bring us higher expenses for insurance, medical care and public maintenance. Alistair Hunt, a researcher at the University of Bath, presented those findings
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Research published in this month’s issue of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery finds a connection between warmer temperatures and dog bites to children. The researchers speculate the connection might be due either to the fact that children play outdoors with dogs more frequently in warmer months, or to the fact
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The government today launched a new programme focused on helping the UK avoid dangerous climate change. A joint effort of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the programme seeks to improve the government’s evidence base on climate
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Hmm, so which is it? Are the world’s developed countries falling short in their commitments to fight global climate change, or are they charging forward with initiatives despite the world’s economic woes? A bit of both, apparently. The Deutsche Bank Group’s DB Advisors today released research showing
