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March 21, 2014--World faces 'water-energy' crisis (Global Post)

Surging populations and economies in the developing world will cause a double crunch in demand for water and energy in the coming decades, the UN said Friday. In a report published on the eve of World...

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March 27, 2014--Study: Global warming will harm agriculture sooner than...

As hundreds of government officials and scientists huddle this week in Yokohama, Japan to polish the final draft of a major climate report, new research is revealing the depth and urgency of the puzzle...

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March 29, 2014--UN panel: 8 reasons to worry about global warming (Washington...

A United Nations panel of scientists is joining the list craze with what they call eight “key risks” that are part of broader “reasons for concern” about climate change. It’s part of a massive report...

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March 30, 2014--Meeting climate targets may require reducing meat and dairy...

Greenhouse gas emissions from food production may threaten the UN climate target of limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, according to research at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. On...

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March 30, 2014--On oil-water nexus (Arab News)

In addition to the conventional energy market issues, mainly oil, related to price and production, the industry seems to be gearing for a new worry — how to handle the oil-water nexus. A recent UN...

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April 1, 2014--U.S. calls costs of inaction on global warming "catastrophic"...

If the world doesn't cut pollution of heat-trapping gases, the already-noticeable harms of global warming could spiral "out of control," the head of a United Nations scientific panel warned Monday. And...

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April 10, 2014--Energy-water nexus around the world and the missing link...

The energy-water nexus is gaining traction with diverse stakeholders around the world and it is becoming increasingly clear that we cannot plan for our planet’s future if we do not consider energy and...

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May 13, 2014--Water crisis lies on the horizon (News 24)

By the end of this century, billions are likely to gripped by water stress and the stuff of life could be an unseen driver of conflict. So say hydrologists who forecast that on present trends,...

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May 19, 2014--U.N. decries water as weapon of war in military conflicts...

The United Nations, which is trying to help resolve the widespread shortage of water in the developing world, is faced with a growing new problem: the use of water as a weapon of war in ongoing...

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May 21, 2014--Deteriorating environment threatens human health worldwide...

“Our planet, our planet, is losing its capacity to sustain human life in good health,” Dr. Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization warned Monday at the opening session of the...

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August 26, 2014--Draft of upcoming IPCC report presents stark view of the...

Global warming is here, human-caused and probably already dangerous — and it's increasingly likely that the heating trend could be irreversible, a draft of a new international science report says.read...

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September 13, 2014--How evolutionary principles could help save our world...

The age of the Anthropocene--the scientific name given to our current geologic age--is dominated by human impacts on our environment. A warming climate. Increased resistance of pathogens and pests. A...

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October 8, 2014--Scientists sound alarm over ocean acidification (ABC)

Ocean acidificationhas risen by a quarter since pre-industrial times as a result of rising carbon emissions, casting a shadow over the seas as a future source of food, scientists warned on...

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November 9, 2014--World governments failing Earth's ecosystems, says top...

Governments are lagging behind on international commitments to safeguard the planet’s ecosystems, with politicians failing to grasp that economic growth depends upon environmental protection, the head...

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December 5, 2014--Only 60 years of farming left if soil degradation continues...

Generating three centimeters of top soil takes 1,000 years, and if current rates of degradation continue all of the world's top soil could be gone within 60 years, a senior UN official said on...

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December 5, 2014--Adapting to a warmer climate could cost almost three times...

Adapting to a warmer world will cost hundreds of billions of dollars and up to three times as much as previous estimates, even if global climate talks manage to keep temperature rises below dangerous...

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December 15, 2014--Climate deal would commit every nation to limiting...

 Negotiators from around the globe reached a climate change agreement early Sunday that would, for the first time in history, commit every nation to reducing its rate of greenhouse gas emissions — yet...

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December 23, 2014--U.N. disaster chief warns of more natural catastrophes to...

Margareta Wahlstrom, the United Nations’ top official on natural disasters, will be in Khao Lak on Friday for the anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami with a message: “Expect events to happen...

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January 1, 2014--2015 Preview: Sustainable goals push water to center stage...

Environmental groups thunder from the margins that protecting rivers, trees, and soil is necessary to keep the world economy from a spectacular derailment. Business executives and government officials...

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January 5, 2015--Climate change will cause irreversible impacts if action is...

Climate change is undoubtedly upon us, and it will cause irreversible impacts on both the environment and world economies if action is not immediately taken, warns a new report from the...

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