Extreme weather rages, but not concerns over climate change — Cleantech News and Analysis: "Chinese consumers also were less concerned about climate change in the latest poll, and 64 percent said they were concerned in 2011, compared to 77 percent in 2009 (a drop of 17 percent).
For regions with respondents that were less concerned about climate change, other environmental issues also grew in prominence over climate change. For example, environmental concerns like air pollution, use of pesticides, water pollution, packaging waste and water shortages.
In contrast to the declines in concern in the U.S. and China, the study found that concern over climate change increased in Latin America to 90 percent in 2011, up from 85 percent in 2009. In the Middle East and Africa concern over climate jumped to 80 percent in 2011, from 69 percent in 2009 — the highest increase regionally."
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Climate Change Update: Mental illness rise linked to climate
Mental illness rise linked to climate: "The paper suggests a possible link between Australia's recent decade-long drought and climate change. It points to a breakdown of social cohesion caused by loss of work and associated stability, adding that the suicide rate in rural communities rose by 8 per cent.
The report also looks at mental health in the aftermath of major weather events possibly linked to climate change.
It shows that one in 10 primary school children reported symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in the wake of cyclone Larry in 2006. More than one in 10 reported symptoms more than three months after the cyclone.
''There's really clear evidence around severe weather events,'' the executive director of the Brain and Mind Research Institute, Professor Ian Hickie, said.
''We're now more sophisticated in understanding the mental health effects and these effects are one of the major factors.
''What we have seriously underestimated is the effects on social cohesion. That is very hard to rebuild and they are critical to the mental health of an individual.''
Professor Hickie, who is launching the report today, said climate change and particularly severe weather events were likely to be a major factor influencing mental health in the future."
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The report also looks at mental health in the aftermath of major weather events possibly linked to climate change.
It shows that one in 10 primary school children reported symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in the wake of cyclone Larry in 2006. More than one in 10 reported symptoms more than three months after the cyclone.
''There's really clear evidence around severe weather events,'' the executive director of the Brain and Mind Research Institute, Professor Ian Hickie, said.
''We're now more sophisticated in understanding the mental health effects and these effects are one of the major factors.
''What we have seriously underestimated is the effects on social cohesion. That is very hard to rebuild and they are critical to the mental health of an individual.''
Professor Hickie, who is launching the report today, said climate change and particularly severe weather events were likely to be a major factor influencing mental health in the future."
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Climate Change Update: Climate change offers us an opportunity | Philadelphia Inquirer | 08/28/2011
click link for complete article Climate change offers us an opportunity | Philadelphia Inquirer | 08/28/2011: "As President Obama and his aspiring replacements grapple with how to handle this emotional issue, they have left one avenue largely unexplored: the often-ignored fact that climate change will help the U.S. economy in several ways and enhance, not diminish, the United States' geopolitical power.
The notion of climate change as an opportunity goes beyond the administration's tiresome refrain of "green jobs," an approach that has largely failed in Spain. (Researchers at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos concluded in 2009 that for every four "green jobs" created by government spending in "green energy," the government could have created 11 through traditional infrastructure investments. They argued that every "green job" created by these programs costs 2.2 jobs elsewhere.)
Despite the doomsday talk, global warming will be a net economic benefit to the United States, in at least the short term and probably for several decades. "
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The notion of climate change as an opportunity goes beyond the administration's tiresome refrain of "green jobs," an approach that has largely failed in Spain. (Researchers at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos concluded in 2009 that for every four "green jobs" created by government spending in "green energy," the government could have created 11 through traditional infrastructure investments. They argued that every "green job" created by these programs costs 2.2 jobs elsewhere.)
Despite the doomsday talk, global warming will be a net economic benefit to the United States, in at least the short term and probably for several decades. "
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Climate Change Update: Al Gore Compares Climate Change To Civil Rights Fight | FoxNews.com
Al Gore Compares Climate Change To Civil Rights Fight | FoxNews.com: "“And we still have racism, God knows, but it's so different now and so much better. And we have to win the conversation on climate.”
Gore also wants people to give up meat and go organic to combat global warming.
"Industrial agriculture is a part of the problem,” Gore said. “The shift toward a more meat-intensive diet,” the clearing of forest areas in many parts of the world in order to raise more cattle and the reliance on synthetic nitrogen for fertilizer are also problems, he added.
Gore advocated organic farming and relying on “more productive, safer methods that put carbon back in the soil” to produce “safer and better food.”
Gore also railed against the mining industry, calling mountaintop-removal mining a “horrible practice” that is “just incredibly harmful to the environment and to people.”"
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Gore also wants people to give up meat and go organic to combat global warming.
"Industrial agriculture is a part of the problem,” Gore said. “The shift toward a more meat-intensive diet,” the clearing of forest areas in many parts of the world in order to raise more cattle and the reliance on synthetic nitrogen for fertilizer are also problems, he added.
Gore advocated organic farming and relying on “more productive, safer methods that put carbon back in the soil” to produce “safer and better food.”
Gore also railed against the mining industry, calling mountaintop-removal mining a “horrible practice” that is “just incredibly harmful to the environment and to people.”"
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