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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Sunday, August 28, 2011
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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Thursday, August 25, 2011
Climate Change Update: El Nino weather patterns in the Pacific Ocean double the risk of civil war across Africa, Asia and the Americas
Radio Australia:Pacific Beat:Story:Link between climate change and conflict: HARPER: Historians have suggested that changes in climate may have contributed to the collapse of various ancient kingdoms. Now, researchers at Columbia University are looking at whether unusually hot and dry weather conditions contribute to civil war today. A new study has found El Nino weather patterns in the Pacific Ocean double the risk of civil war across Africa, Asia and the Americas.
The report's lead author is Solomon Hsiang.
HSIANG: What we found was that when we look at tropical countries, when the globe is in its cooler and wetter La Nina state the risk of conflicts throughout the tropics was about 3 per cent per year. So that means three out of one hundred countries were to be expected to begin a new civil war. But when the global climate shifted into it's hotter and drier El Nino stage the risk of civil war rose to about 6 per cent. So that's actually a doubling. And this is actualy a very large effect in absolute terms. What it means is that about one out of five civil conflicts since 1950 were in some way influenced by El Nino.
The report's lead author is Solomon Hsiang.
HSIANG: What we found was that when we look at tropical countries, when the globe is in its cooler and wetter La Nina state the risk of conflicts throughout the tropics was about 3 per cent per year. So that means three out of one hundred countries were to be expected to begin a new civil war. But when the global climate shifted into it's hotter and drier El Nino stage the risk of civil war rose to about 6 per cent. So that's actually a doubling. And this is actualy a very large effect in absolute terms. What it means is that about one out of five civil conflicts since 1950 were in some way influenced by El Nino.
Wellness Tip 4d Changing Climate: Increase your Vegetable Intake & prevent Lifestyle Disease
From nature’s garden: Simple way to a healthy body - www.daily.bhaskar.com: Vegetable like bitter gourd are very effecting in fighting stomach worms and tomatoes increases blood and makes your skin glow. Lemon helps improve digestion and spinach makes our bones stronger.
Apart from these, green leafy vegetables are a rich source of iron and should be included in our diet.
Cucumber purifies blood and improves blood flow. Garlic helps reduce chances if blood clot and heart diseases.
Apart from these, green leafy vegetables are a rich source of iron and should be included in our diet.
Cucumber purifies blood and improves blood flow. Garlic helps reduce chances if blood clot and heart diseases.
Climate Change Update: The Center for Public Integrity: SLIDESHOW: A guide to the Republican candidates' views on climate change
The Center for Public Integrity: SLIDESHOW: A guide to the Republican candidates' views on climate change: Many if not all scientists and climate specialists agree that the Earth's climate is changing and that humans have driven those changes. Both the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the U.S. Global Change Research Program , the leading international and domestic climate research organizations on climate change, report similar conclusions. "Global temperature has increased over the past 50 years," noted the U.S. research program in a 2009 report . "This observed increase is due primarily to human-induced emissions of heat-trapping gases."
Of the front-runners, only former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has gone on the record as accepting climate change; he stresses the importance of reducing pollution that contributes to global warming. Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry take the opposite view, criticizing the EPA, which Bachmann vows to shut down except for overseeing conservation. Congress and President Richard Nixon, a Republican, created the agency in 1970, in response to growing public demand for cleaner air, water and land.
Of the front-runners, only former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has gone on the record as accepting climate change; he stresses the importance of reducing pollution that contributes to global warming. Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry take the opposite view, criticizing the EPA, which Bachmann vows to shut down except for overseeing conservation. Congress and President Richard Nixon, a Republican, created the agency in 1970, in response to growing public demand for cleaner air, water and land.
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