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BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - A "deadly dozen" diseases ranging from avian flu to yellow fever are likely to spread more because of climate change, the Wildlife Conservation Society said on Tuesday.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Climate change may hasten the spread of diseases that can move from wild animals to humans, researchers warn.
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LEONARDO DiCAPRIO wants U.S. presidential hopefuls BARACK OBAMA and JOHN MCCAIN to pledge an end to America's dependence on foreign oil. The environmentally-friendly ...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
I am feeling slightly apprehensive. A global forum of 8000 environmentalists and conservationists is not familiar territory for a human rights activist like me - but here I am, at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) forum in Barcelona.
New Scientist (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Large urban areas are shouldering too much of the blame for heating up the planet, while other causes are not getting the attention they deserve
Robert Kyriakides's Weblog (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
Gordon Brown’s reshuffle created a lot of headlines, mainly because he brought Mr Mandelson back into the Government fold, but the most important thing he announced was to create a Department of Energy and Climate Change and point the Secretary of State – in this case Ed Miliband – as a Minister with cabinet rank. For [...]
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Rural communities best equipped to cope with climate change: UN report Sustainable use of resources and environment will give 2 billion of world's poor greatest chance of surviving extreme change John Vidal Tuesday October 07 2008 guardian.co.uk Rural communities which protect nature and exploit forests, wetlands and wildlife sustainably will be the best equipped to cope with the droughts and floods...
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This September activists from 21 countries came together in Copenhagen to plan for direct action during the 2009 UN Climate talks that will be held in that city. Activists in North America are beginning to organize [...]
Daily Mail (Free subscription) | yesterday
British scientists are set to unlock the secrets of cave paintings which could reveal how humans survived during the changing climate of the Ice Age more than 15,000 years ago.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Andrew Sparrow: The first climate change questions in the Commons should be worth watching. Three days after Gordon Brown appointed Ed Miliband to head the new department, David Cameron has promoted Greg Clark to shadow him
Computerworld UK's Roundup (Free subscription) | yesterday
The computing grid used by the Large Hadron Collider is also being used to speed the development of life-saving drugs and uncover the causes of climate change.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
New energy and climate change secretary faces calls to unify government approach to environmental problems
Carbon-Based (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Wildlife Conservation Society : Health experts from the Wildlife Conservation Society released a report on October 7 that lists 12 pathogens that could spread into new regions as a result of climate change. All have potential impacts to both human and wildlife health as well as global economies. Called The Deadly Dozen: Wildlife Diseases in the Age of Climate Change, the new report provides examples...
Precious Kingdoms (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Changes to the climate are enabling mosquitoes to move northwards Climate change may hasten the spread of diseases that can move from wild animals to humans, warns the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in a report. The Deadly Dozen highlights 12 zoonoses - animal-borne diseases - that may spread as the climate warms. The US-based organisation advocates establishing a global early warning network...
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*Journalists from Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America or the Middle East* are invited to apply for climate change fellowships that will allow journalists to take part in media activities at the UN climate change summit, being held in Poznań, Poland in December. The deadline for applications is October 13. The fellowships, which are being offered through the Climate Change Media Partnership,...
