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Tropical species also threatened by climate change

AP - Friday, October 10

If you can't stand global warming, get out of the tropics. More »

UN: Financial chills are ill wind for climate
AP - Friday, October 10
The financial turmoil rippling across the globe will set back efforts to fight climate change, drying up capital that could help poorer countries upgrade to clean energy technology, the U.N. climate chief said Thursday. More »
Rainforest dwellers caught between business, green groups
AFP - Thursday, October 9
Indigenous leaders in five Amazonian nations, Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia on Wednesday demanded a larger say on how best to manage tropical forests to fight climate change. More »
House Democrats unveil draft climate change bill
AP - Wednesday, October 8
With the presidential election less than a month away and the economy reeling, House Democratic leaders on Tuesday unveiled a proposal to reduce the gases blamed for global warming from power plants, transportation and factories by 80 percent come 2050. More »
States ranked on energy efficiency
AP - Tuesday, October 7
An advocacy group ranks California, Connecticut and Oregon at the top of a list of states improving energy efficiency to respond to high prices, energy security and global warming. More »
World Bank collects 6.1 bln dlrs in pledges for climate funds
AFP - Saturday, September 27
The World Bank said Friday that 10 nations had pledged more than 6.1 billion dollars to its new investment funds aimed at helping developing countries fight global warming. More »
WHO adopts 3 resolutions on health issues, climate change
Philstar.com - Saturday, September 27
The 59th session of the World Health Organization (WHO) regional committee meeting for Western Pacific ended yesterday with the delegates adopting three key resolutions on health issues that affect the region. More »
Clinton confab discusses poverty, climate change
AP - Friday, September 26
Global warming and poverty are intertwined because the world's poorest people are the ones hardest hit by changes in the climate, and solutions for both problems need to be found, panelists said Thursday at the second day of an annual conference spearheaded by former President Bill Clinton. More »
Global warming pollution increases 3 percent
AP - Friday, September 26
The world pumped up its pollution of the chief man-made global warming gas last year, setting a course that could push beyond leading scientists' projected worst-case scenario, international researchers said Thursday. More »