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Feeling the Heat from Global Temperature Records
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Feeling the Heat from Global Temperature Records

Richard Matthews August 19, 2015

A large and growing body of evidence reveals that the Earth is getting warmer. Month after month, year after year, we are seeing above average global temperature records. Heat waves are smashing records all around the world. July 2015 was no exception even by the standards of a warming world. July is traditionally the hottest […]Read More

Developing Countries’ Climate Change Adaptation Costs May Double $100 Billion per Year by 2050
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Developing Countries’ Climate Change Adaptation Costs May Double $100 Billion

Andrew Burger May 29, 2012

Global climate is on track for changes including a greater than 2°C rise in average temperature, and that's going to result in adaptation costs for developing countries well above the World Bank's 2°C estimate of $70 billion by 2020 and as much as $100 billion per year by 2050, according to a report produced by ActionAid, Care, GermanWatch and WWF, which in a report introduced at the Bonn Climate Change Conference urge government leaders to adopt a set of policies to scale up and accelerate climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts.Read More

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