Provision of affordable healthcare has been identified as a way of protecting rainforests, slowing climate change, and creating significant monetary value, according to a new Stanford-led study. The research found that unsustainable logging practices in an Indonesian national park declined by 70% - equivalent to an averted carbon loss worth … [Read more...] about Accessible healthcare could aid climate crisis in rainforest communities
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Climate change impact has the potential to regress cancer progress through healthcare disruption, according to study
Climate change will bring an acute toll worldwide, with rising temperatures, wildfires and poor air quality, accompanied by higher rates of cancer, especially lung, skin and gastrointestinal cancers, according to a new report from UC San Francisco. The review published in The Lancet Oncology outlines the future effects of global warming on … [Read more...] about Climate change impact has the potential to regress cancer progress through healthcare disruption, according to study
Climate Change Forcing Nursing Industry to Reassess Practice and Policies
The impact of climate change on the health of global populations has prompted the nursing industry to reassess how it will adapt and evolve to meet the challenges associated with a rise in global temperatures. The consequences will be felt heavily with the potential for increasing mental health conditions, illness related to air quality, extreme … [Read more...] about Climate Change Forcing Nursing Industry to Reassess Practice and Policies
Poll: Chinese want action on climate more than Europeans or Americans
The Chinese public want action on climate change more than people in 14 other countries, according to YouGov. The respected polling company found that 60 percent of Chinese want their government to take a leadership rôle in the Paris climate negotiations, versus only 44 percent of Americans and 41 percent of British people. One interpretation of … [Read more...] about Poll: Chinese want action on climate more than Europeans or Americans
Are both sides in the climate change debate being “dirty, nasty and destructive”?
Regular readers will know that the Hyderus blog worries a lot about climate change: we think it is real and catastrophic . We’re encouraged that President Obama is acting and we hope that China and India will too. We wish that climate change communication had been more successful and we think that reporting often fails to reflect accurately the … [Read more...] about Are both sides in the climate change debate being “dirty, nasty and destructive”?
The coming water wars and how bored the media are with climate change
A leak this week says that the second of three reports from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change forecasts some very unpleasant changes for a world in which global warming is proceeding at the fastest end of official predictions. If there is a mean global temperature rise of 2.5 degrees C (over the pre-industrialised period) the panel … [Read more...] about The coming water wars and how bored the media are with climate change
The Carbon Crooks — how organised crime took over carbon trading #COP19 #climate change
As global leaders meet in Warsaw to discuss climate change, a new documentary alleges that Europe's existing system of trading permission to generate carbon dioxide (a major contributor to greenhouse gasses) has been taken over by criminals. Tom Heinemann, the award-winning director, explains that, "in order to cut down carbon emissions and … [Read more...] about The Carbon Crooks — how organised crime took over carbon trading #COP19 #climate change
What’s missing from #climatechange talks on #globalwarming? Media
It's November and that means it's time for seasonal talks on climate change. The ministers, UN functionaries and NGOS have all turned up on cue in Warsaw. However, unlike other November institutions, the talks are being ignored by most of the world's media which is quite extraordinary given that's the most powerful storm ever may just have killed … [Read more...] about What’s missing from #climatechange talks on #globalwarming? Media
European governments increasingly wobbly on #climatechange and #greenenergy
Years of inconclusive negotiations on a global agreement to limit greenhouses gases probably made it inevitable that Europe's expensive policies to encourage renewables would come under increasing threat. This week gave some excellent examples. Germany's "massively expensive Energiewende" policies are not simply unaffordable, they are … [Read more...] about European governments increasingly wobbly on #climatechange and #greenenergy
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