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Urban Planning Needs Rethink as Climate Change Looms

August 18, 2007 – 5:17 am

Climate Crisis Coalition
Urban Planning Needs Rethink as Climate Change Looms
By Sophie Mongalvy, Agence France-Presse, August 17, 2007
“Rising sea levels, melting glaciers, floods and hurricanes: global warming means urban planners need to rethink how and where to build cities, water experts warned at a conference [World Water Week] in Stockholm this week. Almost 80 percent […]

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Millions face water shortages due to climate change

August 10, 2007 – 3:23 am

Mike Shanahan
17 November 2005
Source: SciDev.Net

Melting glaciers in Peru

Climate change will cause major water shortages for millions of people in Asia and South America whose supplies come from melting snow and glaciers, say researchers.
They warn that time is running out for these regions to prepare for a severe water-supply crisis.
In a paper in today’s Nature (17 […]

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Melting Glaciers - John Novis at Mt Everest

June 13, 2007 – 10:11 am

Source: Greenpeace

Taking a 1968 photograph of the Rongbuk Glacier in Tibet, John Novis joined Greenpeace China on an expedition to take a comparison shot and document the effects of climate change on the area. He tells his story of this very special assignment.
View the story

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The Himalayan Glaciers Could Be Gone in 50 years

June 6, 2007 – 8:15 pm

Source: Climate Crisis Coalition
By Sam Taylor, Agence France-Presse, June 4, 2007. “Himalayan glaciers are retreating fast and could disappear within the next 50 years, experts warned at a conference in Nepal’s capital looking at the regional effects of global warming. The melting ice fields have also caused a dramatic increase in the number and […]

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