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Port Cities at Risk of Climate Change-Induced Coastal Flooding

December 12, 2007 – 2:55 am

TreeHugger
Image courtesy of Don McPhee According to a new report ranking the world’s cities in the order of which will be most vulnerable to coastal flooding by 2070, all but one of the 10 were found to be in developing countries in Asia. The combined effects of climate change, urbanization and population growth are expected [...]

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1Half.org

October 30, 2007 – 6:42 am

by Wallace J. Nichols, P.h.D.
Senior Scientist, Ocean Conservancy
1HALF.org
October 24, 2007
1HALF.org: women saving earth, a message from the 13 indigenous grandmothers and the rest of the women who spoke at Bioneers (as I heard it).
1HALF.org is a conversation between women. Of all ages. Of all colors. Of all races. Women of Earth. By 2050 our global [...]

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China Says One-Child Policy Helps Protect Climate

September 2, 2007 – 4:53 pm

Climate Crisis Coalition
China Says One-Child Policy Helps Protect Climate
By Alister Doyle, Reuters, August 30, 2007
“China says its one-child policy has helped the fight against global warming by avoiding 300 million births, the equivalent of the population of the United States. But delegates at U.N. climate change talks in Vienna said on Thursday birth control is [...]

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Climate Change Shown to Be a Historical Cause Of Armed Conflicts in China

July 13, 2007 – 7:02 am

From: Climate Crisis Coalition
Climate Change Shown to Be a Historical Cause Of Armed Conflicts in China
ScienceDaily, July 10, 2007
“Climate change, and the resulting shortage of ecological resources, could be to blame for armed conflicts in the future, according to David Zhang from the University of Hong Kong and colleagues. Their research, which highlights how temperature [...]