The second of a series of reports on global climate change has been released in Brussels by the Working Group II of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The report, Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability, suggests that severe food and water shortages, and other related issues, could be the result of rising temperatures, and that these rises were already causing global impacts.
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- International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
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- World Bank IEG Conference and Release of Hazards of Nature, Risks to Development
- World Bank Publishes Natural Disaster Hotspots - A Global Risk Analysis
- SCOPE Releases Report on Dialogue between Science and Society
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- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Defines Indicators to Meet 2010 Target
- United Nations Climate Change Conference - Nairobi
- IPCC on Emission Scenarios
- Climate Change Web Site Released
- IPCC Public Letter to the Scientific Community Regarding Scenario Development
- UNFCCC African Regional Workshop on Adaptation Held in Accra
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- Failure to Replace Aging Satellites Threatens Climate Studies, National Academy Report Warns
- Unique Study Contributes to Understanding of Consumption Issues
- New Data Reveal Links between Urbanization and Coastal Risks
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