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Climate Disasters a Significant Possibility, Says Nobel Laureate Steve Chu (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative ) Climate Community November 3, 2008 In: Business, Science, Policy, Media, Social & NGOs http://www.copenhagenclimatecouncil.com/getinformed/news/climatedisastersas ignificantpossibilitysaysnobellaureatestevechu.html Since the IPCC report came out in 2007, new data point to even more alarming scenarios. We ... Other labels: blog, climate, adaptation, prevention

Do more, invest more in mitigating impact of natural disasters, Ban tells world (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative ) http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/VDUX7K9SKS?OpenDocument&RSS20= 18P Much more needs to be done and much greater funding made available to mitigate the devastating toll of natural disasters in an age when climate change threatens to increase both ... Other labels: blog, un, mitigation, climate

Photo Essay Haiti's Unnatural Disaster (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative ) http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?storyid=4468 Hammered by four deadly storms and unprepared for the worst, Haiti finds itself helpless to react. <A href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?storyid=4468" target="new"><IMG border="0" height ... Other labels: blog, haiti, water, flood, security

Early warning systems fail to shape humanitarian response (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative ) http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=80304 NAIROBI, 11 September 2008 (IRIN) Oxford Analytica analyses humanitarian early warning systems in Early warning gains momentum dated 5 September. In the report, Oxford Analytica notes that significant advances ... Other labels: blog, earlywarning

Bangladesh storm toll over 3,000 (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative ) From: Reuters Published November 19, 2007 01:03 PM http://www.enn.com/topstories/article/25264 By Anis Ahmed DHAKA (Reuters) Four days after super cyclone Sidr killed more than 3,000 people in Bangladesh, rescuers ... Other labels: bangladesh, disease, aid

The strange, slow-motion disaster of the mud volcano (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative ) http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1128/p01s04woap.htmlBy Simon Montlake Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitorfrom the November 28, 2007 edition PORONG, INDONESIA On one side of the levee, a line of trucks waits on a clogged, twolane road under a broiling sun. On the other, a vast lake ... Other labels: indonesia, pollution, water, politics, institutions

Is There a $500 Billion Hurricane on the Horizon (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative ) http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/47135/story.htm {}MIAMI A hurricane that hit Miami in 1926 would cause up to $157 billion in damage if it were to strike today, according to a study published this week. \\ US storm costs are rising because of higher populations ... Other labels: blog, security, costs, environment, us

A plan for monitoring Africa's weather (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative ) Scott Baldauf&nbsp; \ Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor from the December 5, 2007 edition http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1205/p06s02woaf.html Cape Town, South Africa When a massive earthquake shakes some corner of the Pacific Ocean, sensors alert Pacific ... Other labels: cooperation, africa, scientists, weather, climate, vulnerability

Waterworld, by Robert Kaplan (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative ) Robert D.Kaplan http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200801/kaplanbangladesh&nbsp; With rising Islamic fundamentalism, weak government, and not enough dry land for its 150 million people, Bangladesh could use a break. Instead, it must face the catastrophic threat of climate change. The monsoon ... Other labels: blog, bangladesh, climate, population, security, conflict, religion, water

China quake may cut carbon offset supply (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative ) From: Reuters Published May 15, 2008 09:29 AM http://www.enn.com/topstories/article/36348 China's deadliest earthquake in decades could cut by up to 5 percent the country's supply of carbon offsets under the Kyoto Protocol over ... Other labels: blog, climate, security, mitigation, markets