2012 SkS Weekly News Round-Up #5

This is a sampling of the multitude of news articles and bolg posts about the many facets of climate change that were published and posted during the course of the past week. You are more than welcome to add links to articles and posts that you believe would be of interest to our SkS community in the comment thread of this post.

Africa

• Lagos May No Longer Exist In 50 Years As A Result Of Climate Change If Nothing Is Done by Daniel, InformationNigeria.com, Oct 6, 2012

AR5

• The Coming Assault on AR5: Get Ready for the Next War on the IPCC In 2013, Watching the Deniers, Oct 9, 2012 

Calls for Action

• NU scientists chose proactive course with climate change statement by Art Hovey, Lincoln Journal Star, Oct 7, 2012
• Climate Change and Global Warming: New Report Proves That Old Habits Die Hard and Immediate Action is Needed by Molly James, policymic, Oct 7, 2012 

Calls for Innovation

• Innovate to put climate know-how into practice - experts by Laurie Goering, Alertnet, Oct 5, 2012

Carribean

• Hour Grows Late to Act on Climate Change, Caribbean Warns by Peter Richards, Oct 4, 2012

Central America

• Climate change to hit Central America's food crops by Megan Rowling, Alertnet, oct 9, 2012

Civil Rights

• Civil Rights and Climate Change by Tim Darst, KentuckianaGreen.com, Oct 10, 2012

GHG Emissions

• Greenhouse gases rise with GDP, slower to fall in recession by Alister Doyle, Alertnet, Oct 7, 2012

European Union

• Climate change: EU rebrands green energy campaign by Roger Harrabin, BBC News, Oct 8, 2012

Global Action

• Temperature Target May Doom Climate Talks, Study Says by Andrew Freedman, Climate Central, Oct 8, 2012
• Can the World Save Lives and Combat Climate Change? by David Bielo, Scientific American, Oct 1, 2012

Global Threats

• Underestimating the dangers of peak oil and climate change by Kurt Cobb, The Christian Science Monitor, Oct 8, 2012 

Kashmir

• Kashmiri farmers face drought losses without government support by Roshan Din Shad, alertnet, Oct 10, 2012

Nepal

• Nepal: Climate Change and security risk, German expert Wagner warns, Telegraphnepal.com, OCt 11, 2012 

Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) 

• Aid Groups Push for Clean Energy by Chritopher A Schuetze, New York Times, Oct 8, 2012

North America Weather

• Study: Arctic ice loss may be making North America weather more extreme by Jason Samenow, Washington Post, Oct 10, 2012

Norway

• Norway to double carbon tax on oil industry by Severin Carrell, The Gaurdian, Oct 11, 2012

Well Being

• An economy is a means, not an end by David Suzuki, Toronto Globe & Mail, Oct 8, 2012

Posted by John Hartz on Sunday, 14 October, 2012

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