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6 September 2010
Manila, August 25 - The La Liga Policy Institute has called on President Aquino to issue a firm policy on climate change as it noted that predictions on weather patterns point to disastrous impact on agriculture and fisheries.
Scotland, August 22 - An Edinburgh University study may help to protect some of Scotland’s historic buildings and monuments from climate change damage.
Hyderabad, August 18 - As the official machinery grapples to ascertain the extent of damage caused by the recent cloudburst and flash floods in Leh district that claimed close to 200 lives, experts are stressing the need for modelling the impact of climate change at the local level to predict such calamities in advance.
Canberra, August 16 - Scientists have hit back at climate change sceptics, with a paper affirming the case that greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are the main cause of warming.
London, August 16 - Britain and other countries face a collapse of their economies and loss of culture if they do not protect the environment better, warned Ahmed Djoghlaf, the secretary-general of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity.
Western Australia, 3 August - The federal government might not yet have committed to addressing it, but one of Australia’s largest industries is soon to have the ruler run over it to see how it will cope with climate change.
Port Vila, 3 August - The smallest Pacific island nations, some of which fear being swamped by rising sea levels due to climate change, said Tuesday they had seen little of the global funding promised to combat the problem.
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