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		<title>Fleeing Drought</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 12:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[D+C: The impacts of climate change make the poorest people on earth suffer more than others. This is evident in Mustang, a northern district of Nepal. Entire villages are thinking of relocating because water scarcity is getting worse. Swiss researchers assessed the options. Mustang is a tough place to live because of desert-like drought, freezing<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/17/fleeing-drought/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Comprehensive Survey Of Scientific Consensus On Human Induced Global Warming</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 08:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EJNet: The most comprehensive survey of the scientific consensus on human-caused global warming ever done reveals a 97.1 per cent consensus. The research team surveyed the abstracts of over 12,000 scientific articles published between 1991 and 2011 on the subjects of “global climate change” or “global warming” to see to what extent they endorsed or<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/17/comprehensive-survey-of-scientific-consensus-on-human-induced-global-warming/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Climate Change Shifted Locations Of Earth&#8217;s North And South Poles</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 08:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientific American: Increased melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet and other ice losses worldwide have helped to move the North Pole several centimeters east each year since 2005. Global warming is changing the location of Earth’s geographic poles, according to a new study in Geophysical Research Letters. Researchers at the University of Texas, Austin, report<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/17/climate-change-shifted-locations-of-earths-north-and-south-poles/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>China Approves Environment Assessment Of ‘Tallest Dam</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/17/china-approves-environment-assessment-of-tallest-dam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 08:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hindu: Chinese authorities have granted approval for an environmental assessment of a controversial 2 GW dam project — slated to be the country’s tallest dam — despite concerns voiced by a number of environmental groups. The Ministry of Environmental Protection this week said it had approved a year-long assessment of the Shuangjiangkou project on<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/17/china-approves-environment-assessment-of-tallest-dam/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Climate Change Threatens Global Fish Stocks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 08:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Science Alert: Ocean warming has already affected global fisheries in the past four decades, a new international study has found, driving up the proportion of warm-water fish being caught and posing a threat to food security worldwide. The new study, conducted by researchers from the University of Tasmania’s specialist Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/17/climate-change-threatens-global-fish-stocks/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Forests and Climate Change After Doha: An Asia-Pacific Perspective</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/17/forests-and-climate-change-after-doha-an-asia-pacific-perspective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 08:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past three years RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have brought together regional experts to reflect on the outcomes of the 15th, 16th and 17th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The resulting booklets “Forests<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/17/forests-and-climate-change-after-doha-an-asia-pacific-perspective/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Climate Asia Case Study: Nepal</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/16/climate-asia-case-study-nepal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 05:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BBC: Nandi Lal Paswan, 59, is a farmer in Sripur, East Terai in Nepal. He is married and takes responsibility for the six other family members living in his house. Nandi Lal is content with his life, but he has worked hard to get where he is today. Thirty years ago he began farming a<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/16/climate-asia-case-study-nepal/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>How Do You Explain Climate Change To A Taxi Driver?</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/16/how-do-you-explain-climate-change-to-a-taxi-driver/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 05:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BBC: &#8220;How do you explain climate change to a taxi driver?&#8221; This was our question to a panel of international journalists, as we led the opening session of the second annual climate communications day at the UN climate change talks in Doha. It wasn&#8217;t a gimmick. We genuinely want to know. Our research for BBC<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/16/how-do-you-explain-climate-change-to-a-taxi-driver/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Rising Temperatures Ground Ducks</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/16/rising-temperatures-ground-ducks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 05:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CNN: As temperatures climb in parts of northern Europe, some bird species, unable to find other ways of adapting to the warmer conditions, are simply not migrating as they once did. Most birds are acutely sensitive to changes in temperature. Scientists now say that changes in climate and warmer temperatures in parts of Europe have<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/16/rising-temperatures-ground-ducks/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Himalayan Dam-Building Threatens Endemic Species</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/16/himalayan-dam-building-threatens-endemic-species/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 05:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indian Himalayan basins are earmarked for widespread dam building, but aggregate effects of these dams on terrestrial ecosystems are unknown. We mapped distribution of 292 dams (under construction and proposed) and projected effects of these dams on terrestrial ecosystems under different scenarios of land-cover loss. We analyzed land-cover data of the Himalayan valleys, where dams<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/16/himalayan-dam-building-threatens-endemic-species/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Tibet Glaciers Melting Due To South Asian Pollution : China</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/16/tibet-glaciers-melting-due-to-south-asian-pollution-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 04:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ToI: About 90 per cent of glaciers in Tibet called the Third Pole region, are shrinking because of black carbon pollution &#8220;transferred from South Asia&#8221; to the Tibetan Plateau, a Chinese scientist has warned. The Third Pole region, which is centred on the Tibetan Plateau and concerns the interests of the surrounding countries and regions,<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/16/tibet-glaciers-melting-due-to-south-asian-pollution-china/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>400 PPM And Drought</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/16/400-ppm-and-drought/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 04:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought that it would be time to stop writing about the environment, specifically about climate change, that my previous articles had  lambasted and even backed up with actions to mitigate,enhance,restore and rehabilitate our natural resources. However, today&#8217;s extreme heat prompted me back to writing. The day&#8217;s temperature was over 37-degrees  Centigrade. Frankly, without exaggeration,it<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/16/400-ppm-and-drought/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Sea Level Rises To Exceed IPCC Estimates: Study</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/15/sea-level-rises-to-exceed-ipcc-estimates-study/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/15/sea-level-rises-to-exceed-ipcc-estimates-study/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 07:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SMH: Sea levels may rise as much as 69 centimeters through 2100 as water temperatures rise, glaciers melt in the Andes and Himalayas and ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica shed water, European scientists said. The new estimate exceeds a previous forecast of as much as 59 centimeters by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/15/sea-level-rises-to-exceed-ipcc-estimates-study/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Urbanization And Surface Warming In Eastern China</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/15/urbanization-and-surface-warming-in-eastern-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 07:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Himalaya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sciencecodex: A recent study indicated that the urbanization in eastern China has significant impact on the observed surface warming and the temporal-spatial variations of urbanization effect have been comprehensively detected. This work was led by YANG XiuQun, professor of meteorology in the Institute for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Atmospheric Sciences at Nanjing<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/15/urbanization-and-surface-warming-in-eastern-china/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Dramatic Decline; Warning For Plants And Animals</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/15/dramatic-decline-warning-for-plants-and-animals/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/15/dramatic-decline-warning-for-plants-and-animals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 07:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Himalaya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BBC: More than half of common plant species and a third of animals could see a serious decline in their habitat range because of climate change. New research suggests that biodiversity around the globe will be significantly impacted if temperatures rise more than 2C. But the scientists say that the losses can be reduced if<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/15/dramatic-decline-warning-for-plants-and-animals/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists Find Extensive Glacial Retreat In Mount Everest Region</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/15/scientists-find-extensive-glacial-retreat-in-mount-everest-region/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/15/scientists-find-extensive-glacial-retreat-in-mount-everest-region/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 04:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Himalaya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cancún, Mexico — Researchers taking a new look at the snow and ice covering Mount Everest and the national park that surrounds it are finding abundant evidence that the world’s tallest peak is shedding its frozen cloak. The scientists have also been studying temperature and precipitation trends in the area and found that the Everest<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/15/scientists-find-extensive-glacial-retreat-in-mount-everest-region/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Enhancing Disaster Resilience</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/14/enhancing-disaster-resilience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 13:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Himalaya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Himalayan Times: Summer monsoon is approaching and South Asia climate outlook has predicted above normal precipitation in Nepal. Recent data revealed by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) shows that at least 420 people are killed every year in different disaster events in Nepal. Injuries, disruptions and a range of impacts including losses and damage<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/14/enhancing-disaster-resilience/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>India Must Develop Own Climate Model: US Expert</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/14/india-must-develop-own-climate-model-us-expert/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 13:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Himalaya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business Standard: India is amongst the countries most vulnerable to climate change and must develop its own model to study changes at the regional level and take necessary mitigation measures, a senior US scientist of Indian origin said. Anjuli S. Bamzai, program director of the Climate and Large Scale Dynamics Program of the National Science<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/14/india-must-develop-own-climate-model-us-expert/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Aerosols Confirmed Rising Over India</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/14/aerosols-confirmed-rising-over-india/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 06:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Himalaya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scidev.net: While satellite data has shown aerosols — tiny polluting particles in the air — to be rising over India, a new study based on primary data gathered from measuring instruments installed in a network of stations confirms the trend. The study, by a team from the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, and Indian Institute<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/14/aerosols-confirmed-rising-over-india/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Nepal To Generate Electricity From Waste</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/14/nepal-to-generate-electricity-from-waste/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/14/nepal-to-generate-electricity-from-waste/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 06:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Himalaya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scidev.net: Nepal is looking at waste-to-energy (WtE) technologies to address its huge energy deficit and also manage growing urban and industrial waste. Half of Nepal&#8217;s households are off the national grid while supply shortfalls and interrupted power cause industries losses worth 60 billion Nepali rupees (US$ 700 million) annually. Last month (26 April), the &#8216;Waste-to-Energy<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/14/nepal-to-generate-electricity-from-waste/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Mountain Agro-Ecosystem: Traditional Science to Cost Effective Solution</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/14/mountain-agro-ecosystem-traditional-science-to-cost-effective-solution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 06:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shalini Dhyani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shalini Dhyani: Writes about hill agriculture, agro-forest and such ecosystem practices from Indian Himalayan region. She emphasizes on improving the socio-economic condition of mountain people by adopting a range of animal husbandry, agro-forestry and traditional agriculture practices through better scientific and technical inputs. Entire Himalayan ecosystem is undergoing rapid land-use and climatic changes in last<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/14/mountain-agro-ecosystem-traditional-science-to-cost-effective-solution/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Beaufitul Vertical Garden Ideas</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/13/beaufitul-vertical-garden-ideas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Himalaya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good Home Designs: Their fashion begun a few years ago, but not very many people have heard of them before. The number of apartment owners who appeal to architects and landscapers to put in house vertical garden grows every month. It is clear that the trend of 2013 is the kind of pictures that can<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/13/beaufitul-vertical-garden-ideas/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Global Biodiversity Panel Urged To Heed Local Voices</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/13/global-biodiversity-panel-urged-to-heed-local-voices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Himalaya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters: A newly established global panel on biodiversity faces being sidetracked by niche interests and northern agendas if it does not tread carefully, a meeting has heard. The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity &#38; Ecosystem Services (IPBES) was formed in April 2012, with a mandate to assess the state of the planet&#8217;s biodiversity and ecosystems, and provide accessible scientific<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/13/global-biodiversity-panel-urged-to-heed-local-voices/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>IPCC Models Underestimate Role Of CO2 In Warming</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/13/ipcc-models-underestimate-role-of-co2-in-warming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Himalaya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Earth’s climate is more sensitive to changes in CO2 than previously thought, according to new research. New data taken from an Arctic sediment core that has recorded the climate for the past 3.6m years, suggests climate models, including those used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), have not given enough weighting to<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/13/ipcc-models-underestimate-role-of-co2-in-warming/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Visible Effects Of Ongoing Change</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/13/visible-effects-of-ongoing-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Himalaya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Nations: This is the fourth year in a row that the once famous apple crop of the Murree area has been decimated by what can only be called ‘Hairdryer winds’ &#8211; just when the blossom fades and fruit is trying to set during the last half of April: these persistent, hot, dry winds &#8211;<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/13/visible-effects-of-ongoing-change/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Climate Change To Shrink Animal And Plant Habitats Dramatically, Study Forecasts</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/13/climate-change-to-shrink-animal-and-plant-habitats-dramatically-study-forecasts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Himalaya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Huffingtonpost: The habitats of many common plants and animals will shrink dramatically this century unless governments act quickly to cut rising greenhouse gas emissions, scientists said on Sunday after studying 50,000 species around the world. The scientists from Britain, Australia and Colombia said plants, amphibians and reptiles were most vulnerable as global temperatures rise and<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/13/climate-change-to-shrink-animal-and-plant-habitats-dramatically-study-forecasts/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Climate Change Could Leave Hundreds Of Millions Homeless</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/13/climate-change-could-leave-hundreds-of-millions-homeless/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zee News: It is increasingly likely that hundreds of millions of people will be displaced from their homelands in the near future as a result of global warming, according to an expert. That is the stark warning of economist and climate change expert Lord Stern following the news last week that concentrations of carbon dioxide<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/13/climate-change-could-leave-hundreds-of-millions-homeless/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Brazil&#8217;s Indigenous Harness The Wind</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/13/brazils-indigenous-harness-the-wind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CNN: While Brazil’s Government tends to favour a one-size-fits-all approach to energy provision, an indigenous group in the far north has come up with its own more sustainable solution, as our São Paulo correspondent reports. A few years ago I lay in a hammock in a mud and wattle hut in a Makuxi village, shining<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/13/brazils-indigenous-harness-the-wind/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>International Politics Of Climate Finance</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/13/international-politics-of-climate-finance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 12:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Neoclassical realism and international climate change politics: moral imperative and political constraint in international climate finance. In this article, I present a neoclassical realist theory of climate change politics that challenges the idea that cooperation on climate change is compelled alone by shared norms and interests emanating from the international level and questions if instead<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/13/international-politics-of-climate-finance/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Science And NGO Practice Are Closer Than They Appear</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/13/science-and-ngo-practice-are-closer-than-they-appear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 12:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recognising common ground is the first step towards concrete ways of enhancing the work of both scientists and development practitioners. The world of science, technology and engineering might seem, for good reason, miles away from the day-to-day work of most development NGOs. But if you get past the jargon or the traditional lab-coat image and<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/13/science-and-ngo-practice-are-closer-than-they-appear/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Climate Change May Reduce Crop Output By 18% In 2020</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/13/climate-change-may-reduce-crop-output-by-18-in-2020/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 12:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business Standard: Climate change is likely to bring down the production of key foodgrain crops like wheat and rice in the country by up to 18% in 2020, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said today. &#8220;Climate change is projected to reduce timely sown irrigated wheat production by about 6% in 2020. In case of late sown<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/13/climate-change-may-reduce-crop-output-by-18-in-2020/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Climate Change Sceptics Are Turning Earth Into Dying Patient</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 12:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guardian: Heir to throne intervenes on issue dividing coalition, making outspoken criticism of attempts to tackle global warming. Prince Charles has attacked corporate lobbyists and climate change sceptics for turning the Earth into a &#8220;dying patient&#8221;, making his most outspoken criticism yet of the world&#8217;s failure to tackle global warming just when the heir to<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/13/climate-change-sceptics-are-turning-earth-into-dying-patient/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>South American Climate Change Think-Tank Launched</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/13/south-american-climate-change-think-tank-launched/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 11:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[South America has got its first think-tank aimed at providing climate change knowledge to decision-makers to help them design tools tailored to local needs. The Regional Centre for Climate Change and Decision-Making was launched earlier this year (19 March) in Montevideo, Uruguay, where it will have its headquarters and where it is organising its first<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/13/south-american-climate-change-think-tank-launched/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding Climate Change: In Nepal</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/13/understanding-climate-change-in-nepal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 11:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Himalayan Times: Climate change has always remained as one of the hot topics of discussion amongst the environmentalists, governments, policymakers as well as other bodies concerned. As per Intergovermental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increase in global average air and ocean<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/13/understanding-climate-change-in-nepal/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Tiny Bhutan Redefines &#8216;Progress&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/13/tiny-bhutan-redefines-progress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 11:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My parents lived through the Great Depression of the 1930s and were profoundly affected by it. They taught us to work hard to earn a living, live within our means, save for tomorrow, share and not be greedy and help our neighbours because one day we might need their help. Those homilies and teachings seem<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/13/tiny-bhutan-redefines-progress/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Successful Adaptation To Climate Change: Linking Science And Policy&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/13/successful-adaptation-to-climate-change-linking-science-and-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 10:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What does successful adaptation look like? This is a question frequently asked by planners, policy makers and other professionals charged with the task of developing and implementing adaptation strategies. While adaptation is increasingly recognized as an important climate risk management strategy, and on-the-ground adaptation planning activity is becoming more common-place, there is no clear guidance<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/13/successful-adaptation-to-climate-change-linking-science-and-policy/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Women Are &#8216;Key Drivers&#8217; In Climate Change Adaptation</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/13/women-are-key-drivers-in-climate-change-adaptation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 08:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thomson Reuters Foundation: Plans to protect ecosystems and help people adapt to climate change ― also known as ecosystem-based adaptation (EBA) ― must involve vulnerable groups, including women and communities greatly hit by global warming if they are to succeed, according to scientists who met in Tanzania last month (21-23 March). Scientists and policymakers at the UN-ledinternational<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/13/women-are-key-drivers-in-climate-change-adaptation/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Priority CCD Actions For Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/02/priority-ccd-actions-for-pakistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 07:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CDKN: Pakistan is one of the lowest emitters of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the world: it accounts for just 0.8% of total global emissions, and ranks 135th in terms of per capita emissions.  Unfortunately, Pakistan is also one of the most climate vulnerable countries in the world.  Over the past 20 years, 141 extreme events<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/02/priority-ccd-actions-for-pakistan/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>As Climate Change Threatens, Water Cooperation Becomes Vital</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/02/as-climate-change-threatens-water-cooperation-becomes-vital/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 07:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[World Bank: On World Water Day 2013: 85% of the world’s population lives on the driest half of the land, 783 million people do not have access to clean water, and 2.5 billion do not have access to adequate sanitation. The economic and health effects will be exacerbated by climate change and its effect on<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/02/as-climate-change-threatens-water-cooperation-becomes-vital/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>How China&#8217;s Mountain Communities Better Adapt to Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/02/how-chinas-mountain-communities-better-adapt-to-climate-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 06:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From local knowledge to national policy: how can China’s mountain communities better adapt to climate change? Faced with increasing rainfall variability – especially continuous, four-year droughts – mountain farmers in Southwest China’s Yunnan province have developed innovative strategies to minimize water-related threats to their livelihoods. Yufang Su, Jianchu Xu and a team of World Agroforestry<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/02/how-chinas-mountain-communities-better-adapt-to-climate-change/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Is There Hope For Hydropower As The Climate Changes?</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/02/is-there-hope-for-hydropower-as-the-climate-changes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 06:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hydropower is by far the most established form of renewable energy. Though not without environmental impact, either in terms of the local environment or, in the case of large dams, in terms of carbon emissions from the reservoirs behind the dams, hydro is here to stay. Unfortunately hydropower will be affected to a far greater<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/02/is-there-hope-for-hydropower-as-the-climate-changes/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>25% Less Crop Production in Europe And Central Asia</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/02/25-less-crop-production-in-europe-and-central-asia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 06:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[World Bank: Climate Change Cutting Crop Production in Eastern Europe and Central Asia by over 25 Percent unless Action Is Taken Now. In parts of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, climate change is poised to hamper food production and curb rural incomes over the next decades unless farmers get the help they need through improved<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/02/25-less-crop-production-in-europe-and-central-asia/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Reviving The River</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/02/reviving-the-river/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 06:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An amendment to the old treaty between the US and Mexico promises to bring back life to the dry Colorado delta. ‘Minute 319’, apart from sending water down the river and restoring the native habitat, also calls for more water sharing between the two countries, writes Henry Fountain. German Munoz looked out at the river<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/02/reviving-the-river/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Nepal Training Advances Local And Global Tactics To Tackle Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/01/nepal-training-advances-local-and-global-tactics-to-tackle-climate-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 11:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ACT Alliance members from eight Asian countries met last week in Nepal to share their experiences and develop strategies on how to better influence governments to address climate change. Some of the countries that suffer the most visible and tangible immediate effects of climate change are located in Asia. Foezullah from ACT Bangladesh explains that<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/01/nepal-training-advances-local-and-global-tactics-to-tackle-climate-change/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>..Accurate Technology To Identify Threats From Sea-Level Rise</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/01/accurate-technology-to-identify-threats-from-sea-level-rise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 11:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Science Daily: A team of researchers led by Associate Professor Edward L. Webb of the National University of Singapore (NUS) is calling for the global adoption of a method to identify areas that are vulnerable to sea-level rise. The method, which utilises a simple, low-cost tool, is financially and technically accessible to every country with<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/01/accurate-technology-to-identify-threats-from-sea-level-rise/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Climate Myths: How Climate Denialists Are Getting Away With Bad Science</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/01/climate-myths-how-climate-denialists-are-getting-away-with-bad-science/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/01/climate-myths-how-climate-denialists-are-getting-away-with-bad-science/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 09:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mongabay: In Climate Myths: The Campaign Against Climate Science, Dr. John J. Berger deconstructs the climate change denialists&#8217; myths in simple, easy-to-read terms. According to the Pew Research Center: &#8220;Nearly seven-in-ten (69%) [Americans] say there is solid evidence that the earth’s average temperature has been getting warmer over the past few decades, up six points<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/01/climate-myths-how-climate-denialists-are-getting-away-with-bad-science/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Climate Resilience And Disaster Risk Management</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/01/climate-resilience-and-disaster-risk-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 04:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CDKN, in collaboration with partners across Asia, Africa and Latin America, is pleased to announce a new publication on Climate resilience and disaster risk management. It presents recent results from CDKN-supported projects to assess vulnerability and mainstream climate resilience into development planning. Our stories from India, Ghana and Colombia illustrate the importance of involving diverse<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/01/climate-resilience-and-disaster-risk-management/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Renewable Energy and the Energy Transition (Video)</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/01/renewable-energy-and-the-energy-transition-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 04:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world is driven by fossil fuels like oil and gas. This has some negative repercussions: Rising energy prices due to decreasing deposits, dependence on unstable oil and gas producing regimes and global warming. It becomes clear, that a revolution in the way how we produce and use energy is necessary. Central to this energy<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/01/renewable-energy-and-the-energy-transition-video/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Reducing Green House Emission Indispensable: ADB</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/01/reducing-green-house-emission-indispensable-adb/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 03:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Himalayan Times: Reducing green house emission is indispensable for attaining sustainable economic growth, an Asian Development Bank (ADB) report has pointed out. The report on green house gas emission of South Asian countries &#8211; Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Nepal, prepared recently has mentioned that negative impact has been made in economic growth by<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/01/reducing-green-house-emission-indispensable-adb/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Conserve Glaciers For Water Supply, Say Experts</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/01/conserve-glaciers-for-water-supply-say-experts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 03:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daily Times: Speakers at the launch of the policy brief on water management in the Central Karakorum National Park (CKNP) emphasised the need for collaborative and synchronised efforts to research the impact of climatic changes in the highlands. They said only the integrated and collaborative approach would help conserve the large glaciers for smooth and<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/01/conserve-glaciers-for-water-supply-say-experts/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Software Model To Assess Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/01/software-model-to-assess-climate-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 03:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hindu: Development of a large-scale software model to examine the impact of climate change in Kerala is part of a forthcoming scientific study that will formulate an integrated climate change database and information system for the State. The proposal, estimated at Rs.80 crore, will map the impact of climate change on agriculture, fisheries, industries,<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/05/01/software-model-to-assess-climate-change/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Plants Can Moderate Climate Warming, New Research Shows</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/04/30/plants-can-moderate-climate-warming-new-research-shows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Science Daily: As temperatures warm, plants release gases that help form clouds and cool the atmosphere, according to research from IIASA and the University of Helsinki. The new study, published in Nature Geoscience, identified a negative feedback loop in which higher temperatures lead to an increase in concentrations of natural aerosols that have a cooling<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/04/30/plants-can-moderate-climate-warming-new-research-shows/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Rains And Floods Due To Global Warming-Indian Minister</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/04/30/rains-and-floods-due-to-global-warming-indian-minister/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PIB: There is no clear cause and effect established between global warming and excessive rains and floods. Monsoon rainfall varies on different spatial and temporal scales. Extreme rainfall events that occur at some isolated places (viz. heavy rainfall over Mumbai or in Rajasthan) are highly localized and are part of the natural variability of the<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/04/30/rains-and-floods-due-to-global-warming-indian-minister/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>28,000 Rivers Disappeared In China: What Happened?</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/04/30/28000-rivers-disappeared-in-china-what-happened/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Atlantic: Government officials say it&#8217;s been caused by statistical inaccuracies and climate change. But is that the whole story? As recently as 20 years ago, there were an estimated 50,000 rivers in China, each covering a flow area of at least 60 square miles. But now, according to China&#8217;s First National Census of Water,<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/04/30/28000-rivers-disappeared-in-china-what-happened/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Drought-Stricken Midwest&#8217;s Floods: Is This What Climate Change Looks Like?</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/04/30/drought-stricken-midwests-floods-is-this-what-climate-change-looks-like/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Atlantic wire: The dramatic images resulting from this week&#8217;s floods in the Midwest are, in a way, a welcome sight. Six months ago, the region was wracked by drought. While the sudden drought-to-flood transition may not be due to climate change, it&#8217;s close to what some models predict. High water has been pervasive throughout the<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/04/30/drought-stricken-midwests-floods-is-this-what-climate-change-looks-like/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Vulnerability To Climate Change In Mid Elevation Mountain Regions</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/04/30/vulnerability-to-climate-change-in-mid-elevation-mountain-regions/</link>
		<comments>http://chimalaya.org/2013/04/30/vulnerability-to-climate-change-in-mid-elevation-mountain-regions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spaceindustrynews: Mid-elevation forests – those between approximately 6,500 to 8,000 feet (1,981 to 2,438 meters) in elevation – are the most sensitive to rising temperatures and changes in precipitation and snowmelt associated with climate change, finds a new University of Colorado Boulder-led study co-funded by NASA. The study looked at how the greenness of Western<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/04/30/vulnerability-to-climate-change-in-mid-elevation-mountain-regions/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>The Scientific Guide To Global Warming Skepticism</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/04/29/the-scientific-guide-to-global-warming-skepticism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientific skepticism is healthy. In fact, science by its very nature is skeptical. Genuine skepticism means considering the full body of evidence before coming to a conclusion. However, when you take a close look at arguments expressing climate ‘skepticism’, what you often observe is cherry picking of pieces of evidence while rejecting any data that<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/04/29/the-scientific-guide-to-global-warming-skepticism/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Innovator: Martin Riddiford&#8217;s Gravity-Powered Lamp</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/04/29/innovator-martin-riddifords-gravity-powered-lamp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business week: Hazardous kerosene lamps, still used in many developing countries, are a major expense for many of the world’s estimated 1.5 billion families without electricity. Poor households typically spend at least 10 percent of their income on kerosene, as much as $36 billion a year worldwide, according to the World Bank. So far, efforts to use solar<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/04/29/innovator-martin-riddifords-gravity-powered-lamp/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Another Climate Change Warning, Written In The Shells Of Crabs</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/04/29/another-climate-change-warning-written-in-the-shells-of-crabs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve all heard about rising sea levels and the possibility of more frequent, stronger storms. But oyster death? The Post’s Darryl Fears on Monday highlighted one of the many consequences of carbon dioxide emissions that scientists are only just beginning to detect — and most Americans have probably never considered — in Washington’s nearby Chesapeake Bay.<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/04/29/another-climate-change-warning-written-in-the-shells-of-crabs/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Iron Lady&#8221; Took Strong Stance on Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://chimalaya.org/2013/04/29/iron-lady-took-strong-stance-on-climate-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientific American: Margaret Thatcher, who passed away on April 8, saw global warming as a threat. Margaret Thatcher, the &#8220;Iron Lady&#8221; of British politics who died Monday at the age of 87, is being lionized as the woman who tilted British domestic and economic policy to the right. Less noted is how seriously she viewed<br /><span class="excerpt_more"><br /><a href="http://chimalaya.org/2013/04/29/iron-lady-took-strong-stance-on-climate-change/">[continue reading...]</a></span>]]></description>
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