Topic: World Wide Fund for Nature
Melting icecaps to damage major port cities: WWF
AFP Global Edition
<div><p>Flooding in the world's major port cities caused by melting icecaps could cause up to 28 trillion dollars (18 trillion euros) in damage in 2050, environmental group WWF said in a report Monday.</p><p>"If the temperature rises ...
Major Asian cities face climate disaster: WWF
AFP Global Edition
<div><p>Low-lying and impoverished Asian coastal cities such as Dhaka, Manila and Jakarta are vulnerable to "brutal" damage from climate change without global action, environmental group WWF warned Thursday.</p><p>Energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions must be curtailed in ...
Australian oil spill recovery plan could take 7 years
AFP Global Edition
<div><p>Monitoring the clean-up of a huge oil spill in pristine Australian waters could take as long as seven years, an official said Wednesday as environmentalists urged a wide-ranging inquiry into the disaster.</p><p>As many as 28,000 barrels ...
Spain UN Climate Talks
AP News
Spain's Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Elena Espinosa, right, with a fake vote card in foreground, as she attends the performance of World Wildlife Fund for nature (WWF) "Vote for Earth", in Barcelona, Spain, on Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. Barcelona is to host the final round of climate talks before ...
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