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Head of ODPEM Calls on Young People to Join PERC Wed Jun 3 2009OCHO RIOS (JIS) - Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Ronald Jackson, is appealing to young people to join the Preparedness and Emergency Response Corps (PERC).
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Make indigenous people stewards of the North Wed Jun 3 2009Climate change, pollution, sovereignty in the Northwest Passage in her 2009 LaFontaine-Baldwin lecture presented in Iqaluit, Inuit activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier says her region has many problems and only one solution. Let the people whose past is there decide the Arctic's future
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Emissions fall for third year Wed Jun 3 2009European commissioner asserts that EU has “managed to de-couple economic growth from greenhouse gas emissions”. Thursday, 28 May 2009
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Climate change: Commission welcomes fall in 2007 greenhouse gas emissions for third consecutive year Wed Jun 3 2009IP/09/851 Brussels, 29 May 2009 Climate change: Commission welcomes fall in 2007 greenhouse gas emissions for third consecutive year European Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas today welcomed the news that EU greenhouse gas emissions have fallen for the third consecutive year.
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Report: Climate change killing 300,000 a year Wed Jun 3 2009More than 300 million people are already seriously affected by the gradual warming of the earth and that number is set to double by 2030, the report from the Global Humanitarian Forum warns. "Climate change is the greatest emerging humanitarian challenge of our time, causing suffering to hundreds of....
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China plans for the next big disaster Wed Jun 3 2009As China marked the first anniversary of the Sichuan earthquake that killed thousands and affected millions, Beijing released an optimistic white paper focusing on how it is going to make sure future disasters are handled more efficiently. The lofty goals, though, are going to take a lot of time and work, if they’re executed at all.
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Pyongyang shakes up pacifist Japan Wed Jun 3 2009The Japanese government, prompted by this week's nuclear and missile tests by North Korea, is finalizing plans that would enable the military to carry out pre-emptive strikes as part of a new defense plan to be presented by the end of the year. The era of Japan's strong pacifism, as enshrined in the....
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Youth to the rescue - 100 students trained in emergency response Wed Jun 3 2009Prime Minister Bruce Golding's vision of creating an islandwide network of young people to assist in emergencies began taking shape with the graduation of the first batch of cadets involved in the Preparedness and Emergency Respond Corps (PERC)...
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How Nigeria, France co-operation can lift world peace, by envoy Wed Jun 3 2009By Uju Atueyi F RENCH Ambassador to Nigeria, Jean Michel Dumond, has canvassed deeper bilateral relations between his country and Nigeria with a view to ending the Niger Delta crisis.
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WHO report highlights health sector's carbon footprint Wed Jun 3 2009Cutting carbon dioxide emissions in the health sector must form part of a comprehensive package of measures to mitigate the impact of climate change at the December climate conference in Copenhagen, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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River managers plan a bleak water future for Europe Wed Jun 3 2009Brussels, Belgium: An ambitious European scheme to fix and safeguard its rivers and secure its water future is at risk of being undermined by poor and inadequate plans for water management prepared by EU countries, a new study by WWF and European Environment Bureau (EEB) has found.
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Mozambique: Climate Change Adaptation Can't Wait Wed Jun 3 2009A detailed study of the effects of climate change on Mozambique has confirmed what many experts feared: unless immediate action is taken, the country will be overwhelmed by the impacts of cyclones, floods, droughts and disease outbreaks.
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Climate health costs: bug-borne ills, killer heat. Wed Jun 3 2009Tree-munching beetles, malaria-carrying mosquitoes and deer ticks that spread Lyme disease are three living signs that climate change is likely to exact a heavy toll on human health.
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Shock jocks: Voice of unreason Wed Jun 3 2009Syndicated radio host Glenn Beck, whose Philadelphia-based show is heard in more than 100 marketsEverywhere, that is, except in the New York TV studios of Fox News. Here, a man called Glenn Beck is 10 seconds into his daily talkshow, and already he's reached a rolling boil.
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03:51 on 28 May, 2009 UTC Wed Jun 3 2009British woman to row from Hawaii to Tuvalu Posted at 03:51 on 28 May, 2009 UTC A British woman attempting to become the first female to row solo across the Pacific Ocean has left Honolulu for Tuvalu. Roz Savage, who is 41, hopes to reach Tuvalu in about 100 days.
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Cooler Weather Heats Up Debate Wed Jun 3 2009Thursday, 28 May 2009, 12:55 pm Press Release: NZ Centre For Political Research Cooler Weather Heats Up DebateBy Dr Muriel Newman of the New Zealand Centre for Political Research Earlier this ...
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Water sources to be desilted Wed Jun 3 2009NAGAPATTINAM: The district administration will draft a comprehensive action plan to prevent the impact of natural calamities caused by cyclone or floods during the onset of monsoon. Speaking at a special training programme on disaster management, organised under the United Nations Development....
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Climate health costs: bug-borne ills, killer heat Wed Jun 3 2009WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tree-munching beetles, malaria-carrying mosquitoes and deer ticks that spread Lyme disease are three living signs that climate change is likely to exact a heavy toll on human health.
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01:48 on 28 May, 2009 UTC Wed Jun 3 2009British woman to row from Hawaii to Tuvalu Posted at 01:48 on 28 May, 2009 UTC A British woman attempting to become the first female to row solo across the Pacific Ocean has left Honolulu for Tuvalu. Roz Savage, who is 41, hopes to reach Tuvalu in about 100 days.
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Nigerians Told To Be Alert On Swine Flu Wed Jun 3 2009WHO Director on Disease Prevention and Control, Dr. Lola Sadiq, gave the advice on Monday in Port Harcourt at a sensitisation seminar for health workers and journalists on the H1N1 influenza.Sadiq spoke on the topic, "Overview of A/H1N1 Global Situation, WHO Treatment Guidelines and Protocol on Influenza A/H1N1.
