Tuesday, September 04, 2012

Youth Profile #10: Re-powering Australia with the AYCC | RTCC - Responding to Climate Change
We want to see all countries take on zero emissions targets and reach them
Study highlights lack of climate-linked aid to Malawi - AlertNet
Developing countries receive nearly US$150 billion in aid annually for socio-economic development and poverty alleviation, but need US$100 billion more a year to address the threats of global climate change, according to a 2010 World Bank report.
Science Museum calls in Forster Communications for climate change [scam] focus | PR & public relations news | PRWeek
The Science Museum has brought in Forster Communications to help it with work around climate change.
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Andrea Dearden, head of comms at The Science Museum, praised the agency’s previous work and said:

‘Forster secured significant media coverage for our Climate Changing stories, achieving strong cut-through at the same time as the high profile Turing and Google Exhibitions were launching. Their strategic planning and creative approach secured a wide range of national and regional coverage, keeping The Science Museum and its connection to climate change front of mind for audiences, a key objective of the work.’
Deaths rise by 6,000 in February and March – The Connexion
SIX thousand more people than usual died in February and March this year, new statistics show.

This equates to a 16% rise, between February 6 and March 18.

The body which did the study – Institut de la Veille Sanitaire (IVS) – did not give a reason for the rise, but it is assumed to be linked to a wave of cold that hit the country at that time.

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