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06/08/2003 Climate chaos Climate change accelerates? Alaska Bush WMO GLOBAL EXTREME WEATHER: A SUMMARY August 4 2003 The Portuguese Government has declared a state of not just emergency, but calamity, as forest fires have engulfed one third of the country. One local villager involved in fighting the blazes told the BBC that no-one had seen fires like this in living memory. The fires have been brought about by exceptionally dry and hot weather conditions. August 2003 France has been hit by forest fires, as it too suffers from record temperatures. Technicians doused the Fessenheim nuclear power station, near Strasbourg, with cold water to prevent it overheating August 2003 Rail speed restrictions were imposed in the UK amid fears that tracks might buckle in the heat, as weather officials said midweek temperatures could surpass the record of 37.1C (98.8F). WMO release: This year's wheat harvest in the Czech Republic, already hit by poor winter weather, was predicted to plummet to 2.7m tonnes - down from nearly 4m tonnes last year. At least 1400 people died in the unusually high pre-monsoon temperatures in India. Flooding and mudslides from a cyclone killed 300 in Sri Lanka. In the USA, May was a record month for tornadoes, killing 41 people.
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Latest Campaign News KYOTO MARCH - Saturday 12 February 2005 In February the Kyoto Protocol finally comes into force. Join the Campaign Against Climate Change on a march in central London to mark the occassion by protesting the US' refusal to join the Protocol. Assemble at Lincoln's Inn Fields at 11.30. For more information go to www.campaign againstclimatechange.net Esso up to old tricks on Kyoto Governments from around the world met in Buenos Aires to discuss protecting the climate under the Kyoto Protocol. Greenpeace sent a delegation to the conference to keep an eye on the activities of Esso and other fossil fuel lobbies.more "Global warming is a conspiracy against America" As a taste of what is to come during a second Bush term Myron Ebell, an advisor to President Bush on climate issues, recently argued that global warming is a myth cooked up by the EU to 'hamper American competitiveness'... more Russia Ratifies The Russian parliament have voted to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, which brings the treaty into force... more Chief Scientist: we need immediate action on climate change "Action is affordable, inaction is certainly not," says Sir David King, the UK governments chief scientist...more |
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