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Climate Panel Cites Near Certainty on Warming

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Aug 29, 2013 - Justin Gillis - nytimes.com
A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states that the authors are now 95 percent to 100 percent confident that human activity is the primary influence on planetary warming.
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An international panel of scientists has found with near certainty that human activity is the cause of most of the temperature increases of recent decades, and warns that sea levels could conceivably rise by more than three feet by the end of the century if emissions continue at a runaway pace.

The scientists, whose findings are reported in a draft summary of the next big United Nations climate report, largely dismiss a recent slowdown in the pace of warming, which is often cited by climate change doubters, attributing it most likely to short-term factors.

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Renewables-based Desalination: A Solution to MENA's Water Crisis

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Sep 2, 2013 - Dr. Nasser Saidi, Chairman, Clean Energy Business Council - renewableenergyworld.com
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"You never miss the water till the well runs dry" is an old idiom that is becoming a harsh reality for the Middle East and North Africa region and globally. Water scarcity is now this century's imminent greatest problem, a clear and present danger. This is no surprise considering 85 percent of the world’s population lives in the driest half of the planet. The United Nations estimates that, already, 6 to 8 million people die annually from the consequences of disasters and water-related diseases, with a child dying from a water-related illness every 21 seconds.

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Biodiversity and ecosystem losses

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Biodiversity and ecosystem losses

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Monday, July 16, 2012

Biodiversity and ecosystem protection is one of the big and urgent global issues of the decade to come. The solutions are too complex to be laid out here, but a global framework would include many elements: protected areas, actively managed preserves, trade bans, integrated ecosystem management, certification of sustainability, seed banks, satellite monitoring, and many others.

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Is San Diego's water sustainable?

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Cathleen Pieroni, Principal Water Resources Specialist

What does Water Supply Sustainability mean to San Diego? 

  • Living within our water “means”? 
  • Living within our water and energy “means”? 
  • Having enough reliable water supplies to meet present and future water demands? 
  • Minimal negative impacts to the environment? 

Community Plan Update

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