Storm Damage
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| Initial release | January 23, 2000 |
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| Directors | Simon Cellan Jones |
| Original release | 23 January 2000 |
| Screenplay | Lennie James |
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| ID | 2597633 |
About Storm Damage
A teacher (Adrian Lester) deals with his past as a foster child after a former pupil threatens him with a knife.
Storm Ciarán eases but flood warnings remain
... Jersey s airport will also remain closed to commercial flights until at least early after on Friday due to Storm Damage...
Flash flooding as thunder storms batter parts of England
... " I ve only seen such Storm Damage on films...
Powerful tornado flips cars in south Florida
... Schools are closed on Monday due to road closures and Storm Damage...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Thousands yet to be contacted after New Zealand storm
... The Storm Damaged hundreds of mobile phone masts, and Mr Hipkins said many of the thousands of uncontactable people are likely to be found alive and well...
California battles deadly storms with millions under flood watch
... " If we are unable to slow the warming of the atmosphere, we can expect to see more and more extreme events happening more and more frequently, " Miner told the BBC, while surveying Storm Damage on a beach in Ventura...
COP27: Time to pay the climate bill - vulnerable nations
... As a low-lying nation, the Bahamas is particularly vulnerable to sea-level rise and Storm Damage...
Hurricane Ian: Florida death toll rises as criticism mounts
... The utility company with the largest number of outages, Florida Power & Light Co, said that the majority of customers will have their power restored by 7 October, but that Storm Damage has made some properties " unable to safely accept power"...
Storm Eunice: How do I claim for damage?
... What counts as Storm Damage for insurers? The insurance company Aviva says a storm generally involves violent winds, accompanied by rain, hail or snow, which is " capable of causing damage to a building in a one-off event"...
COP27: Time to pay the climate bill - vulnerable nations
By Georgina RannardClimate and science reporter, BBC News
Leaders of countries flooded or parched due to Climate Change are pleading at The COP27 summit for an urgent financial lifeline from richer nations.
" We will not give up. . The Alternative consigns us to a watery grave, " Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davies said.
Countries are meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt to discuss next steps in curbing Climate Change .
Front Line nations want a special compensation fund for The climate impacts they cannot recover from.
" I'm Not Here to ask any of you To Love The People of My Country with The same passion as I do, " Mr Davies told leaders.
" I'm asking what is it worth to you to have millions of Climate Refugees to turn into tens of millions, putting pressure on political and economic systems around The World , " He Said .
As a low-lying nation, The Bahamas is particularly vulnerable to sea-level rise and Storm Damage .
He urged nations to " get real" saying that acting on Climate Change is in everyone's self-interest.
Referring to The trans-Atlantic slave trade that saw European countries buy and transport African people to The Caribbean against their will, Mr Davies said: " We Are children of survivors of that man-made tragedy. We have a duty to fight for survival as they fought so desperately for theirs. "
Leaders of African nations also called for support. Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo said The Continent needs money to adapt to Climate Change . " No-one will win if Africa loses, " He Said .
And Namibian President Hage Geingob called developed countries " criminal" for their role as The biggest historical emitters of greenhouse gases (those gases that warm our atmosphere).
Nations very vulnerable to Climate Change are united in their calls at The Summit for richer countries to pay The Bill for The damage caused by Sea Level rise, drought and extreme storms.
They say developed nations owe this money because they became rich off decades of using fossil fuels.
By contrast many less developed countries, particularly The Small Island nations most At Risk , have contributed virtually nothing to total emissions.
Richer nations have historically avoided The question of compensation or reparations, but The issue - referred to as " loss and damage" - was put on The Cop agenda this year for The First Time since The summits began 30 years ago.
The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), a group of low-lying countries, suggested that fossil fuel companies " could carry a portion of their burden" by paying a tax on profits.
" We all know they make extortionate profits, " Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne told journalists at Cop .
Countries including China and India should help contribute to The fund, He Said , but added that AOSIS will not push for retrospective cash.
The Pacific island nations of Tuvalu and Vanuatu called for a treaty to end The use of fossil fuels.
" The climate emergency can be reduced to two basic concepts - Time and temperature. It's getting too hot and there is barely Time to slow and reverse it, " Tuvalu Prime Minister Kausea Natano said.
And speaking weeks after, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said countries are " trapped in a crisis of public financing fuelled by debt and yet have to fund climate disasters on their own. This is simply unjust and unfair to say The least. "
President of The European Commission Ursula Von Der Leyen acknowledged that richer nations should do their part, telling COP27: " Those most in need, in The developing world, must be supported in adapting to a harsher climate [. . ] Cop must make progress on averting, minimising and addressing loss and damage from Climate Change . "
It is The Third Day of The Cop summit, which is focussed on implementing ambitious promises made at COP26 in Glasgow Last Year .
Away from The negotiations, The Sister of jailed Egyptian-British pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fattah said she does not know if he is alive as The
As world leaders meet in Sharm el-Sheikh Human Rights groups
On Monday leaders of richer nations said countries should stay The Course in tackling Climate Change despite The War in Ukraine and global energy shocks.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said it is a reason to act faster, promising to develop Clean Energy that would bring energy security.
In a reminder of The danger The World faces, Un Secretary General Antonio Guterres told The Summit " We Are on a highway to climate hell with our foot on The accelerator".
The COP27 global climate summit in Egypt is seen as crucial if Climate Change is to be brought Under Control . More Than 200 countries are attending The Summit to discuss further measures to cut emissions and prepare for Climate Change , and it could lead to major changes to our everyday Lives .
Source of news: bbc.com
