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  2. Climate finance - Wikipedia

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    The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference introduced a new era for climate finance, policies, and markets. The Paris Agreement, which was adopted at that conference, defined a global action plan to put the world on track to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels. The ...

  3. Climate change and infectious diseases - Wikipedia

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    Climate change is affecting the distribution of these diseases due to the expanding geographic range and seasonality of these diseases and their vectors. [ 5 ] : 9 Though many infectious diseases are affected by changes in climate, vector-borne diseases, such as malaria, dengue fever and leishmaniasis, present the strongest causal relationship.

  4. Credit CARD Act of 2009 - Wikipedia

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    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in its October 2013 report on the CARD Act found that between the first quarter of 2009 and December 2012, credit card interest rates increased on average from 16.2% to 18.5%, while the “total cost of credit,” that is, the total of all fees and interest paid by all consumers as a percentage of the ...

  5. When interest-rate cuts will hit credit cards, car loans, and ...

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    Credit-card interest rates are at historic highs — the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found in a recent report that the average annual percentage rate on credit cards surged to 22.8% in ...

  6. Credit card - Wikipedia

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    A credit card is a payment card, usually issued by a bank, allowing its users to purchase goods or services, or withdraw cash, on credit. Using the card thus accrues debt that has to be repaid later. [1] Credit cards are one of the most widely used forms of payment across the world. [2]

  7. The Equal Credit Opportunity Act became law 50 years ago ...

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    The Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 made it easier for both groups to obtain credit cards and loans. The act includes rights and protections for consumers applying for credit.

  8. Economic analysis of climate change - Wikipedia

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    However, part of these are also due to human-induced climate change. Extreme Event Attribution quantifies how climate change is altering the probability and magnitude of extreme events. On a case-by-case basis, it is feasible to estimate how the magnitude and/or probability of the extreme event has shifted due to climate change.

  9. Credit card protection: What is it and is it worth it? - AOL

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    Credit card protection insurance is separate from other protections that may automatically come with your credit card. You have to apply for it and the cost will depend on how much you spend on ...