Gulf stream weakening?
31/10/2006 Realclimate.org critique of Guadrian report of weakening Gulf streem. Read the rest of this entry »
Monbiot on the Stern Report
31/10/2006 BBC . He appears to have demonstrated what many of us suspected: that it would cost much less to prevent runaway climate change than to seek to live with it. Read the rest of this entry »
Critique of Stern Report by Mark Lynas
30/10/2006 Climatechange.org – Guest mark Lynas. The headlines have all been optimistic – we can tackle global warming with only a 1% cost to global GDP - Wrong. Read the rest of this entry »
Stern Review summary
30/10/2006 BBC The world has to act now on climate change or face devastating economic consequences, according to a report compiled by Sir Nicholas Stern for the UK government. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change ‘hitting Africa’
28/10/2006 BBC Global warming is set to make many of the problems which Africa already deals with, much, much worse. Read the rest of this entry »
Global ecosystems ‘face collapse’
24/10/2006 BBC Current global consumption levels could result in a large-scale ecosystem collapse by the middle of the century, environmental group WWF has warned. Read the rest of this entry »
The cost of lighting the world
23/10/2006 BBC Paul Wade of the International Energy Agency (IEA) says
“We estimate that around 19% of all electricity is being used for lighting in one form or another.” Read the rest of this entry »
Climate water threat to millions
20/10/2006 BBC Climate change threatens supplies of water for millions of people in poorer countries, warns a new report from the Christian development agency Tearfund. Read the rest of this entry »
Gravity satellites see ice loss
20/10/2006 BBC Much of the ice is being lost from southeast Greenland. Greenland is currently losing about 100 billion tonnes of ice a year. Read the rest of this entry »
EU sets ‘ambitious’ energy goals
19/10/2006 BBC The EU is the world’s second largest consumer of energy- An action plan to cut Europe’s energy consumption by 20% before 2020 has been outlined by the European Commis Read the rest of this entry »
World’s pollution hotspots mapped
18/10/2006 BBC The Blacksmith Institute says three of the hotspots are in Russia, with the remainder dotted in various countries. Read the rest of this entry »
Biological limit of world’s fish stocks
12/10/2006 BBC About half of the world’s stocks are at their biological limit, and another quarter are overfished or depleted.
Green Fuel’s Dirty Secret
10/10/2006 Project-Censured-L@sonoma.edu Sasha Lilley further exposes the real drive behind corn based ethanol’s major role in Bush’s Biofuels Initiative. Read the rest of this entry »
Stern vision ‘needs new targets’
6/10/2006 BBC The Stern Review’s recommendations on curbing climate change need a fresh set of global emissions targets, according to a leading environmental economist. Read the rest of this entry »
How much CO2 emission is too much?
6/10/2006 Realclimate.org through analysis of this question. Filed under: Climate Science Greenhouse gases IPCC— david @ 3:18 p Read the rest of this entry »
Climate inaction ‘has high cost’ – Stern
4/10/2006 BBC Climate change could wipe out economic growth in some regions. The world must act now to curb climate change, as doing nothing will cost more long-term, UK officials have said. Read the rest of this entry »