Bangkok hosts key climate summit
30/3/2007 BBC Climate change activists have also gathered for the summit Climate change experts are meeting in Bangkok for a major conference to discuss ways to combat global warming. Read the rest of this entry »
End of oil heralds climate pain
29/3/2007 BBC David Strahan Many people think that running out of oil, or “peak oil”, would be good for the climate. In his new book The Last Oil Shock, David Strahan begs to differ; he suggests it may bring catastrophe. Read the rest of this entry »
Global warming study warns of vanishing climates
27/3/2007 Guardian Scientists warn of disaster in biodiversity hotspots · Species ‘must evolve or migrate’ to survive. Read the rest of this entry »
Computing rivals aviation for CO2 emissions
27/3/2007 BBC The global information and communications technology (ICT) industry generates as much CO2 as aviation, according to new research by Gartner. Gartner estimates that ICT accounts for around two per cent of global carbon dioxide emissions. Read the rest of this entry »
?Weather forecasters don’t mention the warming?
26/3/2007 Guardian Why TV weather forecasters don’t mention the warming by Mark Lawson. Read the rest of this entry »
Millions face drought in SW China
24/3/2007 BBC More than 5.5 million people are short of drinking water because of an acute drought in south-western China, state media reports. Low rainfall in the province of Sichuan has forced officials to deliver clean water to the worst-hit areas. Read the rest of this entry »
China gas emissions ‘may pass US
24/3/2007 BBC China acknowledges it faces climate change problems. China could overtake the US this year as the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases. Read the rest of this entry »
Amazon ‘faces more deadly droughts’
23/3/2007 BBC Two years ago the world was shocked by pictures of hundreds of rotting fish floating in the world’s largest river. Stranded villagers stared in bewilderment at dried out banks, and helicopters delivered food and water to isolated river communities. Read the rest of this entry »
Biofuel demand makes food expensive
23/3/2007 BBC Over the last year wholesale corn prices have roughly doubled. A fifth for ethanol The reason for the surging price is increasing demand from refineries that are buying corn – or maize as it is sometimes called – to turn it into ethanol. Read the rest of this entry »
Cars bear brunt of green taxation
21/3/2007 BBC Drivers of gas-guzzling cars will pay more Drivers of the biggest and most polluting vehicles are to see car tax almost double to £400 by April 2008, Chancellor Gordon Brown has said. Read the rest of this entry »
Don’t exaggerate climate dangers, scientists warn
18/3/2007 Guardian Leading climate change experts have warned of the ‘Hollywoodisation’ of global warning and criticised American scientists for exaggerating the message of global warming. Read the rest of this entry »
Caution urged on climate ‘risks
17/3/2007 BBC Two leading UK climate researchers say some of their peers are “overplaying” the global warming message and risk confusing the public about the threat. Professors Paul Hardaker and Chris Collier, both Royal Meteorological Society figures, are voicing their concern at a conference in Oxford. Read the rest of this entry »
US ‘blocks environment progress
17/3/2007 BBC There was widespread agreement on the need to cut emissions Germany’s environment minister, Sigmar Gabriel, says the United States has blocked progress on two key issues to protect the global environment. Read the rest of this entry »
Ashton Hayes tries to go ‘carbon neutral’
15/3/2007 Guardian It’s weekly quiz night at the Golden Lion pub in Ashton Hayes and the compere is on the ‘carbon neutral’ round. Read the rest of this entry »
The target wreckers – Monbiot
15/3/2007 Guardian Two ministries appear to be set on scuppering the government’s plans to combat global warming by George Monbiot. Read the rest of this entry »
UK could be first to put legal limits on carbon
14/3/2007 Guardian PA Plans to make Britain the first country in the world to set legally binding limits on its carbon pollution were announced yesterday when ministers unveiled their draft climate change bill. Read the rest of this entry »
Green motoring campaign
11/3/2007 BBC The government wants motorists to help cut CO2 emissions A campaign to get drivers to take easy steps to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions has been launched by the government. Read the rest of this entry »
Amazon carbon sink effect ’slows’
10/3/2007 BBC Scientists have sounded the alarm after spotting changes in the environment in Brazil’s tropical rain forests. They say they have found worrying signs that the forests may become less able to absorb the carbon dioxide emissions blamed for global warming. Read the rest of this entry »
Rich men blamed over climate changing emissions
10/3/2007 Guardian High-earning men blamed over climate changing emissions Working men earning more than £40,000 a year are responsible for the lion’s share of climate change emissions from personal travel, according to a Oxford University survey. Read the rest of this entry »
UK ‘will miss’ renewables target
9/3/2007 BBC The 2010 target is vanishing over the horizon, the report says The government’s target of generating 10% of Britain’s electricity from renewable sources by 2010 is unlikely to be met. Read the rest of this entry »
EU agrees on carbon dioxide cuts
9/3/2007 BBC The European Commission wants cleaner sources of power European Union leaders at a climate change summit in Brussels have agreed to slash carbon dioxide emissions by 20% from 1990 levels by the year 2020. Read the rest of this entry »
Global impact of Asia’s pollution
6/3/2007 BBC Industrial pollution coming from Asia is having a wider effect on global weather and climate than previously realised, research suggests. The “Asian haze” of soot is boosting storms in the Pacific, scientists find. Read the rest of this entry »
Biofuels: Green energy or grim reaper?
6/3/2007 BBC VIEWPOINT Biofuels could end up damaging the natural world rather than saving it from global warming, argues Jeff McNeely in the Green Room. Read the rest of this entry »
Global impact of Asia’s pollution
6/3/2007 BBC Global impact of Asia’s pollution Industrial pollution coming from Asia is having a wider effect on global weather and climate than previously realised, research suggests. Read the rest of this entry »
Asia smog fuelling Pacific storms
3/3/2007 Guardian Asia smog fuelling Pacific storms ‘will melt Arctic ice’ · Scientists highlight threat from big rise in emissions. Read the rest of this entry »
Island people swallowed by the sea
3/3/2007 BBC Melting ice caps are forcing polar bears further inland This week saw the launch of International Polar Year, an initiative in which scientists from 60 countries will study the Arctic and Antarctic, with the major focus on climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
Miliband may have to strengthen his target
2/3/2007 Guardian David Miliband, the environment secretary, may have to strengthen his proposed target of a 60% cut in CO2 emissions by 2050 in his imminent climate change bill. He is being told by MPs that the target may not be ambitious enough, due to the evidence of quickening climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
UN chief warns on climate change
2/3/2007 BBC Ban Ki-moon urged the US to lead the way in tackling climate change UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned that climate change poses as much of a danger to the world as war. Read the rest of this entry »
US CO2 emissions ‘violate rights
1/3/2007 BBC US CO2 emissions ‘violate Inuit rights’ Traditional hunting and fishing techniques are at risk from thin ice A delegation of Inuit has travelled to Washington to argue that the US government’s climate change policies violate human rights. Read the rest of this entry »