28/5/2007 Guardian The UK must donate more money to poorer countries to help them cope with climate change, according to a charity. Oxfam said Britain had pledged £20m in “adaptation funds” – but needed to pay a further £1.2bn. Read the rest of this entry »
28/5/2007 BBC The UK must donate more money to poorer countries to help them cope with climate change, according to a charity. Oxfam said Britain had pledged £20m in “adaptation funds” – but needed to pay a further £1.2bn. Read the rest of this entry »
25/5/2007 Guardian Tokyo unveils proposals for 50% cut in greenhouse gases by 2050. Read the rest of this entry »
21/5/2007 BBC A controversial new idea suggests that a large space rock exploded over North America 13,000 years ago. The blast may have wiped out one of America’s first Stone Age cultures as well as the continent’s big mammals such as the mammoth and the mastodon. Read the rest of this entry »
17/5/2007 BBC Scotland’s two coal-fired power stations could be converted to clean coal technology under £1.5bn plans unveiled by Scottish Power. The plans would affect Longannet power station in Fife and the Cockenzie plant in East Lothian. Read the rest of this entry »
16/5/2007 BBC In the late 1960s, with the scent of flower power fresh in the air and the Vietnam War in spate, the nascent environmental movement, with US groups in the vanguard, began to adopt whaling as a signature campaign. Read the rest of this entry »
15/5/2007 BBC Washington correspondent Matt Frei goes to Virginia to take a look at how the issue of climate change is dividing America’s evangelical movement. Read the rest of this entry »
15/5/2007 BBC New technology means coal can be both a clean and secure source of energy, according to a UK think-tank report. Read the rest of this entry »
15/5/2007 BBC Alarmist messages about global warming are counter-productive, the head of a leading climate research centre says. Professor Mike Hulme, of the UK’s Tyndall Centre, has been conducting research on people’s attitudes to media portrayals of a catastrophic future. Read the rest of this entry »
14/5/2007 Guardian Dan Milmo, transport correspondent – Drivers will be facing a nationwide pay-as-you-drive scheme unless they work from home more often or avoid rush hour, warn the authors of a report highlighting the growing congestion of Britain’s roads. Read the rest of this entry »
14/5/2007 Guardian 1bn likely to be displaced by 2050, says report. A billion people – one in seven people on Earth today – could be forced to leave their homes over the next 50 years as the effects of climate change worsen an already serious migration crisis. Read the rest of this entry »
13/5/2007 BBC The US is trying to block sections of a draft agreement on climate change prepared for next month’s G8 summit. Washington objects to the draft’s targets to keep the global temperature rise below 2C this century and halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Read the rest of this entry »
11/5/2007 Guardian Climate change may have passed a key tipping point that could mean temperatures rising more quickly than predicted and it being harder to tackle global warming, research suggests. Read the rest of this entry »
11/5/2007 Guardian The US is fighting to water down a declaration on global warming being prepared for next month’s G8 summit, it was reported today. Reuters said Washington was objecting to specific targets and arguing against significant UN involvement. Read the rest of this entry »
11/5/2007 BBC Scientists in Brazil have claimed that a major source of greenhouse gas emissions could be curbed by capturing and burning methane given off by large hydro-electric dams. The team at the country’s National Space Research Institute (INPE) is developing prototype equipment designed to stop the greenhouse gas from entering the atmosphere. Read the rest of this entry »
9/5/2007 BBC Grants cut for home energy scheme The government’s decision to reduce individual grants for homeowners wanting to produce their own renewable energy has been criticised. Read the rest of this entry »
9/5/2007 BBC A UN report warns that a hasty switch to biofuels could have major impacts on livelihoods and the environment. Read the rest of this entry »
7/5/2007 BBC Delegates to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol are meeting in the German city of Bonn. The two-week summit of about 2,000 delegates from 190 countries will focus on how to forward the Kyoto Protocol. Read the rest of this entry »
7/5/2007 BBC Germany has now become the top holiday destination for Germans – and part of that reason is climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
7/5/2007 BBC China warns of population growth. China’s top family planning body has warned of a “population rebound” as couples flout one child policy rules. Read the rest of this entry »
7/5/2007 BBC China’s mixed messages on climate By Daniel Griffiths BBC News, Beijing Read the rest of this entry »
5/5/2007 Guardian UN scientists warn time is running out to tackle global warming · Scientists say eight years left to avoid worst effects · Read the rest of this entry »
5/5/2007 BBC South Pacific to stop bottom-trawling. A quarter of the world’s oceans will be protected from fishing boats which drag heavy nets across the sea floor, South Pacific nations have agreed. Read the rest of this entry »
4/5/2007 BBC VIEWPOINT Matthew Spencer “Think global, act local” is the well-worn catchphrase to encourage people to cut their carbon emissions. Read the rest of this entry »
4/5/2007 BBC By Richard Black Environment correspondent IPPC – “It’s a great report,” enthused Bill Hare. “It’s very strong, and it shows that it’s economically and technically feasible to make deep emission reductions sufficient to limit warming to 2C. Read the rest of this entry »
4/5/2007 BBC The growth in greenhouse gas emissions can be curbed at reasonable cost, experts at a major UN climate change conference in Bangkok have agreed. Boosting renewable energy, reducing deforestation and improving energy efficiency can all help, they said. Read the rest of this entry »
2/5/2007 BBC Buildings are expected to feature as a crucial area for energy-saving in the UN’s third report on climate change this week. Read the rest of this entry »
2/5/2007 BBC A new space innovation centre in the UK will lead the development of novel technologies to monitor our planet. Read the rest of this entry »
1/5/2007 Guardian Monbiot Our governments have set the wrong targets to tackle climate change using outdated science, and they know it George Monbiot Read the rest of this entry »