Daventry tries out cybercar system
26/9/2007 BBC Cybercars – small, tracked, driver-less vehicles like mini taxis to get give acces to congested areas. Read the rest of this entry »
How sea tubes might reduce CO2
27/9/2007 BBC For details Go to http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7014503.stm
Orkney tidal power plans unveiled
27/9/2007 BBC One of the world’s largest tidal energy projects has been unveiled off the coast of Orkney. Read the rest of this entry »
How sea tubes could slow climate change
27/9/2007 Guardian James Lovelock and Chris Rapley(director of the Science Museum, London have presented a plan to tackling global warming using 200 metre tubes in the oceans. Read the rest of this entry »
Pressure vessel by John Vidal
26/9/2007 Guadian (Society section) Stop Climate Chaos may have only seven staff members but it has successfully galvanised extensive support from groups and the public to help force a law on climate change – and its work is not over yet. Read the rest of this entry »
Man causing climate change – full details
25/9/2007 BBC Full details and graphics for the summary of this item on the newlist. Read the rest of this entry »
Man causing climate change – poll
25/9/2007 BBC Large majorities in many countries now believe human activity is causing global warming, a BBC World Service poll suggests. Read the rest of this entry »
UN chief urges action on climate
24/9/2007 BBC UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon has called on world leaders to act quickly to deal with climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
Deal on ozone and climate relief
24/9/2007 BBC Nearly 200 governments have agreed a faster timetable for phasing out chemicals that deplete the ozone layer and contribute to global warming. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change spooks companies
23/9/2007 BBC The Global Corporate Climate Change Report is launched on 2nd October in New York. Read the rest of this entry »
Earthscan – publishes books etc on climate change
Earthscan – publishes books etc on climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
The Royal Society- UK’s national academy of science
The Royal Society – UK’s national academy of science has a section on climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
Will you help to make a time-capsule?
If the problem is that we know we are spoiling the planet for future generations but we are not doing anything adequate about that, perhaps it would help to make this more explicit if we made time-capsules in which we left messages to those future generations. Read the rest of this entry »
Can shopping save the planet – Mark Lynas
17/9/2007 Guardian article criticizing consumering disguised as being green. Read the rest of this entry »
New Economics -as if people/ the planet matter
NEF, New Economics Foundation – Economics as if people and the planet mattered.
Go to www.neweconomics.org
Sustainable Scotland Network
Sustainable Scotland Network -bringing together planners across many authorities
I Count – how to reduce your carbon emissions
I Count asks you to pledge and shows you how to reduce your carbon emissions
Go to www.icount.org.uk
Edinburgh Science Festival
Edinburgh Science Festival 2008 is scheduled for 25th March to 5th April 2008 and it is understood that a major theme will be on climate change.
The world’s ten ‘most polluted places’ named
14/9/2007 BBC The Blacksmith Institute -a US-based independent environmental group has named the top 10 towns and cities including sites in ex-Soviet republics, Russia, China and India, Peru and Zambia. Read the rest of this entry »
Global Warming ‘opens Northwest Passage’
15/9/2007 BBC The most direct shipping route from Europe to Asia is fully clear of ice for the first time since records began, the European Space Agency (Esa) says. The findings, based on satellite images, raised concerns about the speed of global warming. Read the rest of this entry »
Flood misery hits central Africa
15/9/2007 BBC The UN says there are fears of disease and locust infestation.
An estimated one million people across Africa have been hit by prolonged rains
which have destroyed crops, burst dams and left dozens dead, officials say. Read the rest of this entry »
Floods across Africa affect 1 million
15/9/2007 BBC Abnormal rainfall has caused extreme flooding across central Africa. 14 countries and at least 1 million people affected. Read the rest of this entry »
IISS – climate damage “on the level of a nuclear war”.
13/9/2007 Guardian The London based International Institute for Strategic Studies – one of the world’s leading security thinktanks – warns “The threat from Islamic terrorism remains as high as ever, and looks set to get worse.” It also warns that, if nothing is done, climate change could inflict damage “on the level of a nuclear war.”
US Chief Scientist to Bush says warming is “90% man-made”.
14/9/2007 BBC Professor John Marburger, US Chief Scientist who advises President Bush says global warming is “90% man-made”. Read the rest of this entry »
Bush aide says global warming is man-made
14/9/2007 BBC The US chief scientist has told the BBC that climate change is now a fact. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate Outreach and Information Network
Climate Outreach and Information Network (COIN)
George Marshall’s website Go to coinet.org.uk
Can recycling etc save the planet?
13/9/2007 Guardian Have we trivialised climate change by giving people the comforting belief that recycling and switching off standbys are enough? Read the rest of this entry »
IISS Report- climate change “on the level of a nuclear war”
13/9/2007 Guardian The latest IISS Report has grim warnings on terrorism and says that climate change could inflict damage “on the level of a nuclear war.” Read the rest of this entry »
South Asia flood devastation worsens
11/9/2007 BBC NEWS The number of people made homeless by flooding in north-east India and Bangladesh has risen to some 1.5 million, officials say. Read the rest of this entry »
Rush for biofuels is taking toll on food crops.
29/8/2007 Guardian Land that was once used to grow food is increasingly being turned over to biofuels. This may help us to fight global warming – but it is driving up food
prices throughout the world. Read the rest of this entry »
EU biofuel policy is a ‘mistake’
17/8/2007 BBC The EU target of ensuring 10% of petrol and diesel comes from renewable sources by 2020 is not an effective way to curb carbon emissions, researchers say. Read the rest of this entry »
What should we say and how should we say it?
How do people differ in terms of climate change messages? Which people should we focus on? What messages are appropriate at this time and how should they change as events unfold? What are the most effective ways of offering appropriate messages? Read the rest of this entry »
Biofuels: green energy or grim reaper?
22/9/2006 BBC Viewpoint by Jeffrey A McNeely is chief scientist of IUCN, the World Conservation Union, based in Switzerland Read the rest of this entry »
Global impact of Asia’s pollution
6/3/2007 BBC report on Asia’s increasing pollution and how it is causing climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
My carbon footprint – the start of one year project
22/2/2006 Justin Rowlatt starts one year project to cut his carbon footprint for BBC Newsnight. Read the rest of this entry »
Farewell to a melting glacier
3/4/2007 BBC Graphics and pictures of disappearing Chacaltaya glacier, Bolivia Read the rest of this entry »
Snowy forests ‘increase warming’ – report
10/4/2007 BBC The report in US journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says the pine forests of Europe, Siberia and Canada may contribute to warming. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Greenhouse emmissions show a rise
29/3/2007 BBC Data for UK greenhouse emissions show a rise away from even the trivial Kyoto targets. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate Change: In Graphics/2007 IPCC Report summary
2/2/2007 BBC The 2007 IPCC Report – 130 countries – summarised in a page or so of grpahics. Read the rest of this entry »
Chaotic world of climate truth
4/11/2006 BBC Mike Hulme, Director, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research gives his views of the effects of campaigning about climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
Billions face climate change risk
9/4/2007 BBC Conference warns of billions affected by climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
New UK centre for monitoring climate from space
2/5/2007 BBC New UK high tech centre is established for monitoring climate variables such as water vapour from space. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate Change “Can be Tackled” – Bangkok Report.
4/5/2007 BBC UN Bangkok Conference - IPCC Report focuses on cost/benefit of options. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate Change around the World
3/6/2007 BBC How climate change is predicted to affect different regions. Read the rest of this entry »
Lake disappears suddenly in Chile
22/6/2007 BBC A five-acre (two hectare) lake vanished, between March and May 2007, possibly through a fissure. Read the rest of this entry »