UNICEF world’s poorest children hardest hit by climate change.
29/4/2008 UNICEF UK report reveals that the world’s poorest and most vulnerable children are being hit the hardest by the impact of climate change.
Climate change “affecting poor children” UNICEF report.
29/4/2008 BBC The UN children’s agency says that increases in floods, droughts and
insect-borne disease will all affect health, education and welfare. Read the rest of this entry »
Nature’s carbon balance “entirely out of equilibrium”.
28/4/2008 BBC Scientists have found new evidence that the Earth’s natural feedback mechanism regulated carbon dioxide levels for hundreds of thousands of years. Read the rest of this entry »
US air force calls for mission to combat climate change
28/4/2008 Guardian US air force calls for the world’s top scientists to come together in a 21st-century Apollo-style programme to develop greener fuels and tackle global
warming. Read the rest of this entry »
Governments of poor nations alarmed by rise in food prices.
26/4/2008 BBC The governments of many poor nations are alarmed at the rise in food prices. Read the rest of this entry »
Sulphate geo-fix of climate change would affect ozone layer
25/4/2008 BBC Research has cast new doubt on the wisdom of using Sun-blocking sulphate particles to cool the planet. Read the rest of this entry »
Levels of the greenhouse gas methane seem to be rising
24/4/2008 BBC – having remained stable for nearly 10 years. Read the rest of this entry »
Greenland ice melt leaves scientists ’shell shocked’
26/4/2008 People and the Planet (site below) “What is at stake is the stability we have always taken for granted” Read the rest of this entry »
Airline slows planes 10km/h – saves 1million EUs
23/4/2008 BBC Belgium’s Brussels Airlines has announced it is slowing speeds and reducing weight on some of its aircraft in order to reduce fuel costs. Read the rest of this entry »
EU/Japan summit calls for more ambitious/binding targets
23/4/2008 BBC European and Japanese leaders at their annual summit in Tokyo have called for “ambitious and binding” targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Read the rest of this entry »
Foodcrisis: “A silent tsunami which knows no borders ….”
22/4/2008 BBC . “A silent tsunami which knows no borders sweeping the world” Read the rest of this entry »
Industry Pushes For 25% Agrofuel Target
April, 2008 Corporate Europe Observatory, 2008 at the European Biofuels Technology Platform (EBTFP) Read the rest of this entry »
UN food chief urges crisis action
22/4/2008 BBC Josette Sheeran from the UN World Food Programme has spoken about the shortages. Read the rest of this entry »
21,000 members of SCCS submit comments on Sc. Climate Bill
22/4/2008 SCCS coalition has today revealed that more than 21,000 of its supporters have responded to the Scottish Government’s Climate Change Bill Consultation, calling for tough measures and strong political leadership. Read the rest of this entry »
Customers want environmentally-friendly data systems.
21/4/2008 IT Pro A new survey shows their customers for data systems want environmentally-friendly options. Read the rest of this entry »
Critique of Scottish Climate Change Bill submitted by MB
Critique of the draft Scottish Climate Change Bill submitted
as part of the Consultation process by Dr Morris Bradley Read the rest of this entry »
Nicholas Stern warns his report underestimated the risks
18/4/2008 Guardian Stern “Emissions are growing much faster than we’d thought, the absorptive capacity of the planet is less than we’d thought, the risks of greenhouse gases
are potentially bigger than more cautious estimates and the speed of climate
change seems to be faster.” Read the rest of this entry »
UK has emitted more CO2e than any other country
10/4/2008 Because of starting the industrial revolution, UK’s total emissions are the most in the world, Germany 2nd, U.S.A. 3rd. Read the rest of this entry »
Rising seas are changing Britain’s coast dramatically.
17/4/2008 Guardian Calling for “the embayment” of 25 square miles of low-lying land, the government’s environmental body, Natural England, said that nine miles of sea defences … were unsustainable Read the rest of this entry »
Village residents getting self-sufficient for food.
17/4/2008 Daily Mail To become less dependent on supermarkets, the residents of the village of Martin, Hampshire are working together to become as self-sufficient as possible. Read the rest of this entry »
Change in farming can feed the world – report claims
16/4/2008 Guardian Ample resources wasted, global study warns. Biofuels exacerbating shortage of food crops Read the rest of this entry »
Oceans warming four times faster than IPCC 2007 forecast.
13/4/2008 Metro Oceans across the globe are warming up to four times faster than previously thought, according to the UN. Read the rest of this entry »
Sea levels could rise one-and-a-half metres by 2100
15/4/2008 BBC This is substantially more than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) forecast in last year’s landmark assessment of climate science. Read the rest of this entry »
Exeter uni. responds for more climate change experts
19/3/2008 Financial Times on-line CLIMATE change is one of the biggest challenges facing mankind in the 21st century. Read the rest of this entry »
Russian oil production has peaked – top energy executuve
14/4/2008 Financial Times Fears emerge over Russia’s oil output .. one of the country’s top energy executives has warned Read the rest of this entry »
China overtakes USA as world’s worst polluter
15/4/2008 BBC China has already overtaken the US as the world’s “biggest polluter”, a report to be published next month says. Read the rest of this entry »
Food crisis bites across the world at alarming speed
13/4/2008 Observer Climate change, China’s increasing consumption and the dash for biofuels are causing food shortages and rocketing prices – sparking riots in cities from the Caribbean to the Far East. Read the rest of this entry »
Social Trends survey – UK richer, healthier but no happier.
8/4/2008 BBC After 30 years of unprecedented economic growth, the British are richer,
healthier – but no happier than in 1973. Read the rest of this entry »
Dounray £2.9bn clean-up – 300 years to complete.
10/4/2008 BBC Scotland’s fast reactor research site, Dounreay in Caithness, is gradually being cleaned of radioactive contamination and demolished. Read the rest of this entry »
Middle East water crisis warning -supply will halve by 2050
Governments in the Middle East and North Africa need to invest now if they want
to avoid severe water shortages in the future, the World Bank has warned. Read the rest of this entry »
IMF meeting World Bank condemns dash to biofuels
10/4/2008 Guardian Poor go hungry while rich fill their tanks· . Read the rest of this entry »
25,000 new homes on prime agricultural land.
10/4/2008 BBC Go-ahead for 25,000 Lothian homes The green light for 25,000 homes in Scotland’s fastest growing area has been given following a public inquiry, despite more than 2,000 objections. Read the rest of this entry »
Eco-towns are not the answer to climate change or housing needs
4/4/2008 Guardian Article by Simon Jenkins – summary Read the rest of this entry »
CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS EDITED DOWN
7/4/2008 Guardian Front page lead (bought in Edinburgh) was edited down on the Guardian website. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate target is guaranteed catastrophe
7/4/2008 Guardian Front page lead NOTE EDITING DOWN the title above was printed in the Guardian but changed to “Climate target is not radical enough – study”. Read the rest of this entry »
Food shortages threaten global security – UN Report
9/4/2008 Guardian front page lead “Food price rises threaten global security – UN” Read the rest of this entry »
Dr James Hanson Head NASA Goddard Inst f. Space Studies
Hanson has a list of excellent materials freely available, including presentations in pdf format – Read the rest of this entry »
Welcome to this website
Welcome to the www.SCCSVolunteers.org.uk website which is a subsidiary of the main Stop Climate Chaos Scotland (SCCS) website. This is a free website with no advertising, maintained by volunteers – Read the rest of this entry »
CO2 targets ‘grossly underestimate the problem’- Hanson
8/3/2008 Guardian Front Page spread. One of the world’s leading climate scientists warns today that the EU and its international partners must urgently rethink targets for cutting carbon dioxide in the atmosphere because of fears they have grossly underestimated the scale of the problem. Read the rest of this entry »
Concern over ‘zero carbon’ homes
2/4/2008 BBC UK home-owners are not prepared to make the changes needed to live in “zero carbon” homes, according to a report. Read the rest of this entry »
Asian countries hit as cost of rice rises up to 70%
3/4/2008 BBC The price of the rice staple crop has risen by as much as 70% during the last year, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation. Read the rest of this entry »
Strong 2008 La Nina to reduce global temps below 2007’s
4/4/2008 BBC Global temperatures this year will be lower than in 2007 due to the cooling effect of the La Nina current in the Pacific, Read the rest of this entry »
EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme criticized
2/4/2008 BBC Carbon dioxide emissions from Europe’s heavy industry sectors rose by 1.1% in 2007, say carbon market analysts. Read the rest of this entry »
Antarctic Penisular “one of the three fastest-warming …”
“The Peninsula is the fastest warming place in Antarctica and one of the three
fastest-warming in the world,” explained team leader Dr Robert Mulvaney. Read the rest of this entry »
Geo-4 State of the Planet
GEO-4 State of the Planet report: A TALE OF DECLINE (see Bypassing nations in News List) Read the rest of this entry »
Quotes from the BBC show wrong ideas about climate ch.
Comments on the BBC which went unchallenged show how easily misguided impressions about climate change are spread through the media. Read the rest of this entry »
Dongtan China Eco-city original project (see Dongtan failed project)
2/4/2008 Presentation by Peter Head, Director of ARUP gien as part of the Edinburgh Science Festival, Edinburgh Read the rest of this entry »