UK companies that measure carbon emissions say it is not arduous nor expensive – report
30/11/2010 BBC Carbon counting is ‘good for business’ by Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Royal Society answrs 10 key question – extract: How do we ensure humanity survives and flourishes?
30/11/2010 Guardian G2 For 350 years, the Royal Society has called on the world’s biggest brains to unravel the mysteries of science. Its president, Martin Rees, considers today’s big issues, while leading thinkers describe the puzzles they would love to see solved. Ten questions science must answer. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Top NASA climate scientist defends activists who tried to shut down coal powered generator.
30/11/2010 Guardian Climate change protesters’ anger was justifiable, says Nasa Scientist. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Royal Society says it is “essential” to prepare for the worst effects of climate change.
30/11/2010 BBC New energy sources vital to tackle climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
Cancun UN climate conference – low expectations for any progress
29/11/2010 BBC UN climate talks low on expectation by Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
Widespread crop failures, droughts, floods, mass migration – within our children’s lifetimes
29/11/2010 Independent By Steve Connor. Read the rest of this entry »
UK investers buy into Madagascar’s tar sands projects which use far more energy and water than conventional oil.
29/11/2010 Guardian Madagascar Oil brings tar sands project to London market. Read the rest of this entry »
International team of climate scientists warn of 4°C global warming.
°29/11/2010 Guardian Climate change scientists warn of 4C global temperature rise. Read the rest of this entry »
Global warming is faster than thought now better measurements are made from ships and buoys.
27/11/2010 New Scientist Ships and buoys made global warming look slower by Michael Marshall. Read the rest of this entry »
Cancún climate talks: what you need to know by Fred Pearce
27/11/2010 New Scientist Cancún climate talks: what you need to know. Read the rest of this entry »
Cancún must be about more than climate change by Wangari Maathai
28/11/2010 Guardian Cancún must be about more than climate change by Wangari Maathai. Read the rest of this entry »
A billion people will lose their homes due to climate change, says report
28/11/2010 The Observer Venice is already in danger of sinking beneath the waves and the peril will increase as sea levels rise. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Forget the cold – the world is warmer, says Met Office
27/11/2010 Independent Amid the most widespread November snow in 17 years, scientists warn that temperature records provide climate change evidence Read the rest of this entry »
World warmed more rapidly than previously thought in past decade – UK Met Office Report
27/11/2010 Guardian The Arctic is warming faster than at lower latitudes. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change: local action speaks louder than global words – comment by Kelly Rigg
27/11/2010 Guardian Post-Copenhagen gloom seems to be morphing in to pre-Cancún despondency. Read the rest of this entry »
UK BBC World Service ‘The Climate Connection’ 5 programmes on why so little has been done to stop climate change
26/11/2010 BBC World Service. 5 Radio programmes called The Climate Connection for date and times click ‘read more. Read the rest of this entry »
2010 global temperatures so far tie for hottest since records began in 1850
26/11/2010 Guardian 2010 on course to be joint hottest year since records began in 1850. Read the rest of this entry »
Youth activists plan co-operation not protest at Cancún climate summit
26/11/2010 Guardian Police made some 400 arrests at a mass rally in Copenhagen, during the 2009 UN climate summit. Read the rest of this entry »
2010 ‘among hottest on record’ global temperatures – UK Met Office
26/11/2010 BBC Met Office says 2010 ‘among hottest on record’ by Roger Harrabin. Read the rest of this entry »
West Antarctic ice sheet melt may be slowed by resultant drop in sea level around it.
25/11/2010 New Scientist by Michael Marshall. Read the rest of this entry »
CO2 emissions down 1.3% in 2009 because of recession but China and India emissions up.
25/11/2010 New Scientist by Michael Marshall. Read the rest of this entry »
UK government are planning to almost double the permitted emissions from coal fired power stations
25/11/2010 Guardian The Conservatives are set to break a key pre-election pledge on the environment Read the rest of this entry »
World Meteorological Organisation – Greenhouse gases are at the highest level since pre-industrial times
25/11/2010 Guardian Concentrations of the main greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have reached their highest level since
pre-industrial times, Read the rest of this entry »
ex-UN climate chief says many countries are not committed to green growth necessary for climate change.
25/11/2010 Guardian Developing nations ‘pay lip service’ to climate change – ex-UN climate chief. Read the rest of this entry »
What really happened at Copenhagen? by Roger Harrabin
24/11/2010 BBC Harrabin’s Notes: What really happened at Copenhagen? Read the rest of this entry »
UN scientists say emission pledges fall far short of holding global warming to 2ºC
24/11/2010 Guardian UN scientists say emission pledges fall well short of halting climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
UN warning: The world is firmly on path for dangerous climate change.
24/11/2010 Independent UN issues severe climate warning ahead of summit by Michael McCarthy. Read the rest of this entry »
Indonesia wants $1bn aid to cut down forests says Greenpeace
24/11/2010 Guardian Indonesia eyeing $1bn climate aid to cut down forests, says Greenpeace.A young palm oil tree. Read the rest of this entry »
Mayors from 135 cities sign climate change pact prior to CanCun meeting.
22/11/2010 Independent World mayors sign climate change pact. Read the rest of this entry »
UK will the localism bill prepare the ground for smart cities? by Michael Lownds
22/11/2010 Guardian Will the localism bill prepare the ground for smart cities? Read the rest of this entry »
China may be planning law to restrict greenhouse emissions
22/11/2010 BBC China hints at new climate future by Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
2009 Carbon emissions set to be highest in history
22/11/2010 Independent Curbs are too feeble to stop climate change accelerating by Steve Connor. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change – Art visible from space aims to alert us to danger
22/11/2010 Independent The first global art show on climate change kicked off this weekend, launching several symbolic performances seen from space that bring people and planet together to highlight the hazards of global warming. Read the rest of this entry »
Cancún conference – celebrities tell the world’s politicians ‘.. you can make history,’
22/11/2010 Guardian Author Ian McEwan is among those calling for agreement at the Cancún climate talks. Read the rest of this entry »
2009 global CO2 emissions fell only 1.3% – at this rate prediction is 4C temp rise by 2100
22/11/2010 Guardian Global emissions of carbon dioxide drop 1.3%, say international scientists. Read the rest of this entry »
2009 global CO2 emissions fell less than expected in recession.
22/11/2010 BBC 2009 carbon emissions fall smaller than expected by Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
Global fish stocks – new assessment says some may be lower than thought
20/11/2010 Independent A yardstick for estimating ocean fish stocks, many of which are under intensifying pressure from industrial trawling, is badly flawed, Read the rest of this entry »
Conference told people are not just victims of climate change, they are responsible for it.
18/11/2010 Independent Consumers must cast off ‘victim’ culture if governments are to hit climate targets. Read the rest of this entry »
UN says climate change and disease will spark new food crisis in 2011
18/11/2010 Independent Climate change and disease will spark new food crisis, says UN by Sean O’Grady. Read the rest of this entry »
USA – House Science and Technology Committee debate on climate change -departing Republican attacks deniers.
20/11/2010 Guardian Departing Republican attacks climate-change deniers in own party. Read the rest of this entry »
Atlantic over-fishing – blue-finned tuna stocks on brink of collapse – reduced by 80% since 1970
20/11/2010 Guardian Time to save the tuna by Susan Lieberman. Read the rest of this entry »
Beijing air pollution ‘crazy bad’ by Jonathan Watts
20/11/2010 Guardian US embassy announces ‘crazy bad’ Beijing air pollution. Read the rest of this entry »
350 message by ART visible from space – UK, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Dominican Republic, Egypt …..
18/11/2010 www.350.org Getting the 350 mesage across by ART visibile from space. Locations so far. Read the rest of this entry »
USA Arnold Schwarzenegger: my future as a green activist
18/11/2010 Guardian Arnold Schwarzenegger: “What is my talent? What do I have to offer the world?” Read the rest of this entry »
UK – anyone with a computer & internet access can be part of a huge, pioneering climate change experiment
17/11/2010 Guaridan Extreme weather forecasts: web users unite to power climate change project. Read the rest of this entry »
UK extreme rainfall 19/11/2009 in Cumbria heaviest on record- one in 1,800 year event.
17/11/2010 Guardian Borrowdale rainfall was Britain’s heaviest over 24 hours. Read the rest of this entry »
Climategate, Storm of controversy: The politics of climate change can be even more volatile than the Earth’s weather.
17/11/2010 Guardian The year climate science was redefined – by Mike Hulme. Read the rest of this entry »
Carbon capture and cap and trade claims – but read critique in Hansen’s book ‘Storms of my Grandchildren’.
14/11/2010 Observer Graciela Chichilnisky’s claims success with carbon capture and cap and trade. Read the rest of this entry »
USA California Arnold Schwarzenegger demands action at final climate summit
17/11/2010 Guardian Arnold Schwarzenegger, California’s so-called ‘green governor’, believes the state is an environmental pioneer. Read the rest of this entry »
Belize – hundreds of demonstrators gather on Belize barrier reef to protest the ‘End of the Reef’.
16/11/2010 New Scientist Hundreds of international demonstrators gathered on the tiny island of Sergeant’s Caye off the coast of Belize City, Belize, Read the rest of this entry »
UK government has axed legislation to outlaw illegal timber
14/11/2010 Observer Legislationis axed despite coalition pledge. Read the rest of this entry »
Unilever has announced that 100% of its agricultural raw materials will be ‘sustainably sourced’ by 2020.
16/11/2010 Guardian Unilever’s environmental audit and sustainable agriculture plans are a gamechanger for the way that global companies behave says Jonathon Porritt. Read the rest of this entry »
UK University of east Anglia climate scientist Phil Jones, at the heart of emails controversy, says he did nothing wrong
16/11/2010 Guardian A year after he was plunged into the centre of a political and scientific storm over hundreds of leaked climate science emails, Read the rest of this entry »
India and UK urged by businesses to adopt the low-carbon path
15/11/2010 BBC by Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
Geoengineering – Rock-burning, sea-zapping geoengineering could cut CO2
12/11/2010 New Scientist Plans for geoengineering are often extravagantly high-tech, with giant space-based mirrors and artificial trees. Read the rest of this entry »
Changing weather patterns causing growing pressure on global companies which are water intensive
13/11/2010 Guardian Growing pressure on water supplies affecting one in five global businesses. Read the rest of this entry »
Carbon footprints – how much emissions for each pound you spend?
What’s the carbon footprint of … spending a pound? Read the rest of this entry »
UK Christmas lighting equal to 22.8 days electricity carbon emissions
12/11/2010 Independent A survey of British householders by price comparison site GoCompare released on November 10 via the Energy Saving Trust Read the rest of this entry »
‘Thermogeddon’ may happen within 100 years – when parts of the world are too hot for humans to survive
11/11/2010 New Scientist THERE may come a point, if the world warms enough, when parts of the tropics will become so hot and humid that humans will not be able to survive. Read the rest of this entry »
EU biofuel plans will produce more greenhouse emissions not less – says independent analysis.
11/11/2010 New Scientist So says the first independent analysis of how Europe’s 2020 targets will be met. Read the rest of this entry »
Some tropical forests thrived in ancient global warming 56 million years ago but now may not next time
11/11/2010 New Scientist South America’s tropical forests flourished when temperatures skyrocketed 56 million years ago. Read the rest of this entry »
Scientists have a duty to engage with the public on climate change by John Abraham
12/11/2010 Guardian Scientists have an obligation to engage with the public about climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
Western Solomon islands are already being devastated by rising sea level.
12/11/2010 Guardian The Western Solomon Islands are vulnerable to rising sea levels. Read the rest of this entry »
Are conservative values compatible with environmentalism? Paul Foote argues the case.
12/11/2010 Guardian The Tea Party movement struck its first electoral blow in the recent US elections. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Royal Society meeting on Geo-engineering: climate intervention is a dilemma for scientists by Adam Corner
11/11/2010 Guardian For two days the hallowed halls of the Royal Society in London have been filled with uncomfortable-looking climate scientists. Read the rest of this entry »
Stewart Brand’s false claims exposed by George Monbiot
11/11/2010 Guiardian George Monbiot: Dear Stewart Brand: If we can’t trust your claims on DDT, why should we trust you on anything else? Read the rest of this entry »
EU Commissions warned that Biofuel plan will cause substantial rise in carbon emissions
10/11/2010 Independent by Oliver Wright, Britain’s promise to more than double its use of biofuels by 2020 is “significantly” adding to worldwide carbon emissions, Read the rest of this entry »
Coal India IPO shows the mountain we have to climb by Jeremy Leggett
10/11/2010 Guardian Coal India recently offered 10% of its shares to investors. Read the rest of this entry »
Pacific Islands – Climate change has already ruined life in Kiribati
Tebunginako on the island of Abaiang, Kiribati, shows us what the rest of the South Pacific island state might expect in the future. Read the rest of this entry »
International Energy Agency Report says stop fossil fuel subsidies and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 5.8%
9/11/2010 New Scientist by Michael Marshall. Read the rest of this entry »
International Energy Agency says stop $312bn subsidies to fossil fuel industries.
9/11/2010 BBC Call to stop fossil fuel subsidy by Roger Harrabin. Read the rest of this entry »
James Hansen puts his Blue Planet Award acceptance speech on the web
27/10/2010 dr James Hansen’s Blue Planet lecture – Tokyo. link to whole presentation and graphics below. Read the rest of this entry »
USA Midterms elections change the political landscape for climate control
8/11/2010 New Scientist by Phil McKenna. Read the rest of this entry »
US hundreds of researchers fight to reclaim climate science message
9/11/2010 Guardian Scientists have signed up to two new initiatives that aim to provide the media with accurate climate science information. Read the rest of this entry »
UN high-level advisory group on climate change financing told that climate finance plan is feasible
9/11/2010 Guardian by Trevor Manuel. Read the rest of this entry »
UK – Few companies meet carbon reporting norms
8/11/2010 Independent Most British businesses fail to comply with government guidance on reporting their carbon footprints, a Deloitte survey of 100 listed firms reveals. Read the rest of this entry »
UK – Greens angered over Channel 4 TV documentary claims they ’caused starvation’
6/11/2010 Independent By Daniel Howden, Africa Correspondent. Read the rest of this entry »
New studies suggest ways to capture waste heat.
7/11/2010 New Scientist Green machine: Heat scavengers come in from the cold by Helen Knight. Read the rest of this entry »
UN Report says $100bn a year for climate funding is ‘feasible’
6/11/2010 Guardian A report presented to the UN chief Ban Ki-moon says it is ‘challenging but feasible’ Read the rest of this entry »
UK Channel 4 TV – Will Stewart Brand admit he was wrong? by George Monbiot
6/11/2010 Guardian When will Stewart Brand admit he was wrong? Read the rest of this entry »
Earth will take 100,000 years to recover from global warming say geologists
2/11/2010 Daily Telegraph The Earth will take 100,000 years to recover from global warming if mankind continues to pump greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, geologists have warned. Read the rest of this entry »
UN report warns of threat to human progress from climate change
5/11/2010 Guardian The UN report says markets are weak on sustainability and cause environmental disasters Read the rest of this entry »
The reduction of ice cover in the Arctic is a dramatic manifestation of climate change.
5/11/2010 Guardian Arctic ice melted by climate change Melting ice in the Arctic. Read the rest of this entry »
USA -Barack Obama’s green agenda crushed at the ballot box
5/11/2010 Guardian Californians decisively rejected a measure to roll back the state’s landmark climate change law yesterday, Read the rest of this entry »
European Union Carmakers exaggerated EU carbon challenge, say green groups
5/11/2010 Guardian Transport & Environment’s annual report on car makers’ CO2 emissions suggests some are likely to hit European CO2 targets six years early. Read the rest of this entry »
Brazil’s environment minister, Izabella Teixeira urges rich nations to develop climate aid plan for Cancún
5/11/2010 Guardian Izabella Teixeira: ‘We need to show the world that in spite of the political process we can work together.’ Read the rest of this entry »
Science, narrative and heresy – by Gavin at realclimate.org
3/11/2010 www.realclimate.org Recent blog discussions have starkly highlighted the different values and priorities for scientists, bloggers and (some parts) of the mainstream media. Read the rest of this entry »
USA Mixed midterm blessings for science and the environment – by Andy Coghlan
4/11/2010 New Scientist Alongside the anger directed at the president, the elections were battlegrounds for ideological disputes over how to tackle climate change …. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Scientists answer Guardian readers’ toughest energy questions
4/11/2010 Guardian What will be the energy mix in 50 years’ time? Read the rest of this entry »
USA California polls reject challenge to Prop 23 Climate law
4/11/2010 Guardian One of the world’s most ambitious laws to combat global warming survived a challenge on Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »
UK – People over 55 are much more likely to oppose windfarms, a survey has found.
3/11/2010 Guardian Are older people blocking wind power? by Juliette Jowit. Read the rest of this entry »
London Geological Society Conference. Earth will take 100,000 years to recover from global warming.
2/11/2010 Daily Telegraph The Earth will take 100,000 years to recover from global warming if mankind continues to pump greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, geologists have warned. Read the rest of this entry »
UN Biodiversity Conference -We’ve been conned. The deal to save the natural world never happened by George Monbiot
2/11/2010 Guardian ‘Countries join forces to save life on Earth”, the front page of the Independent told us. Read the rest of this entry »
Is climate science disinformation a crime against humanity? by Donald Brown
2/11/2010 Guardian . Climate change and flooding is already affecting countries such as Bangladesh. Read the rest of this entry »
Mali – In the remote town of Anakila, climate change takes on a sinister reality by Madeleine Bunting
1/11/2010 Guardian Ten years ago, I ended up on the mud flats of the Nile delta with a water engineer. Read the rest of this entry »
USA – Republican party has almost completely abandoned concern for the environment
1/11/2010 Guardian Republicans go climate sceptic by Thomas Noyes. Read the rest of this entry »
USA – Obama’s environment agenda under threat from incoming Republicans
1/11/2010 Guardian Darrell Issa and other Republicans have threatened to revisit last year’s climate science controversy Read the rest of this entry »