Met Office: Extreme summer rainfall may become more frequent in the UK due to climate change, according to new research led by the Met Office in collaboration with Newcastle University. The new study, from the joint Met Office and NERC funded CONVEX project, uses a state-of-the-art climate model providing the first evidence that hourly summer […]
Natural England and the RSPB, in partnership with the Environment Agency’s Climate Ready Support Service and the Forestry Commission have published a new resource for conservation practitioners, ‘Climate change adaptation manual: evidence to support nature conservation in a changing climate’. Natural England and the RSPB, in partnership with the Environment Agency’s Climate Ready Support Service […]
Former Treasury economist Lord Nicholas Stern will today reiterate his call for governments to put a strong price on carbon, with a new paper that warns the bulk of research to date on the topic may have underestimated the costs of climate change. In a paper due to be published in The Economic Journal, Stern […]
At a time when every right-wing denier seems to be sniping at climate change in UK, Barack Obama is showing leadership on climate change (continue) By JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — ‘President Barack Obama launched a show of support Friday for new emissions rules for power plants, putting the weight of the […]
IPCC ‘The Working Group III contribution assesses the options for mitigating climate change and their underlying technological, economic and institutional requirements. It transparently lays out risks, uncertainty and ethical foundations of climate change mitigation policies on the global, national and sub-national level, investigates mitigation measures for all major sectors and assesses investment and finance issues.’ […]
No warming hiatus for extreme hot temperatures While there are claims that there has been a hiatus in global average temperatures, no such hiatus has occurred at the extreme end of the temperature spectrum. New research shows extremely hot temperatures over land have dramatically and unequivocally increased in number and area despite claims that the […]
The Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) will consist of three Working Group (WG) Reports and a Synthesis Report. The first Working Group Report was published in 2013 and the rest will be completed in 2014. WG II Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability – 31 March 2014 is getting the headlines currently. WG I: The Physical Science […]
UK scientists funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) have just started a 12-month project to find out how the recent barrage of devastating winter storms affected the communities and coastlines of southwest England. The ultimate aim is to help ensure people are properly informed about and prepared for such events, as well as […]