04 Nov 2014
AAS ‘Climate change is taking hold and will bring worrying impacts—but there is still time to limit the damage. That, in a nutshell, is the message delivered by a new report that synthesizes the findings of three massive studies issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) over the past year. The Synthesis Report, […]
28 Oct 2014
Business Green ‘ Cameron hails EU climate agreement as an end to green energy diktats, but Green MP Caroline Lucas says lack of binding energy savings target is bad for consumers and businesses. David Cameron has hailed an “ambitious” deal struck by the European Union last week to slash greenhouse gases by at least 40 […]
21 Oct 2014
Adapting to climate change has reached the political agenda in most European countries, according to the most comprehensive analysis of adaptation in Europe published to date. Extreme weather events and EU policies were the most common reasons for beginning to address adaptation. The survey brings together detailed responses from 30 European countries, which are analysed […]
14 Oct 2014
New Statesman ‘The former Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson, will this week demonstrate how desperate the right wing of the Conservative party has become in its attempts to force energy and climate change policies into an ideological straitjacket. In a speech on Wednesday to Lord Lawson’s lobby group for so-called climate change sceptics, the Global Warming […]
14 Oct 2014
UPDATE: UK’s chief scientist warns of ocean acidification The UK’s chief scientist says the oceans face a serious and growing risk from man-made carbon emissions. The oceans absorb about a third of the CO2 that’s being produced by industrial society, and this is changing the chemistry of seawater. Sir Mark Walport warns that the acidity […]
24 Sep 2014
Plans for the Hinkley Point C reactor have been a agreement by the EU that the project does not break legal rules. For those who bring up the level of subsidy for renewable technologies the £17.6 billion for this project is a reminder of the scale of support nuclear energy still receives. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/22/hinkley-point-nuclear-reactor-gains-eu-approval As the […]
24 Sep 2014
Outcomes This World Resources Institute sets out some very tangible outcomes from the UN Summit last week – on international cooperation, forests, cities, business, support for vulnerable countries, the green climate fund and transport To read more click here David Cameron’s comments on the UN Summit: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/un-climate-summit-2014-david-camerons-remarks The UN Summit on Climate Change is and has […]
30 Aug 2014
A new study finds that both the Greenland ice sheet and West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) have seen an astonishing increase in ice loss in just the past five years. This first-ever extensive mapping of the two great ice sheets using the CryoSat-2 satellite confirms the findings of several recent studies that “suggest that the […]
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