10 Apr 2017
On the back of the record lows of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice levels MPs from the Environmental Audit Committee have launched a new inquiry (see below) to look at the implications for UK. NASA: sea ice extent sinks to record lows at both poles Arctic sea ice appears to have reached a record low wintertime […]
06 Apr 2017
According to the World Meteorological Organization’s annual statement on the State of the Global Climate, 2016 made history, with a record global temperature, exceptionally low sea ice, and unabated sea level rise and ocean heat. Each of the 16 years since 2001 has been at least 0.4 °C above the long-term average for the 1961-1990 […]
03 Apr 2017
Risky business: calculating climate change losses in major European coastal cities A new study that assesses potential future climate damage to major European coastal cities has found that, if, as currently, global carbon emissions continue to track the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s worst emission scenario (RCP8.5), overall annual economic losses may range from 1.2 […]
30 Mar 2017
March 28th was a bad day for Climate change action in the US but there is good news Sweden announces plan to eliminate carbon emissions by 2045 BusinessGreen ‘Swedish Climate Minister Isabella Lovin announced that the country aims to eliminate all greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2045. Legislators signed a law that will require […]
28 Mar 2017
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22 Mar 2017
CCC warns MPs over lack of data on UK critical infrastructure assets at risk of flooding The Environmental Audit Committee held a one off session on climate change adaptation in light of the recent publication of the Government’s Climate Change Risk Assessment 2017. This assessment draws primarily on the independent Evidence Report commissioned from the CCC’s Adaptation […]
11 May 2016
Two data sets now more readily available Climate, Hydrological and Ecological Support System (CHESS) meteorological data now available WSKEP: ‘Long-term records of daily weather variables over the UK since 1962 have been re-processed to produce a 1km gridded meteorological and land state dataset for Great Britain, now publicly available through CEH’s Environmental Information Platform. The dataset, called […]
15 Sep 2015
New research from the New Climate Economy finds that investing in public and low emission transport, building efficiency, and waste management in cities could generate savings with a current value of US$17 trillion by 2050. These low-carbon investments could also reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 3.7 Gt CO2e per year by 2030, more than the current annual […]
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