Full Coverage: Canvi climàtic

13.10.2008 As climate change, sea-level rise, earthquakes and floods threaten countries such as Bangladesh, Tuvalu, Vietnam and Tajikistan, the U.N. University warns that by 2050, some 200 million people will be displaced by environmental problems.

13.10.2008 Africa risks losing up to 50 percent of its indigenous species over the next century due to global warming. But this could be different if natural habitats are managed and protected, say scientists.

11.10.2008 Malaysian palm oil is finding its way into British petrol tanks despite concerns about its carbon balance and the rainforest being destroyed to produce it - according to a new report by Friends of the Earth International.

11.10.2008 Jacques Attali finds disturbing similarities between the financial tsunami and the climate crisis we are failing to prevent.

10.10.2008 Do those 8,000 tonnes of carbon footprints arising from participation in the World Conservation Congress in Barcelona show the way beyond Kyoto?

10.10.2008 A new approach to tackling climate change advocates setting emission reduction targets according a country's responsibility and capacity to contribute to a solution. Sweden may even consider an improbable-sounding 122 per cent. Could this ever be put into practice, asks Duncan Clark.
From: The Guardian

09.10.2008 Half to three-quarters of major Antarctic penguin colonies face decline or disappearance if global temperatures are allowed to climb by more than 2°C, says a new report.

09.10.2008 The Government is under intense pressure to strengthen its proposals for a new climate change law after its Climate Change Committee called for cuts in greenhouse gas emissions of at least 80 per cent by 2050.

08.10.2008 The Shell oil company CEO says it is up to governments rather than companies like his to take the lead in finding solutions for a sustainable energy future.

08.10.2008 Ed Miliband has got good advice from the Climate Change Committee on cutting emissions. Now he must act on it, writes Oliver Tickell.
From: The Guardian

08.10.2008 Failure to factor climate change into the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) was a major mistake, Lord Stern told a meeting in London this week.

07.10.2008 Negotiations seeking a global pact to tackle global warming are troubled and could end in disastrous failure, China's top climate change envoy warns, saying rich countries are failing to deliver on promises.
From: New Scientist

07.10.2008 A snapshot of climate policies and practices, good and bad, that are pulling the UK in different directions, and of the organisations holding the power to make a difference.

06.10.2008 Widely-publicized frauds in the carbon 'offset' market have led to
governmental and corporate proposals for standards. But no standards are
working. And the more onerous any attempted regulation becomes, the more
the market comes to be dominated by big corporate polluters with the money
to work the system, argues Kevin Smith. (PDF)

06.10.2008 The British government's decision to create a new department for energy and climate change is a key move to help the UK switch to renewables. The new minister, Ed Miliband, is charged with establishing what energy the country needs and the most environmentally sound way of getting it.
From: The Guardian

04.10.2008 Growing coffee in the shade is a green Latin American technique that will provide a buffer against the ravages of climate change in the coming decades, says of new report.
From: EurekAlert

03.10.2008 Drax, Britain's biggest coal-fired power station, has bought equipment that will cut its carbon dioxide emissions by more than 2.5m tonnes a year.
From: The Guardian

03.10.2008 Emissions from China's export industry are everyone's responsibility — future trade and climate policy must be linked, says Glen Peters.

02.10.2008 The world will have to take drastic action within two years to reduce greenhouse gas pollution if it is to avoid the worst effects of climate change, a new study warns.
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02.10.2008 The world's first commercial plant that uses microwave technology to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to help reduce the effects of global warming has started operating in New Zealand.
From: New Scientist