Full Coverage: Climate change

19.11.2009 Guyana's groundbreaking forest conservation deal with Norway was to have been with Britain - but London showed little interest. President Jagdeo talks frankly about a project that is setting the pace for a forest agreement as part of the international climate negotiations.

18.11.2009 The proposed Energy Bill that would allow the British Government to raise money to fund carbon capture and storage demonstration projects "does nothing to prevent new large coal plants being built with only a small fraction of their emissions being captured," a leading environmental group warned today.

18.11.2009 The Copenhagen climate change negotiations are a focus not just for talks and discussions but also for artists: exhibitions on the topic include Earth: Art of a changing world, which runs 3 December to 31 January at the Royal Academy in Picadilly.

18.11.2009 Africa's freshwater resources are under serious threat from climate change and urgent adaptation measures are needed, says a study.

16.11.2009 It may seem far-fetched but success stories in changing sanitation behaviour in developing countries might offer insights for the difficult transition to low carbon lifestyles for the rich.

15.11.2009 The oceans slow down global warming by absorbing carbon dioxide. But there is a heavy price to pay in their own ecosystem. Cosmos Magazine

15.11.2009 Southeast Asian leaders agreed there was virtually no chance of finalising an internationally legally-binding agreement on climate change at the international conference in Copenhagen in December - and a proposed pledge to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 was dropped from the final statement of a summit in Singapore.
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13.11.2009 Environment Ministers from 45 countries meeting in Copenhagen on 16-17 November have a chance to get the December international climate talks on the right track, says an international development group.

11.11.2009 On 5 December, join thousands of young people in a coordinated flashdance for climate justice on The Wave.

11.11.2009 Temperatures across the Yangtze River Basin could increase from 1.5-2 degrees Celsius over the next 50 years, while extreme weather events will also become more frequent, according to the largest river basin climate vulnerability assessment yet done.

10.11.2009 Industrialised countries must give at least 1.5 per cent of their gross domestic product to help developing countries onto a low-carbon economic path, a conference of climate-vulnerable countries agreed today.

10.11.2009 Ed Miliband's energy statement to parliament shattered Britain's credibility in the Copenhagen climate change talks, says the World Development Movement.
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09.11.2009 Simply reducing livestock farming in developing countries will neither cut emissions nor benefit the poor, says livestock expert Carlos Seré.

09.11.2009 There are good grounds for pessimism on prospects for saving the rainforests. But the link with climate change creates new hope that two environmental calamities can be addressed together.

09.11.2009 Vulnerable developing countries should embrace a carbon-neutral future, Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed told the opening of the Climate Vulnerable Forum in the Maldives.
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08.11.2009 Scientific predictions of the impact of climate change are becoming more alarming but the mood of climate sceptics appears to be hardening. George Monbiot strives to explain this alarming contradiction. Monbiot.com

06.11.2009 Prospects for a robust agreement to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation in developing countries (REDD) are on a knife-edge, according to the Ecosystems Climate Alliance.

06.11.2009 India’s response to climate change has been paltry, half-hearted and directed at preserving existing elite lifestyles. Its credibility in international negotiations will only be restored if it takes urgent measures to reduce domestic energy use, says Praful Bidwai.

06.11.2009 As politicians meet for more climate talks in Barcelona, they continue to be fixated on measures like carbon trading that will only exacerbate the climate crisis. Fortunately, argues Kevin Smith, the last year has shown that direct action against carbon-intensive projects can deliver results.

05.11.2009 G20 governments must end their perverse fossil-fuel subsidies, which contribute directly to climate change, cost hundreds of billions of dollars each year, and create artificial barriers to sustainable development, urges the Green Economy Coalition.