Full Coverage: Climate change

04.07.2009 When you put money into the bank, do you expect it to be
fuelling climate change? People & Planet didn't think so. So it is campaigning against the Royal Bank of Scotland, which owns
NatWest, and which specialises in investing in oil, coal and
gas projects and companies.

02.07.2009 Attempts to agree global measures to tackle climate change at a summit in Copenhagen in December are faltering, David King, former chief scientific adviser to the British Government, warned yesterday.
+ Amazon squatter law fuels deforestation worries

29.06.2009 Britain lacks a coherent energy system that can meet future energy needs while preventing rapid climate change, say scientists in a report that calls for a new vision for energy generation based on long-term replacement of fossil fuels.

29.06.2009 The new UK climate projections published by the Met Office Hadley Centre are a valuable risk management tool for policymakers. But they also speak volumes about the global failure to protect poor countries from climate change.

26.06.2009 In an attempt to highlight rapidly melting summer sea-ice in the Arctic, an expedition will attempt to sail through the Northeast Passage of the Russian Arctic in a single summer, a trip that took over two years to complete when first attempted in 1839.

25.06.2009 The possibility of 70,000 jobs being created by a home insulation programme to cut CO2 emissions shows the need for more energy-efficient homes is "zooming up the political agenda", says Britain's largest union.
+ 70,000 new green jobs if councils tackle climate change

24.06.2009 R. K. Pachauri calls on journalists to maintain focus on the scientific rationale for action in their coverage of climate change.

24.06.2009 Policymakers must radically alter their views of migration and see it as a vital adaptation to climate change rather than an unwanted consequence or a failure to adapt, according to new research.

23.06.2009 European policymakers must collaborate more closely in the fight against global warming, according to the expert who compiled the most detailed ever record of greenhouse gas emissions across the continent.

12.06.2009 The world’s leading green energy prize awards over £200,000 to seven international schemes that are saving thousands of tonnes in carbon emissions and benefiting communities around the globe.

10.06.2009 Africa's many low-lying coastal cities face increasing risks as cyclone intensity rises with global warming. IRIN News

08.06.2009 Critics of Dambisa Moyo's Dead Aid are missing the point. Worse still, by conducting the debate on her territory, they provide fodder for the anti-aid media circus and damage prospects for the Copenhagen climate change negotiations.

01.06.2009 The mood of last week's World Business Summit on Climate Change was positive that climate negotiators will reach agreement in Copenhagen in December. But US Energy Secretary, Steven Chu, appears to be in hasty retreat from election promises.

30.05.2009 Owen Barder justifies his flying habit by offsetting the emissions against his "no meat, no car" lifestyle. Living in Ethiopia adds to his dilemmas. Owen Abroad

18.05.2009 What are the most effective strategies to inspire the behaviour change necessary to counter global warming? Less government intervention and more personal freedom might be the answer.

16.05.2009 Here's a tricky one. Suzy Dean and her Modern Movement colleagues argue for more cheap flights and airport runways. This renders her somewhat unwelcome in these parts but her constructive criticism of anti-capitalist protesters deserves attention. Times Online

30.04.2009 U.S.-hosted climate talks with the world's biggest greenhouse gas polluters ended with signs of progress but sizable differences as nations work toward a deal this year to fight global warming.
From: Reuters

20.04.2009 Subsidies for scrapping old cars are all the rage in Europe. But will these handouts put developing countries in a positive frame of mind to make concessions for a new Kyoto agreement?

11.04.2009 Well informed blog by contributors to the World Bank's forthcoming World Development Report 2010, including the ubiquitous Nicholas Stern.

11.04.2009 Climate change adaptation plans in developing countries often appear very similar to conventional development programmes. Could this become a source of confusion for donors?