Full Coverage: Climate change

30.05.2005 To describe the draft G8 communiqué on climate change as a leaked document implies greater substance than its vacuous content deserves. It looks as though nuclear power and carbon storage will hold greater sway than a switch to renewable energy.

27.05.2005 Are politicians in denial on the question of global food security in the face of climate change impacts and unsustainable agricultural practices? Scientists and civil society are joining forces to make recommendations for policy change necessary to achieve sustainable food production.

27.05.2005 ActionAid has published a hard-hitting report which questions whether aid really benefits poor people as opposed to business and political interests of the donor country. A recent campaign by Friends of the Earth provides a good example of "unreal" aid - funding for oil, gas and mining projects which exacerbate climate change.

25.05.2005 Insatiable demand for energy combined with little opportunity for public debate leads to a predictable result - exponential increase in construction of nuclear power stations. It's full steam ahead in China.

24.05.2005 "ExxonMobil's unwillingness to build a low-carbon future is only furthering the dangerous addiction to fossil fuels," says a major U.S.-based environmental coalition, offering a letter citizens can e-mail to Dr. Michael Boskin before Wednesday's meeting urging him to lead the company toward a clean energy future.

24.05.2005 The absence of climate change from the recent election agenda represents a massive failure of the green movement. A marketing expert says that environmental campaigns are stuck in a 1970's world of stunts and slogans.

23.05.2005 Unlike the Westminster government which has permitted limited parliamentary scrutiny of climate change policy, the Scottish Executive has been the subject of a critical Parliamentary Committee report.

20.05.2005 Staggering figures published yesterday show that UK greenhouse gas emissions have doubled since 1990. Fortunately for the government aviation is excluded from Kyoto commitments. Perhaps aviation can be integrated into the European emissions trading scheme.

19.05.2005 Bristol International Airport wants to double its volume of business. The airport is already responsible for more carbon dioxide emissions than all the cars in Bristol, pays no fuel tax, and no VAT. Whatever happened to the "polluter pays" principle?

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17.05.2005 Be prepared for surprises when the Countryside Agency gives evidence today at the Whinash wind farm inquiry. Despite its remit to advance sustainable development, the Agency opposes the wind farm. And two weeks ago it came up with a proposal to move the boundaries of the Lake District National Park to enclose the Whinash site.

11.05.2005 A vision of the future in which we are each allocated an annual carbon allowance and manage our lives accordingly. Currently, we emit more than six times the emissions that the planet can absorb.

11.05.2005 The UK Climate Strategy review due to be published shortly will have to address all the tough questions that were ducked during the election campaign. How can the government possibly achieve its commitment to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 per cent from 1990 levels by 2010? Friends of the Earth provides some of the painful answers.

10.05.2005 "We believe we can improve the environment and make money doing it," General Electric's CEO Jeffrey Immelt said Monday, launching a long-term, multi-billion dollar initiative to promote greenhouse gas reductions, electricity efficiency, and other green technologies, many of which will be marketed in developing countries like China, India, and Mexico.

09.05.2005 A major annual conference ended Saturday with some progress made to help countries prepare for climate change; some further discussions and aid to small island developing states were blocked by U.S. and Saudi representatives.

09.05.2005 With global mean surface temperature expected to reach 0.44 degrees Celsius above the 1961-1990 annual average of 14 degrees, the World Meteorological Organization has determined that 2004 is the fourth warmest year since accurate records commenced in 1861.

05.05.2005 Climate change has been airbrushed from the election, a distressing failure for campaigners. Four activists discuss what needs to change.

03.05.2005 Food crop production in Africa will be adversely affected by climate change. This opinion amongst a working group of experts preparing a report for the July G8 summit is so unanimous that their attention is turning more to the question of how to react to the change.

03.05.2005 A Scottish planning authority has ignored the advice of its own officials and voted in favour of a second Forth Road Bridge. Environmental campaigners seek government intervention.