Climate Change: latest news and comment
The best of selected climate change news and comment from around the world
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.
more...From: Friends of the Earth International Related topics/regions: [Malaysia] [Renewable energy] [Forests] [Climate change] [Energy] Image: Fruit from the oil palm © Greenpeace/Solness
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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?
more...From: Inter Press Service Related topics/regions: [Conservation] [Climate change] [Biodiversity] [Animals] [Capacity building] Image: Climate change is already affecting people and nature, including the iconic polar bears
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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.
more...From: The Guardian Related topics/regions: [Climate change] [Consumption] [International cooperation] [Energy] Image: Cutting emissions... by more than 100 per cent
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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.
more...From: WWF International Related topics/regions: [Conservation] [Climate change] [Animals] Image: OneWorld's Tiki the Penguin is very sad
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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.
more...From: Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Pollution] [Climate change] Image: Emissions will have to be cut by 80 per cent by 2050
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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.
more...From: Inter Press Service Related topics/regions: [Renewable energy] [Climate change] [Corporations] [Energy] Image: Shell: trying to clean up its image © Corporate Watch
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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.
more...From: The Guardian Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Pollution] [Climate change] [Atmosphere] [Energy] Image: "Ed, for all our sakes, don't flunk it!" Ed Miliband image credit: Wikipedia
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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.
more...From: New Scientist Related topics/regions: [China] [Atmosphere] [Energy] [United Nations] [Pollution] [Climate change] Image: "Failure to reach agreement [on emissions] by late next year could exact a terrible price" © Policy Innovations
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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.
more...From: Oxfam Great Britain Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Climate change] [Corporations] [Consumption] [Development] Image: The forecast for tomorrow
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06.10.2008
Widely-publicized frauds in the carbon 'offset' market have led to
more...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) From: The Corner House Related topics/regions: [Climate change] [Transport] [Tourism] [Energy] Image: Carbon offsets: simply hot air?
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