Climate Change: latest news and comment

27.10.2009 "Hello, I am Lasten Mika. You may have heard a lot about Zimbabwe in the media in recent years, yet an often unreported side of life here is the changes that are taking place in our climate."

26.10.2009 Carbon capture technology will not solve the climate change threat posed by the expansion of tar sands developments, a new report warns.

25.10.2009 A British MP is urging colleagues to back a parliamentary motion in favour of a 55 mile an hour speed limit, an end to domestic flights by 2011 and a requirement that TV must provide at least two hours viewing a week on the climate crisis.

24.10.2009 “The fundamental problem is the time lag - the 30 years between what we do and what happens as a result of what we do. And that's an intellectual challenge": The New Statesman Interview - Franny Armstrong.

23.10.2009 Fewer Americans than last year believe there is solid evidence that global temperatures are rising, and fewer see global warming as a very serious problem, according to a new survey.

01.09.2009 Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband welcomes 10:10, a new campaign to cut carbon emissions by 10 per cent in 2010 - of which our sister site, OneClimate, is proud to be a member, alongside Spurs football club, the Coop, the Science Museum, 10 hospitals, 10 schools, 10 universities, 10 local councils, Antony Gormley, Ken Livingstone, ActionAid, Shami Chakrabati, the Bishop of London, Honeybuns Bakery, many more celebs and 60 other organisations.
+ Launch of 10:10 campaign
+ Spurs take on the challenge
+ Carbon cutting campaign launches
+ Guardian launches campaign

20.08.2009 Indications for success at the global negotiations on climate change in Copenhagen at the end of the year are not promising, says John Gilbert of campaigning group K2S.

03.08.2009 Environmental campaigners are set to stage a number of protests across central Scotland, which could cause disruption to the coal industry.
+ Scottish climate activists to target coal industry

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

18.12.2008 Despite driving poor communities off their land and patently failing to deliver carbon emissions reductions, lobbyists for big industries and institutions such as the World Bank were active in Poznan climate negotiations pushing for further deregulation and expansion of the market-based Clean Development Mechanism.