Climate Change: latest news and comment

27.03.2007 More than 5.5 million people are short of drinking water because of an acute drought and unusually warm temperatures in Sichuan province.

22.02.2007 Eurostar generates ten times less CO2 than flying the same routes. The authentic figures speak for themselves.

02.02.2007 from Climate Change Action blog:
"I have just returned from London where apart from meeting up with some good friends, I attended the inaugural meeting of Planet Positive," says Calvin Jones. "The meeting was both salutary and inspiring." Lots of links, ideas and inspiration on this page!

29.01.2007 from The BBC:
Half of the world's energy needs in 2050 could be met by renewables and improved efficiency, says a new report commissioned by Greenpeace and Europe's Renewable Energy Council.

29.01.2007 from Christian Aid:
Christian Aid is looking for volunteers to join the longest ever protest march in UK history.

15.01.2007 from Greenpeace:
With 2007 predicted to be the warmest year on record it looks like polar bears need all the protection they can get.

30.12.2006 from AutoblogGreen:
Monocultures aren't just damaging to biological systems, but to any system.

27.09.2006 from BBC:
Everyone knows there's something funny going on with the weather, explains David Miliband. So the government is investing in a new scheme to support renewables and help get things moving on combatting climate change.

17.05.2006 The Environmental Investigation Agency, an international campaigning organisation, has won the 2006 Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award. This is for its efforts to protect the Earth’s ozone layer by investigating and exposing the smuggling in ozone-depleting chemicals.

30.01.2006 The American space programme's leading climate scientist has accused the White House of trying to gag him after he called last month for urgent cuts in the emissions of greenhouse gases linked to global warming.