Climate Change archive
December 2005
23.12.2005
The UK is to spend £3.5 million over three years researching "clean coal" technologies with China with the aim of developing power stations that emit less of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
more...From: SciDev.Net Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [China] [Energy] [Climate change] [Science] Image: Climate change demo, London, 2005
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21.12.2005
Santa's snowy home is in danger of melting well before the end of this century, unless greenhouse gas emissions are cut drastically, warns a leading environment group.
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20.12.2005
A new wind power plant in northern Armenia marks the countrys intent to develop renewable energy sources, but it will be a long time before it offers a real alternative to nuclear power.
more...From: Environment News Service (ENS) Related topics/regions: [Armenia] [Renewable energy] |
16.12.2005
The US government has consistently made the morally wrong choices on climate change, says an article in the new issue of World Watch magazine's Peak Oil Forum, but experiences in Oregon show how new approaches are garnering positive outcomes.
more...From: Worldwatch Institute Related topics/regions: [United States] [Climate change] |
16.12.2005
This is currently the second warmest year on record and is likely to be among the warmest four years in the official temperature record since 1861, according to scientists at the University of East Anglia.
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15.12.2005
As many as 5,000 big and small glaciers in Pakistan's north have been melting fast because of global warming, and could lead to serious water scarcity in the coming years, the country's environment minister told the lower house of parliament.
more...Related topics/regions: [Pakistan] [Water/sanitation] [Climate change] |
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11.12.2005
The Kyoto Protocol is stronger today than it was two weeks ago: that is the verdict of Greenpeace climate campaigner Steve Sawyer after the climate summit in Montreal.
more...* In Shift, US Agrees to Future Climate Talks From: Greenpeace International Related topics/regions: [Climate change] Image: Climate change demo, London, 2005: protesters have helped keep up pressure for action
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10.12.2005
Agreement at climate change treaty negotiations in Montreal to move towards deeper emissions reductions after 2012 was greeted as "a new beginning for the Kyoto Protocol and for the planet" by Greenpeace energy campaigner Steven Guilbeault.
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09.12.2005
An initiative to advance climate-friendly, sustainable enterprises has been unveiled in India, the 5th largest emitter of greenhouse gases.
more...Related topics/regions: [India] [Business] [Climate change] |
06.12.2005
Levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide are the highest they have been in 650,000 years, according to the first in-depth analysis of tiny air bubbles trapped in an ice core from East Antarctica.
more...From: People & the Planet Related topics/regions: [Antarctica] [Climate change] |
05.12.2005
'For Miles Litvinoff, just one of the 8,000 people who marched to the US Embassy in London on Saturday as part of worldwide demonstrations over climate change, the personal really is the political: his family is in Chile and he feels he can no longer justify the environmental consequences of flying there - the future everyone is going to have to face.' - Peter Armstrong reports on the protest.
more...* MONTREAL march draws thousands * New climate campaign partnership between The Co-operative Bank and Friends of the Earth From: OneWorld UK Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Climate change] Image: Climate change demonstration, London, 3 November
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01.12.2005
The North Atlantic's natural heating system, which brings clement weather to western Europe, is showing signs of decline, probably as a result of global warming.
more...Related topics/regions: [Climate change] [Oceans] |
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