Climate Change archive

30.06.2005 Insurance, banking and asset management businesses needs to systematically screen climate change risks, warns a new report, which says G8 leaders must come up with a clear plan of action.

28.06.2005 Rising sea level, flooding, salt-water invasion, soaring temperatures and water shortages could force millions of Egyptians to flea their land and homes by 2050 if nothing is done now, warns a government report.

27.06.2005 People in the UK are pumping out one million tonnes of climate changing gases every year by leaving appliances on standby. Urgent government rules are needed as part of the battle to combat global warming, says Friends of the Earth.

24.06.2005 We are all a little scared of the implications for global warming if per capita emissions in China were to match those in Europe and North America. In Beijing the authorities are taking action against pollution and congestion even though car ownership is only around 10%.

22.06.2005 Gas flaring in Nigeria is the most significant contributor to climate change in sub-Saharan Africa, creating literally a hellfire environment for people living in the oil delta.
From: OneWorld TV

21.06.2005 The signs are that Tony Blair is going to accept US intransigence on climate change in return for concessions on debt and aid at the G8 summit. A new report by a coalition of environmental and development agencies says this is exactly what the Prime Minister should not do. The impact of unchecked climate change in Africa will undermine conventional development models.

20.06.2005 A combination of climate change and population pressure is significantly spreading desertification, according to a major new report. As it may be too late to reverse the impact, efforts should focus on coping with dryland environments.

20.06.2005 Official consultations to establish a long term development plan for the East of England will take no account of the growth of Stansted Airport, a further example of the government's inability to integrate aviation into the real world of sustainability.

17.06.2005 Surely this latest leaked G8 climate change communiqué is a hoax? planted by spin doctors to reduce our expectations? Surely it is inconceivable that G8 leaders would deny the science of climate change just weeks after their own science academies jointly endorsed a call to action - or could they?

15.06.2005 The Radio Taxis Group has adopted a Future Forests scheme to replace the carbon emissions of its fleet of London black cabs. Ken Livingstone has applauded the move but, at a cost of only £30 per annum per taxi, there may be a question mark over the claims of carbon neutrality.

10.06.2005 The business community is engaged in pre-emptive moves on climate change. UK companies have set out ideas for long term regulations whilst world business leaders told Tony Blair yesterday that the G8 should implement a global system of carbon trading.

10.06.2005 Transport Minister Alistair Darling says that his proposed road pricing scheme could not cope with the complication of incentives for more fuel efficient vehicles. Evidently he is unaware of the Prime Minister's commitment to prioritise action to address climate change.

08.06.2005 On the same day that President Bush said that there is no energy alternative to fossil fuels and nuclear power, the London Array windfarm planning application was submitted. Located in the Thames Estuary, the farm would supply 25% of households in London.

07.06.2005 Land Rover is selling vehicles which have lower fuel consumption than vintage cars pensioned off in museums. Last week saw the start of a summer campaign by Greenpeace to put common sense back into our cities.

03.06.2005 Further evidence that Africa will bear the brunt of climate change has been released by US researchers. Recent years of drought in southern Africa are linked to warming of the Indian Ocean with every prospect of recurrence through the 21st century.