Climate Change archive

29.03.2006 Chinese consumers who buy cars with engine capacities of more than four litres will have to pay a consumption tax of 20 percent from April.

29.03.2006 The media worldwide is paying more and more attention to the realities of climate change. Now, it seems, the US media is finally waking up, as the Worldwatch Institute reports.

28.03.2006 A leading environment group has accused ministers of lacking the political will to tackle climate change, following publication of the Government's review of its climate change programme.

28.03.2006 The government will admit today that it will fail to meet its much repeated manifesto commitment of making a 20% cut in CO2 levels by 2010.

28.03.2006 Labour’s commitment to combating climate change in the spotlight
The UK Government's Climate Change Programme Review, due to be published today, is the acid test of its credibility on climate change, says a leading environment group that has gathered support from many MPs and tens of thousands of people in the UK for a climate change law.

28.03.2006 There is growing evidence of a link between global warming and natural disasters such as droughts and flooding, the head of the World Meteorological Organisation said.

27.03.2006 Over 70 million Africans and an even greater number of farmers in the Indian sub-continent will suffer catastrophic floods, disease and famine if the rich countries of the world fail to change their habits and radically cut their carbon emissions.

27.03.2006 The number of wind turbines dotted across Britain's landscape is set to surge over the next four years despite trouble getting planning permission, the wind power industry said today.

24.03.2006 Composting cow manure significantly reduces harmful greenhouse gases linked to global warming while also cutting back on its foul smell, according to a new Canadian study.

23.03.2006 Climate change and deforestation could convert the majority of the Amazon rainforest into savannah, with massive impacts on the world’s biodiversity and climate, warns a leading conservation group.

23.03.2006 Climate change is expected to shrink many African rivers dramatically, triggering massive refugee movements and even war, according to scientists at the Africa Earth Observatory Network.

23.03.2006 Increasing the number of car sharing clubs could be an effective way of curbing emissions and cutting congestion on London's roads, according to a leading Green Party member.

22.03.2006 Gordon Brown's Budget set out some helpful steps toward meeting the huge challenge posed by climate change, said a leading environmental campaign group, but its measures will only make a small impact on emissions.

22.03.2006 Rising temperatures could explain why malaria is on the increase in the highlands of East Africa, say researchers.

22.03.2006 The growing shortage of freshwater is likely to trigger increased environmental damage over the next 15 years, says a report published to coincide with World Water Day, today. Climate change is viewed as the overarching issue in the report.

22.03.2006 London is mustering its flood defences more often as global warming raises sea levels, says the UK government's chief scientific adviser, David King.

21.03.2006 China plans to boost coal output by up to 18 percent before 2010 to meet soaring energy needs despite environmental concerns, a government newspaper quoted an industry official as saying.

21.03.2006 For the second year in a row a large amount of Arctic sea ice did not refreeze during the winter as it normally does, a team of scientists reports.

21.03.2006 Research published recently suggests that rising levels of ozone at the Earth's surface could reduce soybean harvests.

20.03.2006 Gordon Brown is planning to freeze fuel duty again in the budget on Wednesday, to the fury of environmental campaigners who accuse the government of 'pathetic' inaction on climate change over the past nine years.
*Budget must help tackle climate change