Climate Change archive

08.06.2006 Portugal is facing catastrophe as it heads down a path marked by rising emissions of greenhouse gases, wasteful use of water, unbridled construction activity and coastal erosion, environmentalists warn.

08.06.2006 The World Resources Institute has released an analysis tool to help multinational corporations find the best way to reduce their carbon emissions.

07.06.2006 Business leaders, including from Tesco, Shell and B&Q, urged Tony Blair to impose tougher limits on greenhouse gas emissions from UK industry. They called for stiff targets in the next round of the European carbon trading scheme and regulations to improve the energy efficiency of homes and businesses.
*The Big Ask Campaign

07.06.2006 China's drive for economic growth is in direct conflict with efforts to safeguard the environment, the government warned, and degradation is worsening despite official efforts to curb pollution.

07.06.2006 Construction of the world's largest solar energy plant has started in Portugal's southern Alentejo region, General Electric said.

06.06.2006 The Dutch lottery and the UNHCR are helping refugees in Nepal to find ways to fight climate change. Building solar ovens will help reduce deforestation, carbon emissions and the use of costly kerosene.
*Smoke - the killer in the kitchen

06.06.2006 Climate change could be the reason behind the decline of one of Britain’s least understood birds, according to new research from RSPB Scotland.

06.06.2006 Wind turbines are tall white objects with three long blades and they sit on hilltops spinning around to generate electricity, right? Wrong. In the first radical redesign of the turbine for many years, a small engineering firm has linked up with aerospace designers to devise a wind generator uniquely for urban areas.

06.06.2006 Using energy-saving light-bulbs and abandoning gas-guzzling cars are among the lifestyle changes adopted to combat climate change. Now the environmentally conscious are being asked to go one step further and help save the planet after death.

06.06.2006 China, India and Brazil could cut their energy use by 25% by installing cost-effective energy efficiency measures in industrial facilities and public buildings, but financial institutions are unwilling to lend money for these projects, says the study by the World Bank and UN Environment Programme.

05.06.2006 The 500 million people who live in the world's desert regions can expect to find life increasingly unbearable as already high temperatures soar and the available water is used up or turns salty, according to the United Nations. But it also points to huge solar energy potential.
*World Environment Day, 5 June 2006

05.06.2006 Air pollution in parts of London is so dirty it exceeds European Union limits by up to a half, according to a new study.

05.06.2006 U.S.-based coal-burning power companies have become the target of international lawsuits so Canadians can one day hope to breathe cleaner air.

04.06.2006 The environmentally conscious are being asked to go one step further and help save the planet - after death.

02.06.2006 The Ashden Awards organisers say that this year's finalists show how using sustainable energy at the local level makes it possible to significantly curb carbon emissions and dependence on fossil fuels while radically transforming the lives of local communities.

02.06.2006 Scottish and Southern Energy is planning to harness the latest in coal-fired power generation with a slice of Britain's industrial heritage in a move to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

01.06.2006 A grassroots movement is growing to promote solutions to America's energy problems, says film actor and director Robert Redford, who says the Campaign to Kick the Oil Habit is one way to connect to this growing movement.