Full Coverage: Northern Europe

30.05.2006 Topics at the Climate Conference on Saturday 3 June at the London School of Economics include How Bad, How Fast will the climate crisis get?; Alternative energy sources and solutions; Climate change and development; Climate change, biodiversity loss and deforestation; Transport; Faith and spirituality; Aviation; Is there a corporate enemy; and much more. No need to book, just turn up.

30.05.2006 Britain's National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education yesterday approved an academic boycott of Israeli higher education institutions that do not condemn Israel's "apartheid policy".
The decision will have an official shelf life of less than three days, as on Thursday the two unions will merge, and the resolution will only be advisory to the new union.

29.05.2006 from Treehugger blog:
Sir David Attenborough is no longer sceptical on climate change. 'Now I do not have any doubt at all,' he says, and explains why.

28.05.2006 from the BBC:
Could dancing save the planet? Not quite, but here's a possible new sustainable energy source. Get stomping!

26.05.2006 The activities of a handful of extremists are being used as a smokescreen by the British government to hide the steady rise in animal experimentation, according to the National Anti-Vivisection Society.

26.05.2006 New safeguards to identify tortured asylum-seekers are urgently needed if the UK Government is to avoid further costly compensation orders for denying those in detention "prompt medical attention", the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture said.

26.05.2006 Find out about climate change solutions that combine cheap and reliable power sources like the wind, sea and sun with the latest thinking on smarter use of energy. Already in commercial use, or ripe for it, these technologies have put paid to the old cliché that we can't do anything about climate change.

25.05.2006 Plans to build over 500,000 homes in south-east England must be urgently reviewed because of the potential impact on the region's diminishing water resources, an environmentsal group said yesterday.

25.05.2006 Nine in ten motorists in the UK would like to switch to a more environmentally-friendly car, according to recent research.

25.05.2006 New figures released which show that greenhouse gas emissions rose again last year highlight the need for a new law to tackle climate change said a leading environmental campaign group.

25.05.2006 The UK government is a 'climate laggard' when it comes to policies on tackling global warming, MPs say. A report for the all-party environment group of MPs says current efforts are failing to curb emissions from businesses, transport and homes.

25.05.2006 The BBC’s Climate Chaos season got off to an unequivocal start with David Attenborough’s closing clarion call: “We [humans] have become a force of nature. We are changing the climate and what happens next is really up to us.” Daniel Nelson reports.

24.05.2006 The High Court is being asked today to decide whether London's Critical Mass Cycle Ride - part of a global phenomenon in which cyclists in more than 300 cities take to the streets once a month in a celebration of safe cycling - is unlawful.
* World Naked Cycle Day

24.05.2006 from the climate 'extremist' blog:
At last! Proof that driving gently makes real sense if you want to reduce your CO2 impact right away.

24.05.2006 Britain's first full survey of household emissions of carbon dioxide, the gas responsible for global warming, was published- and was full of surprises.

24.05.2006 The number of children detained for immigration purposes has risen in Britain, new government statistics show.

23.05.2006 David Attenborough will this week make his first unequivocal public statement linking humans to climate change - silencing environmentalists who have criticised him for not using his popularity to highlight the dangers posed by global warming.
See Recommended Events Climate chaos on the BBC and TV in OneWorld Events listings

23.05.2006 Millions of pounds have been poured into Britain’s urban areas but the resultant growth has forced many to the margins and dramatised the gap between the "super rich" and the poorest, warns a new Church of England report.

22.05.2006 The BBC is running a series of programmes about climate change and its effects. Topics range from a climate and environmental quiz to a look at the area with the UK's highest CO2 emissions per capita.

22.05.2006 Street markets offer better choice of fresh fruit and vegetables than supermarkets at half the price, generate substantial benefits for the local economy and create twice as many jobs per square metre of retail as supermarkets, new research shows.