http://uk.oneworld.net/article/archive/1950 en_GB_uk http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83920 The Millennium Development Goals will be an unachievable aspiration if climate change is not tackled. With climate change, poverty will not be made history, but will become permanent. World leaders need to make the link between climate change and poverty. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/160803/1/1950 G8 leaders meeting in Japan from July 7-9 to tackle issues such as rising oil prices and global warming are being urged to dump the World Bank's highly controversial 'climate investment funds'. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83918 A coalition of 99 companies is asking political leaders to set targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions and to establish a global carbon market. Sounds good, doesn't it? But the devil is in the detail, and the detail is very interesting, writes Keith Farnish. From: The Unsuitablog http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83917 New research reveals that the G8 countries are lagging behind in the race against climate change. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83914 Cleaning up the skies over Europe has allowed more of the sun's rays to pierce the atmosphere, contributing to at least half the warming that has occurred. From: New Scientist http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83915 G8 failure on food prices, climate change and biofuels is putting 1.7 billion people at risk of hunger, a development group warns ahead of the G8 summit in Hokkaido, Japan. + to drop Africa aid pledge 87.htm + G8 leaders must take action to save most vulnerable http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/160792/1/1950 Led by a bold commitment from Germany, leaders of the world's industrial powers have the opportunity at the upcoming G8 Summit in Japan to take immediate and substantive action against climate change. From: Conservation International http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/160782/1/1950 Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the greenest university of them all? http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83906 Solar power and other renewable energy sources will get priority under India's climate action plan unveiled by prime minister Manmohan Singh in Delhi on Monday. From: The Guardian http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83905 A new survey in the UK finds that the public is concerned about climate change but “far from convinced about the science or the Government’s green agenda.” From: Green Car Congress http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/160776/1/1950 Climate-concerned clergy cycled to Downing Street calling on Prime Minister Gordon Brown for a stronger Climate Change Bill and delivered over 10,000 signatures. From: Tearfund http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83904 The Group-of-Eight industrialised nations will jointly invest more than 10 billion dollars a year on research and development of technology to combat global warming, says a report. From: AFP/Google http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83903 New evidence suggests that the Arctic ice cap could disappear in summer within the next five years, leaving environmentalists in despair but oil men delighted. From: TimesOnLine http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83888 With expanded and tougher criteria on toxic chemicals, electronic waste and new criteria on climate change, only Sony and Sony Ericsson score more than 5/10 in Greenpeace's latest Guide to Greener Electronics. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83879 Kenya has approved a controversial biofuel project that environmentalists say could destroy some of the country's most pristine wetlands.