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03.07.2012
Creşterea nivelului mării NU va putea fi oprită
Creşterea nivelului mării nu va putea fi oprită în următoarele câteva sute de ani, chiar dacă emisiile de gaze cu efect de seră vor fi reduse drastic. Concluzia aparţine unui grup de cercetători americani şi australieni.
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02.07.2012
New Zealand extends carbon trade rules until 2015
New Zealand's government said on Monday it would continue allowing carbon emitters to offset just half of their emissions until at least 2015 to avoid putting New Zealand firms under more financial pressure as the economy struggles to improve.
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02.07.2012
Youth-Friendly Apps Visualise Carbon Footprint
Following what many regard as a disappointment at the recent Rio+20 Earth Summit, the World Bank and several groups have begun implementing new initiatives to “personalise” climate change, in hopes of revitalising the issue among the younger generation.
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02.07.2012
Controversial carbon tax takes effect
Both sides of politics have ramped up public pressure over the carbon tax as one of the most divisive pieces of government policy in recent times officially begins.
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29.06.2012
West's Wildfires A Preview Of Changed Climate: Scientists
Scorching heat, high winds and bone-dry conditions are fueling catastrophic wildfires in the U.S. West that offer a preview of the kind of disasters that human-caused climate change could bring, a trio of scientists said on Thursday.
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27.06.2012
Polish businesses launch offensive against EU climate policy
The Polish Chamber of Commerce (PCC) threw its weight behind Warsaw’s campaign against the EU’s decarbonisation goals for 2050 yesterday (26 June), launching a study which claims that Polish jobs, growth, inflation and the environment are under threat.
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27.06.2012
D.C. appeals court upholds EPA regulations to fight global warming
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the Environmental Protection Agency’s finding that greenhouse gases contribute to global warming and are a threat to public health, a major victory for the Obama administration and a setback to states and trade groups that oppose government regulations on carbon emissions.
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26.06.2012
What the Failure of Rio+20 Means for the Climate
Expectations were extremely modest for the Rio+20 Earth Summit that ended last week-and the best thing that might be said about the conference is that it managed to clear that very low bar. Despite the presence of more than 50,000 people and about 100 heads of state and government-though not, notably, U.S. President Barack Obama-the summit produced very little of note.
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25.06.2012
My Ghanaian grandfather would agree that Rio+20 may yet be a turning point
The storm clouds above the Riocentro conference centre as the Amazonian winter came in were seen by some as an ill omen. The emerging outcomes of the Rio+20 Earth summit have been long on rhetoric and short on specifics, and with a marked lack of firm commitments from the political leaders present. Aggrieved nature biting back?
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