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21.08.2012
Climate change to cause food shortage
Paris. With drought parching farms in the United States and near the Black Sea, weak monsoon rains in India and insidious hunger in Africa's Sahel region, the world could be headed towards another food crisis.Asia should keep a catastrophe at bay with a strong rice harvest while the G20 group of industrialised and emerging economies should try to parry the main threat, soaring food prices.
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20.08.2012
Can natural gas really help tackle global warming? A primer.
This winter, the United States reached a striking milestone. Carbon-dioxide emissions from the energy sector sank to their lowest levels in 20 years. At a glance, the country appears to be making major progress in tackling climate change. And many analysts give credit to the recent flood of cheap natural gas, which is shoving aside coal as America’s top source of electricity.
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20.08.2012
IEA: Subsidies, climate change don't mix
Eliminating fossil fuel subsidies could help the international community meet goals of curbing climate change, an international energy leader said from Canada.
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20.08.2012
U.N. fund could ease route to 2015 global climate deal
Aug 20 (Reuters Point Carbon) - Board members of the U.N's Green Climate Fund (GCF) must rise above politics when they meet for the first time later this week to help channel $100 billion a year towards the world's poorest nations to fight the catastrophic effects of rising temperatures, and to act as a springboard to a global climate deal in 2015.
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18.08.2012
Elevating a vital partnership
Economic and cultural exchanges and political trust can help narrow China-Europe differences and expand cooperation
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17.08.2012
Rare wildfires threaten Canadian polar bear habitat
Wildfires sparked by lightning near Canada's Hudson Bay are threatening the habitat of polar bears, encroaching on the old tree roots and frozen soil where females make their dens, a conservation expert on the big, white bears said on Thursday.
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17.08.2012
Climate change driving Australian fish south
Australian scientists said Friday there was now "striking evidence" of extensive southward migration of tropical fish and declines in other species due to climate change, in a major ocean report card.
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16.08.2012
Coalition supports sequel to Kyoto protocol
THE Coalition has declared its support for Australia's involvement in a second round of the Kyoto protocol climate pact - a pledge that goes even further than the Gillard government's present stance.
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16.08.2012
Zanzibar faces serious challenges of climate change
Facing environmental and economic challenges posed by global climate change, Tanzania's Zanzibar Island need to take steps to minimize the impact which could hinder the region's future development, a report said Tuesday.
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15.08.2012
Urban Heat Island Effect And Climate Change May Cause Scorching City Temperatures
For scientists who worry about climate change, cities are just plain annoying. The acres of asphalt that cover roads and parking lots and roofs absorb enormous amounts of heat. In the summer, whirring air conditioners channel even more heat out of buildings and into the air. Climate scientists have to subtract this so-called urban heat island effect from their calculations if they want to get a true picture of how greenhouse gas emissions are warming the planet.
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14.08.2012
Youth summit discusses climate change
The recent examples of extreme weather across China - such as the heavy rain in Beijing last month - have highlighted climate change issues, China's chief climate change negotiator said on Monday.
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13.08.2012
El Nino emerges, raising fears over food prices
An El Nino weather pattern is underway and will last until winter, Japan said on Friday, foreshadowing disruptive conditions that could harm crops from Australia to India at a time of rising fears about global food supplies.
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12.08.2012
Parasites may get nastier with climate swings: study
Parasites look set to become more virulent because of climate change, according to a study showing that frogs suffer more infections from a fungus when exposed to unexpected swings in temperatures.
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