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04.10.2010
As world warms, U.N. lowers emissions cut goal
In a strategic shift, the United Nations has stopped urging nations to commit to tougher pledges to curb carbon emissions, fearing further debate could derail already fraught talks on a more ambitious climate pact.
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29.10.2009
China outperforms US on green issues
China is often accused of not doing enough to reduce the carbon dioxide and other pollution pouring from its factories and coal-fuelled power stations. But a new report suggests the country is doing more to tackle climate change than it gets credit for: in fact, its environmental standards surpass the US in some key measures.
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28.10.2009
From MIT to Copenhagen: How Obama Can Help Us Win Climate Victory
Whether you were standing in the middle of Times Square with a bullhorn (like me!), or holding signs at a rally in Fargo, North Dakota, or lined up in the formation of the number "350" on the steps of the Sydney Opera House: The local and global buzz leading up to next month's expected clean energy legislation in the U.S. Senate and the United Nations' December climate conference in Copenhagen reached a crescendo over the weekend.
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27.10.2009
Australia needs national plan for rising seas-report
Australia needs to adopt a national policy to combat rising sea levels, which may see people forced to abandon coastal homes and banned from building beachside homes, said a parliamentary climate change committee.
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05.10.2009
Addressing Climate Change Through Sustainable Development
Executive director of the Research Center for Sustainable Development (RCSD) at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Jiahua Pan is also an economics professor at the CASS graduate school. He was a senior program officer and adviser on the environment and development at the United Nations Development Program’s Beijing office. He was a senior economist for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Working Group III, and a lead author for the 3rd and 4th assessment reports on mitigation. He has authored numerous papers and articles on the economic and social dimensions of sustainable development and climate change policy.
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05.10.2009
Developing countries "left to fend for themselves" on climate change
BANGKOK, 30 September 2009 (IRIN) - Wealthy nations are dragging their feet on committing money to help developing countries adapt to climate change, leaving them to face the prospect of footing their own multi-billion dollar bills for their efforts, say delegates and activists at key climate change talks.
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05.10.2009
Droughts, melts signal climate change quickening: U.N.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Droughts from Australia to the U.S. Southwest, acidic ocean water and melting glaciers are signs that the pace of climate change is surpassing the worst-case scenarios scientists predicted in 2007, a U.N. report said on Thursday.
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