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07.09.2012
African farmers must do more to beat climate change -study
African farmers are finding new ways to cope with droughts, erosion and other ravages of climate change but need to develop even more techniques to thrive in an increasingly uncertain environment, scientists said on Friday.
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06.09.2012
Schimbarile climatice vor determina migrarea populatiei vulnerabile
Schimbarile climatice manifestate in ultimii ani va determina in curand un fenomen de migrare a populatiei din zonele cele mai vulnerabile, in special Africa, a declarat joi Oliver Ruppel, profesor la Universitatea din Stellenbosch, Africa de Sud, prezent la un formum pe tema schimbarilor climatice, care se desfasoara zilele acestea in Bucuresti.
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06.09.2012
UN climate change talks in Bangkok, Thailand
Focus shifts to Doha as Bangkok concludes climate change talks - The latest round of the UN climate change talks ended Wednesday in Bangkok, Thailand, with some progress made but still with mixed feelings as to whether governments are showing the ambition and will needed to solve the climate crisis. “The reason why the climate crisis is unfolding so dramatically is because governments have let a massive gap grow between what climate science says needs to be done and what they are actually doing to reduce emissions,” Greenpeace International charges.
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05.09.2012
Bangkok climate talks prep the ground for Doha
International climate change talks in Thailand have ended today with the head of the UN climate change secretariat insisting they have "prepared fertile ground" for the next major summit in Qatar.
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03.09.2012
Transparency needed in climate funds
A senior conservation expert has called on the government to be transparent with the flow of funding channeled toward programs tackling climate change.
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29.09.2011
France eyes new carbon tax in 2012 budget
France's conservative government is including a new one-off carbon levy in its €11 billion cuts package, but weakening growth may spell even more belt-tightening to meet sacrosanct deficit targets.
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29.09.2011
Ciocolata, topita de schimbarile climatice
Sute de fermieri care cultiva arborele de cacao in Ghana si Coasta de Fildes, tari din Africa de Vest, vor fi obligati sa-si relocheze culturile din cauza temperaturilor aflate in crestere, scrie „The Ecologist”, care citeaza un raport realizat de Centrul International de Agricultura Tropicala.
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26.09.2011
Which countries will get hit hardest by climate change?
The Global Adaptation Institute has put out its annual index showing which countries will likely suffer most from global warming. Light-blue countries, like Canada and Denmark, are relatively well-positioned to adapt to a hotter climate (though the key word there is “relatively”). Nations in red and purple, like Bangladesh or Mali, don’t fare so well. Countries in gray, like Russia and China, fall somewhere in the middle:
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26.09.2011
House Passes Bill To Block EPA Clean Air Rules
The House of Representatives passed a bill on Friday to block regulations that force industry to reduce unhealthy air emissions, such as mercury from coal-fired power plants, but the White House has promised to veto the measure and keep new clean air rules in place.
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