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11.11.2011
Următorul Război Rece va fi purtat cu gaze de seră
Locul bombelor nucleare va fi luat secolul următor de fabrici. În loc să ne temem că lumea va fi nimicită de arme atomice, ne vom teme ca va fi distrusă, încetul cu încetul, de emisiile de carbon.
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10.11.2011
Scenariu catastrofal: Emisiile de CO2, cu 20% mai mari pana in 2035
Agentia Internationala de Energie (AIE) se asteapta la o crestere cu 20% a poluarii cu dioxid de carbon pana in 2035. AIE aduce in sprijinul acestei afirmatii cresterea medie a temperaturilor globale cu 3,5 grade Celsius, potrivit raportului sau, dat de curand publicitatii.
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10.11.2011
IEA avertizeaza Planeta se indreapta catre schimbari climatice ireversibile in urmatorii cinci ani
Lumea ar putea construi atat de multe centrale pe combustibili fosili si uzine mari consumatoare de energie in urmatorii cinci ani incat va deveni imposibila mentinerea incalzirii globale la un nivel de siguranta, iar ultima sansa de a combate schimbarile climatice va fi „pierduta pentru totdeauna”, sustine International Energy Agency (Agentia Internationala pentru Energie), in cadrul uneia dintre cele mai riguroase analize a infrastructurii energetice.
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08.11.2011
Australia passes landmark carbon price laws
(Reuters) - Australia passed landmark laws on Tuesday to impose a price on carbon emissions in one of the biggest economic reforms in a decade and injecting new impetus into December's global climate talks in South Africa.
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08.11.2011
Ambitions in check on global climate deal
With just weeks to go before UN talks on climate change open in South Africa, negotiators have shifted their goal from striking a historic deal to ensuring that the global system survives.
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07.11.2011
IEA economist: ‘We have to leave oil before it leaves us’
The International Energy Agency (IEA)’s annual World Energy Outlook, due for publication on 9 November, will contain alarming research that the world is on track for a catastrophic rise in global temperatures unless fossil fuel subsidies are cut, energy efficiency is improved, and more countries introduce some form of carbon pricing.
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07.11.2011
G-20 Leaders Endorse Green Climate Fund, Marine Protection
CANNES, France - The leaders of the G-20 group of major economies wrapped up their two-day annual meeting on Friday with promises to finance the fight against climate change through the Green Climate Fund, protect the marine environment from oil spills, and promote low-carbon development strategies.
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07.11.2011
Africa is ready for climate showdown
The climate change conference in Panama City last month was the most recent in a series of multilateral meetings leading up to COP17. What happened there? Did these discussions have any impact on the message that the African Group of Negotiators will be taking to Durban?
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04.11.2011
Plan to offset COP17 emissions
WITH the huge UN COP17 climate change summit just 24 days away, the eThekwini municipality has revealed a ground-breaking project as part of its greening programme to offset the carbon footprint of Durban’s hosting of the event.
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04.11.2011
COP17 will produce 15 000 tons of CO2
This is the estimate of how much carbon dioxide will be produced during the 17th Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP17).
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03.11.2011
Russia sees need for more urgency on climate deal: EU
(Reuters) - Russia recognizes that concrete steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions need to be agreed at climate talks in South Africa next month before a globally binding climate deal can emerge by 2015, EU climate commissioner Connie Hedegaard said on Thursday.
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03.11.2011
NGOs ‘excited’ over climate change laws
New climate change legislation that will give “real teeth” to the enforcement of carbon budgets – mandatory caps on the total quantity of greenhouse gases emitted within a specified time frame – for South Africa’s industrial sectors will be welcome, says conservation group WWF SA.
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03.11.2011
GIEC: Potop si seceta pe Pamant
Grupul Interguvernamental de Experti in Evolutia Climei (GIEC) avertizeaza intr-un raport ce urmeaza sa fie publicat in cateva saptamani ca uraganele si potopurile, fenomene climatice extreme, se vor inteti din cauza schimbarilor climatice.
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03.11.2011
China si SUA, cei mai mari poluatori din lume
SUA si China sunt mai mari poluatori la nivel mondial, cantitate de CO2 eliberata in atmosfera de acestea reprezinta 42% din total, potrivit directorului Bellona Enviromental, Derek Taylor, fost consilier al Comisiei Europene pe Energie. Potrivit acestuia, SUA si China elimina fiecare cate 21% din totalul de CO2 in timp ce tarile europene au o cota de 15%. Intr-un clasament al tarilor poluatoare, Europa este urmata de Rusia cu 9%, India si Japonia cu 4%, in timp ce tarile de pe continentul african au in total 3%.
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02.11.2011
Climate Change Imperils Global Prosperity, U.N. Warns
A new report from the United Nations Development Program warns that if drastic measures are not taken to prepare nations for the impacts of climate change, the economic progress of the world’s developing countries could stall or even be reversed by 2050.
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31.10.2011
BASIC countries to frame common position on Kyoto protocol
The Environment Ministers of BASIC countries — Brazil, South Africa, India and China — will frame a common position ahead of the crucial Durban climate conference due next month on several issues including the second commitment period of Kyoto protocol.
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