TerraDaily: It’s a message no one wants to hear: To slow down global warming, we’ll either have to put the…
A 50 percent reduction in meat consumption and emissions is needed
Woods Hole Research Center: Meat consumption in the developed world…
LONDON (AlertNet) – An international trading system based on a per capita carbon emissions target by mid-century could help limit…
Global Report on greenhouse gas measurement, management, and adaptation to climate change in the world’s largest cities.
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SEI has unveiled a new version of weADAPT, an online ‘open space’ on climate adaptation issues for practitioners, researchers and…
The World Bank eAtlas of Global Development maps and graphs more than 175 thematically organized indicators for over 200 countries,…
Carbon Nation doesn’t waste time arguing that climate change is real and caused by humans, the film steps right into…
Mission:
To advance our scientific understanding of the ocean carbon cycle and how it is changing over time in support of…
On pure emissions alone, the key points are:
• China emits more CO2 than the US and Canada put together –…
In all the spin from fossil fuels and nuclear industries, it is easy to start believing that renewable energy can’t…
China acknowledged it is the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases stoking global warming, confirming what scientists have said for…
Levels of the man-made greenhouse gas being dumped into the atmosphere have never been higher and are once again accelerating.…
The first paper in the „Risoe DTU Climate Paper Series“ is now available. It can be downloaded from http://cd4cdm.org/Publications/GrandClimateSchemeChina.pdf
The title…
The report is based on the latest research results from Risø DTU, together with available international literature and reports
This Risø…
When most people refer to the ‘hockey stick’, they refer to its earliest incarnation – a temperature proxy by Mann,…
New analysis shows populations of tropical species are plummeting and humanity’s demands on natural resources are…
In the lead-up to the UN climate negotiations in Cancún, the latest information on the level and growth of CO2…
Indian per-capita emissions are still low but demand for energy is rising as the middle-class buys more cars, TVs and…
The study, based on analysis satellite images collected by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and led by…
As the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has amply demonstrated, growing global energy demand and the anticipated restricted availability…
Despite the continued economic crisis, global emissions of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, have remained constant in 2009, as…
Sir David King, Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, has today called on governments to recognise…
If the world’s major nations fail to enact significant changes in energy and climate policies, global carbon dioxide emissions will…
The 2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks 163 countries on 25 performance indicators tracked across ten policy categories covering both…
Europe can switch to low carbon sources of energy without jeopardising reliability or forcing up energy bills to punitive levels,…
Amid a growing call for reducing atmospheric concentrations of CO2 to 350 parts per million, a group of economists maintains…
by Stefan Nicola
Berlin (UPI) Mar 16, 2009
Europe can meet 100 percent of its power supply from renewable sources by 2050…
This year, Environmental Science & Technology is honoring 10 papers published in 2009 as the year’s best. They were selected…
A new study by scientists at the Carnegie Institution for Science finds that over a third of carbon dioxide emissions…
This article by Beth Hodgson originally appeared in GlobalPost.
Vancouver has been recognized for trying to make the Winter…
Launch of ET Carbon Ranking
Monday 22.02.2010 saw the launch of the Environmental Investment Organisation’s new Global Carbon Rankings. For the…
Program Summary: Human caused climate change is well underway and almost certain to continue in the decades ahead. Comprehensive risk…
More Ambition Needed if Greenhouse Gases are to Peak in Time, Says New UNEP Report
Pledges Post Copenhagen Unlikely to Keep…
At TED2010, Bill Gates unveils his vision for the world’s energy future, describing the need for “miracles” to avoid planetary…
Novozymes launches the first commercially viable enzymes for production of biofuel from agricultural waste. Breakthroughs in enzyme technology enable cellulosic…
When We Talk Zero, We Sound Crazy. When Bill Gates Does It, Bankers Pick Up the Phone.
On Friday, the world’s…
The ability to compare pledges is seen as a vital element of ensuring a fair, equitable, and transparent global agreement.…
Iceland leads the world in addressing pollution control and natural resource management challenges, according to the 2010 Environmental Performance Index…
Tromsø, Norway — Should the oil companies be allowed to take advantage of melting ice to drill for more oil…
PRAGUE (Reuters) – A small pacific island state’s challenge to a Czech coal-fired power plant extension some 6,000 km away…
After last month’s United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen failed to produce a binding agreement to cut greenhouse-gas emissions, the…
Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii (USA) Atmospheric CO2 was 387.27 parts per million (ppm) in the last month of 2009, according…
Greenhouse gas emissions come from diverse sources across the economy. The magnitude of emissions and diversity of sources means that…
Greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels dropped off a cliff in recession-hit 2009, plunging by the biggest amount in…
While world organizations struggle to find a benchmark and tracking standards for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, NASA has been supporting…
Case Studies on Moving Towards a Low Carbon Economy United Nations Environment Programme
Supporting countries in meeting the climate change challenge
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