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Europe: Adapting to climate change

tirsdag, 30. november 2010

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What are the impacts of climate change and the vulnerabilities of Europe?

The vulnerability to climate change varies significantly across regions…

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Review of the IPCC

tirsdag, 31. august 2010

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UNITED NATIONS — The process used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to produce its periodic assessment reports has…

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China to host new round of climate talks before Cancun

mandag, 5. juli 2010

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America`s Climate Choises

mandag, 24. maj 2010

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As part of its most comprehensive study of climate change to date, the National Research Council issued three reports emphasizing…

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After the crash – a new direction for climate policy

tirsdag, 11. maj 2010

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Does the failure of December’s UN climate conference mean the world needs a completely new approach to tackling climate change?…

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The Hartwell Paper

tirsdag, 11. maj 2010

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A new direction for climate policy

Rapid advance in addressing climate change is now possible for the first time in 15…

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ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDEX 2010

onsdag, 28. april 2010

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The 2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks 163 countries on 25 performance indicators tracked across ten policy categories covering both…

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Climate Crisis, Credit Crisis: The Quest for Green Growth

torsdag, 22. april 2010

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The Global Economy and Development program at Brookings today released a new report — “Climate Crisis, Credit Crisis:…

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The complete guide to modern day climate change

fredag, 16. april 2010

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All the data you need to show that the world is warming

April 14, 2010: Posted by: Scott A. Mandia, Professor…

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Roadmap 2050: A Practical Guide to a Prosperous, Low-Carbon Europe.

onsdag, 14. april 2010

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Europe can switch to low carbon sources of energy without jeopardising reliability or forcing up energy bills to punitive levels,…

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Global climate deal impossible in 2010 -U.N.

mandag, 12. april 2010

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BONN, Germany, April 11 (Reuters) – The world cannot agree a final climate deal this year, outgoing U.N. climate chief…

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Climate change treaty ‘more urgent than ever’

lørdag, 10. april 2010

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By Richard Black, Environment correspondent, BBC News website, Bonn

The need for a new global climate deal is “greater than ever”,…

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Greenpeace demands higher targets from resumed climate talks

fredag, 9. april 2010

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Governments must start closing the gap between their low ambitions for emissions cuts and the urgent need to prevent dangerous…

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U.N.-backed panel mulls new sources of climate finance

torsdag, 8. april 2010

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Government leaders, ministers and advisers gathered in London on Wednesday for the first meeting of a panel set up by…

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Norway: Climate scientist Hansen wins $100,000 Sophie Prize

onsdag, 7. april 2010

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The Sophie Prize 2010 is awarded to American climate scientist Dr. James E. Hansen. Hansen has played a key role…

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The MAHB, the Culture Gap, and Some Really Inconvenient Truths

onsdag, 7. april 2010

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Paul R. Ehrlich,  Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Humanity’s failure to take adequate actions to stem a likely…

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Nominees Globe Sustainable City Awards 2010

lørdag, 3. april 2010

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The city of Malmö (Sweden), Murcia (Spain)and Stargard Szczecinski (Poland) have been nominated for the Sustainable City Award 2010. This…

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The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, December 2009

torsdag, 1. april 2010

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(Bonn, 31 March 2010) – The UN Climate Change Secretariat Wednesday published official reports on the results of last year’s…

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ICLEI launches Local Renewables Web Portal

onsdag, 31. marts 2010

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ICLEI, in partnership with the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), has launched the Local Renewables Web…

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US: Green economy grows despite policy vacuum

tirsdag, 30. marts 2010

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SAN FRANCISCO – The green economy continues to show almost remarkable signs of vitality, business leaders say, despite the near-total…

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- We are facing interconnected challenges

tirsdag, 30. marts 2010

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Stockholm Resilience Center: Centre director Johan Rockström among prominent list of speakers at State of the Planet 2010.

Rockström was among…

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Protected Forest Areas May Be Critical Strategy for Slowing Climate Change

tirsdag, 30. marts 2010

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ScienceDaily (Mar. 30, 2010) — A new study involving scientists from 13 different organizations, universities and research institutions states that…

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Columbia University: State of the Planet 2010

fredag, 26. marts 2010

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Connecting Voices Globally to Meet the Challenges of Climate Change, Poverty and Economic Recovery

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On March 25, State of the…

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The Economic Case for Slashing Carbon Emissions

fredag, 19. marts 2010

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Amid a growing call for reducing atmospheric concentrations of CO2 to 350 parts per million, a group of economists maintains…

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Maldives president calls for reframing climate debate

fredag, 19. marts 2010

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The climate change debate should be reframed in economic and security terms ahead of a year-end UN summit in Mexico…

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Deal Nearing on Senate Climate Bill: Lawmaker

torsdag, 18. marts 2010

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The Senate is close to wrapping up talks ahead of introducing a compromise climate change bill

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Study Highlights Forest Protected Areas as a Critical Strategy for Slowing Climate Change

torsdag, 18. marts 2010

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WASHINGTON, DC, March 16, 2010 – A new study involving scientists from 13 different organizations, universities and research institutions states…

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Transforming Australia’s cities

onsdag, 17. marts 2010

They must change to cope with population growth and climate change or face social unrest and urban decay

(SYDNEY) Australia circa…

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First Solar joins solar project Desertec

tirsdag, 16. marts 2010

MAINZ, Germany, Mar 16, 2010  First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) on Tuesday announced that it had joined the Desertec Industrial…

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CO2 at new highs despite economic slowdown

tirsdag, 16. marts 2010

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AUS: State of the Climate

mandag, 15. marts 2010

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Australia’s two lead climate science agencies – the CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology – have produced a snapshot of the…

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GLOBAL: Fewer but more intense cyclones

søndag, 14. marts 2010

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JOHANNESBURG, 12 March 2010 (IRIN) – As the level of carbon dioxide increases in the atmosphere, we will probably see…

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Environmental Science & Technology: Top policy paper for 2009

torsdag, 11. marts 2010

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This year, Environmental Science & Technology is honoring 10 papers published in 2009 as the year’s best. They were selected…

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InterAcademy Council Asked to Review Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

torsdag, 11. marts 2010

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — The InterAcademy Council (IAC), a multinational organization of the world’s science academies, has been requested to conduct…

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Ban announces independent review of UN-backed climate body

torsdag, 11. marts 2010

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10 March 2010 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the head of the United Nations-backed panel tasked with preparing regular scientific…

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Key climate change reports

onsdag, 10. marts 2010

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Violent Backlash Against Climate Scientists

onsdag, 10. marts 2010

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UXBRIDGE, Canada, Mar 9, 2010 (Tierramérica) – Climate change science has come under full-scale attack in a last-ditch effort to…

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Obama pushes climate change in White House meeting

onsdag, 10. marts 2010

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WWF Video: Empirical Evidence of Climate Change

fredag, 5. marts 2010

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Peter Sinclair, from Greenman Studio LLC, has generated a video about the body of scientific evidence on climate change. It…

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ESA: Radar images: B-9B iceberg ramming into the Mertz Glacier Tongue

fredag, 5. marts 2010

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5 March 2010

This animation, made up of eight Envisat radar images, shows the 97-km long B-9B iceberg (right) ramming…

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Climate change human link evidence ’stronger’

fredag, 5. marts 2010

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A review from the UK Met Office says it is becoming clearer that human activities are causing climate change.

It says…

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WHO: Climate Change Hurts

onsdag, 3. marts 2010

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* Climate change affects the fundamental requirements for health – clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient food and secure…

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Settling the science on Himalayan glaciers

onsdag, 3. marts 2010

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Compared with other mountainous regions worldwide, Himalayan glaciers are losing mass faster than European glaciers but slower than those in…

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The new world order

tirsdag, 2. marts 2010

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Global Warring: How Environmental, Economic, and Political Crises Will Redraw the World Map

Cleo Paskal must be cursing the publishing gods.…

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China prepares for an ice-free Arctic

mandag, 1. marts 2010

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China is preparing for the Arctic being navigable during summer months. An ice-free Arctic would provide China shorter shipping routes,…

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Africa Carbon Forum – 2010

mandag, 1. marts 2010

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In November 2006, the Secretary-General Kofi Annan launched the Nairobi Framework, aimed at supporting the application of the Kyoto Protocol’s…

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Regional climate patterns of global warming

mandag, 1. marts 2010

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Analyzing global model warming projections in models used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a team of scientists headed…

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Australian agriculture must adapt to climate change

mandag, 1. marts 2010

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Australian agriculture needs to adapt now to climate change according to a CSIRO book launched today entitled: Adapting Agriculture to…

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Al Gore: We Can’t Wish Away Climate Change

mandag, 1. marts 2010

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Though there have been impressive efforts by many business leaders, hundreds of millions of individuals and families throughout the world…

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Massive Iceberg is Calved in Antarctica, With Implications for Local Ocean Circulation and Wildlife

søndag, 28. februar 2010

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Until earlier this month, the “tongue” of the Mertz Glacier extended 160 km into the Southern Ocean from the…

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