Buscador: Canvi climàtic

09/05/2008 The UN should establish an agency to regulate international transport emissions, notably from highly polluting activities like aviation and shipping, said a climate change watchdog.

09/05/2008 The disastrous aftermath of Cyclone Nargis in Burma is a severe reminder of the overwhelming destruction environmental catastrophes cause in poor communities, writes a development researcher, calling for resolute action against climate change.

09/05/2008 Global production of solar photovoltaic cells increased 51 percent in 2007, to 3,733 megawatts.

08/05/2008 Climate change is happening faster than predicted and the world could be as much as seven degrees hotter by the end of the century, an Australian scientist says.
From: Sydney Morning Herald

08/05/2008 The natural caves of Meghalaya's Jaintia hills are a rich repository of climate change taking place over a million years. Indiscriminate coal mining and unsuitable extraction techniques are now imperiling the biodiversity of this archaeological heritage.

08/05/2008 A study by the world's leading experts has revealed that airlines are pumping 20 per cent more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than estimates suggest.
From: The Independent

07/05/2008 Global warming will take its biggest toll on insects in the tropics--home to more than half the world's species, scientists predict.
From: ScienceNow

07/05/2008 Ilmastonmuutos lisää kehitysmaiden köyhien tarvetta lähteä pakolaisiksi, norjalaisen Norwegian Refugee Council -järjestön tuore raportti varoittaa.

07/05/2008 YK:n alkuperäiskansojen foorumin mielestä alkuperäiskansoilla on kokemusta ja tietoa ilmastonmuutoksen vaikutuksista, mikä tulisi ottaa huomioon myös kansainvälisissä ilmastoneuvotteluissa.

07/05/2008 Like Kiribati and Tuvalu, the islands of the Torres Strait are slowly being submerged. But unlike their Pacific neighbours, the plight of their inhabitants is being overlooked.
From: The Independent

06/05/2008 Scientists report that the rising temperature of Lake Baikal, located in frigid Siberia, shows that this region is responding strongly to global warming.
From: Terra Daily

06/05/2008 Maan Ystävien Polttava kysymys -kampanjan aktivoimina yli 10 000 suomalaista on pyytänyt kansanedustajaansa tukemaan ilmastolakia, joka velvoittaisi vähentämään ilmastoa lämmittäviä päästöjä viidellä prosentilla vuosittain.

06/05/2008 Policymakers should not succumb to pumping vast amounts of taxpayers money into the elusive promise of carbon capture and storage, concludes Greenpeace in a new report.

06/05/2008 UNITED NATIONS, May 5 (OneWorld) - The United Nations is facing scathing criticism from the world's indigenous communities for its attempts to promote carbon trading as a tool to address climate change concerns.

05/05/2008 Caribou may serve as an indicator species for global warming, says a biology professor. It seems that the timing of peak food availability no longer corresponds to the timing of caribou births.
From: Science Daily

05/05/2008 The American Petroleum Institute has just begun running a feel-good commercial that argues "America's future" lies in drilling out domestic reserves of oil and natural gas.
From: Gristmill

04/05/2008 Just as the need for renewables becomes critical, the oil giants signal an alarming retreat, writes Jeremy Leggett.
From: The Guardian

03/05/2008 "Dead zones" containing too little oxygen for fish to breathe are growing as global temperatures increase.
From: New Scientist

02/05/2008 Future technology designed to cut the carbon cost of air travel will be displayed to the public for the first time in a new exhibition that opens at the Science Museum in London on 15 May.

02/05/2008 The Energy Bill being debated by parliament needs to be amended to guarantee a premium payment - known as 'feed-in tariffs' - for all the green energy generated by householders, businesses and local communities, says Friends of the Earth.