Climate Change
Nature laid waste: The destruction of Africa
The massive scale of environmental devastation across the continent has been fully revealed for the first time in an atlas compiled by UN geographers. Michael McCarthy reports
Inside Climate Change
Oil shortage a myth, says industry insider
Monday, 9 June 2008
There is more than twice as much oil in the ground as major producers say, according to a former industry adviser who claims there is widespread misunderstanding of the way proven reserves are calculated.
Biotech giants demand a high price for saving the planet
Sunday, 8 June 2008
Giant biotech companies are privatising the world's protection against climate change by filing hundreds of monopoly patents on genes that help crops resist it, a new investigation has concluded.
IEA calls for $45trn global revolution in energy technology
Saturday, 7 June 2008
Governments around the world must spend $45 trillion (£23trn) if they are to halve carbon emissions by 2050, according to a leading energy watchdog, as it called for an "energy revolution". If current policies are maintained, CO2 emissions will more than double, The International Energy Agency (IEA) warned.
Paradise lost: climate change forces South Sea islanders to seek sanctuary abroad
Friday, 6 June 2008
After years of fruitless appeals for decisive action on climate change, the tiny South Pacific nation of Kiribati has concluded that it is doomed. Yesterday its President, Anote Tong, used World Environment Day to request international help to evacuate his country before it disappears.
Cameron drops support for 'green' road tax
Thursday, 5 June 2008
David Cameron dropped his support for higher road tax as he pitched for the support of hard-pressed motorists rather than the green vote.
US coal lobbyists unveil nightmarish vision of life after cap-and-trade law
Tuesday, 3 June 2008
US businesses have spent tens of millions of dollars trying to kill a proposed law that would introduce European-style "cap-and-trade" rules on carbon emissions – even before the bill hit the floor of the Senate for discussion yesterday.
Case against climate change discredited by study
Thursday, 29 May 2008
A difference in the way British and American ships measured the temperature of the ocean during the 1940s may explain why the world appeared to undergo a period of sudden cooling immediately after the Second World War.
G8 frustrates green groups
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
Under pressure to boost talks on a new global warming pact, Group of Eight environment ministers yesterday endorsed slashing greenhouse gas emissions in half by mid-century, but failed to agree on much more contentious near-term targets.
Spain's drought: a glimpse of our future?
Saturday, 24 May 2008
Barcelona is a dry city. It is dry in a way that two days of showers can do nothing to alleviate. The Catalan capital's weather can change from one day to the next, but its climate, like that of the whole Mediterranean region, is inexorably warming up and drying out. And in the process this most modern of cities is living through a crisis that offers a disturbing glimpse of metropolitan futures everywhere.
Indonesia plans drastic emissions cuts by 2025
Saturday, 24 May 2008
Indonesia outlined a plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 17 per cent by 2025 yesterday, a potentially bold move which could shame wealthier nations into announcing tougher targets of their own.
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