Climate change news
This page is populated by RSS feeds from various sources providing dedicated feeds on climate change. The page offers some 20 news items selected randomly from the sources used. At present we have feeds from New Scientist, Climate Ark, Yahoo, and the UNREDD programme.
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23 November 2009
Source: Xinhua -- JAKARTA, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's Ministry of Environment and the United Nations' agencies on Monday signed the Indonesia UN-REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) Programme, just in time for the upcoming Copenhagen Climate Change Conference in December, in an effort to address climate change by stopping the destruction of Indonesia's vast forests. [more...]
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23 November 2009
Source: ISRIA -- The Prince of Wales praised governments for reaching a consensus on emergency funding to tackle tropical deforestation. The consensus comes in the form of an inter-governmental report produced this month by the Informal Working Group (IWG) of 35 countries that was set up after the meeting of world leaders convened by The Prince at St James’s Palace in April. [more...]
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24 November 2009
Green Left Magazine: Adelaide's Central Bus Station is an austere but pleasing building built recently near the middle of town. No longer merely for coach travellers, the structure is now to be Adelaide's version of the New Orleans Superdome -- a place of public refuge from what threatens, in time, to be another full-scale natural catastrophe. The air-conditioned bus station is now kept open 24 hours a day, with cold water supplied, to give relief to city residents at risk from the latest of Adelaide's ... [more...]
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24 November 2009
AFP - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd urged parliament Tuesday to approve legislation aiming to slash carbon pollution by up to 25 percent by 2020 ahead of next month's global talks on climate change. [more...]
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24 November 2009
AP - The United States should be ready to spell out its long-term vision for reducing carbon emissions over the next two decades, not just until 2020, the European Union said Tuesday. [more...]
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24 November 2009
AP - Behind the elaborate ceremony of the Indian prime minister's state visit Tuesday, Manmohan Singh and President Barack Obama will be working to smooth over differences on climate change and U.S. ties with Indian rivals China and Pakistan. [more...]
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24 November 2009
AFP - Commonwealth leaders meeting in Trindad this week face a "crisis summit" as they battle the global recession and face calls to action on climate change, the body's chief has said. [more...]
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24 November 2009
AP - The readings at this 2-mile-high station show a troubling upward curve as the world counts down to crucial climate talks: Global warming gases are building in the atmosphere at record levels from emissions that match scientists' worst-case scenarios. [more...]
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24 November 2009
AP - A leading climate change scientist said hackers breaking into a university's computer server and then posting documents online show the nasty politics of global warming. [more...]
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24 November 2009
AFP - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday that the emerging economy was ready to do more on climate change if developed nations make financial commitments. [more...]
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23 November 2009
Politico - It's been a bad few weeks for the Obama administration when it comes to climate change, as the White House has found itself trapped between a stalled Senate and constant hammering from world leaders on a lack of leadership on global warming. [more...]
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23 November 2009
AFP - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday appealed for wide-ranging cooperation with the United States on areas such as climate change and defense as he started a high-profile state visit. [more...]
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23 November 2009
Reuters - The United States will propose an emissions reduction target at U.N. climate change talks in Copenhagen in December with an eye toward winning support from U.S. lawmakers who must agree to put it into law. [more...]
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23 November 2009
AFP - Tackling climate change should also include providing low-carbon energy to the poor, UN agencies said Monday, pointing out that almost one third of the world?s population remains in the dark at night. [more...]
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23 November 2009
AFP - Greenhouse gas emissions have kept increasing, reaching a record level since the pre-industrial era, the UN climate agency warned Monday, just weeks before a crucial climate change summit. [more...]
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23 November 2009
Africa is set to experience a surge in civil wars, causing nearly 400,000 additional battle deaths by 2030 – all as a direct result of rising temperatures, a study suggests [more...]
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23 November 2009
AP - "Science as a Contact Sport: Inside the Battle to Save Earth's Climate" (National Geographic, 295 pages, $28), by Stephen H. Schneider: Stephen H. Schneider, winner of one of those $500,000 genius grants, has written a witty, informative and impassioned account of perils he sees in global warming and what to do about them. [more...]
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23 November 2009
Australian: IT was a weekend of extremes. Melbourne copped a month's worth of rain in just 17 hours, NSW grappled with "catastrophic" bushfire conditions and record November temperatures -- and Climate Change Minister Penny Wong linked the unpredictable weather patterns to the effects of global warming. Sydney's average maximum temperature was a little more than 40C yesterday, making it the city's hottest November day in 27 years, while crews in Melbourne were still mopping up last night after a ... [more...]
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23 November 2009
Sydney Morning Herald: As the world struggles to come up with a climate change deal, India's Environment Minister, Jairam Ramesh, has challenged it to follow the example of millions in his country and refuse to eat beef in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Mr Ramesh, a vegetarian, says those who refrain from eating beef are helping to fight climate change. "The single most important measure that can be taken in the world to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is to stop eating beef," he ... [more...]
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23 November 2009
AFP - The United States will present an emissions target at upcoming UN climate change talks in Copenhagen, a senior official said Monday, as President Barack Obama mulled whether to attend the conference. [more...]
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23 November 2009
Reuters - Concentrations of greenhouse gases, the major cause of global warming, are at their highest levels ever recorded and are still climbing, the U.N. World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on Monday. [more...]
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23 November 2009
Time.com - Protecting Jungles: One Way to Combat Global Warming [more...]
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last updated: Thursday, October 15, 2009