Archive for December, 2009
Munich Re urges climate action (Financial Times)
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
Munich Re , the German reinsurer, on Tuesday warned that a lack of big earthquakes and hurricanes this year should not lead to complacency about climate change.
Climate in crisis (BBC News)
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
World leaders must make amends for failing to deliver
John Prescott: United States as much to blame as China for climate change talks failure (Daily Telegraph)
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
John Prescott, the former deputy prime minister, has defended China against claims that it was responsible for the failure to secure a legally binding deal at the Copenhagen climate change talks.
Climate change: Will our grandchildren revile the ‘lost decade’? (Independent)
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
The first decade of the 21st century dawned with a global strategy to fight climate change but ended in chaos and the UN system in tatters while greenhouse gases spewed with few constraints.
Climate expert’s hopes dashed (This is Oxfordshire)
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
A CLIMATE change expert has spoken out about the “disastrous” Copenhagen summit.
County council getting ready to tackle climate change (Yorkshire Post)
Monday, December 28th, 2009
COPENHAGEN may have had a disappointing outcome for some people but a wide-ranging strategy to tackle the problems of climate change has been approved by North Yorkshire Count
Brazil keeps climate targets despite failed summit (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Monday, December 28th, 2009
Brazil will make its ambitious 2020 greenhouse gas emissions targets legally binding even though global climate talks failed this month, the country's environment minister said on Monday.
Brazil keeps climate targets despite failed summit (AlertNet)
Monday, December 28th, 2009
Source: Reuters BRASILIA, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Brazil will make its ambitious 2020 greenhouse gas emissions targets legally binding even though global climate talks failed this month, the country's environment minister ...
Vigil on climate change (Belper Today)
Monday, December 28th, 2009
A BELPER mother held a candlelight vigil to mark the end of the climate summit in Copenhagen. (30/12/2009)
Climate Change and Greener Power Policy Means Millions Freeze (Anorak)
Monday, December 28th, 2009
Does global warming - or at least the Government's half-cocked approach to greener energies - contribute to fuel poverty? Is global warming making you cold?