Archive for January, 2010

Global deal on climate change in 2010 ‘all but impossible’ (Guardian Unlimited)

Sunday, January 31st, 2010
A global deal to tackle climate change is all but impossible in 2010, leaving the scale and pace of action to slow global warming in coming decades uncertain, according to senior figures across the world involved in the negotiations.

Ed Miliband pleads for belief in climate change as fresh hole blown in claims (The Scotsman)

Sunday, January 31st, 2010
IT WOULD be "profoundly irresponsible" to allow recent controversies over scientific data to undermine the fight against global warming, Climate Change Secretary Ed M

Leading article: We should know who leaked the emails on climate change (Independent)

Sunday, January 31st, 2010
The leaking of emails on climate change from the University of East Anglia last December, which suggested – though they did not prove – "a conspiracy" to suppress critical voices, dealt a serious blow to the campaign to stop global warming. At a stroke, the revelation damaged the credibility of the movement to cut carbon emissions, handing a coup to all those interested in undermining calls for ...

New climate change group in St Albans (St Albans & Harpenden Review)

Sunday, January 31st, 2010
ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners are forming a new group in St Albans in response to the failure of world leaders to agree action against climate change in Copenhagen in December.

Ed Miliband declares war on climate change sceptics (Daily Mail: World News)

Sunday, January 31st, 2010
The climate secretary broke his silence on the ongoing row about man-made climate change by declaring war on the 'siren voices' who denied global warming was real.

Copenhagen climate deal gets low-key endorsement  (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Nations accounting for most of the world's greenhouse gas emissions have restated their promises to fight climate change, meeting a Sunday deadline in a low-key endorsement of December's "Copenhagen Accord."

India reiterates carbon goals for climate accord (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Sunday, January 31st, 2010
India has reiterated a goal of slowing the rise of its carbon emissions by 2020 as part of pledges due by Sunday under a "Copenhagen Accord" to fight climate change, an official statement said.

Miliband warns against climate change cynicism (Independent)

Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband issued a warning that recent controversies over scientific data must not be allowed to undermine efforts to tackle global warming.

Climate change study was ‘misused’ (Times Online)

Saturday, January 30th, 2010
LORD STERN’S report on climate change, which underpins government policy, has come under fire from a disaster analyst who says the research he contributed was misused.

UN climate panel based claims on student essay: report (AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Saturday, January 30th, 2010
The UN climate change panel based claims about ice disappearing from the world's mountain peaks on a student essay and an article in a mountaineering magazine, a British newspaper reported Sunday.