Archive for February, 2010

Two cultures but one message for climate change (SciDev.net)

Friday, February 26th, 2010
Tackling recent controversies about climate change data requires a robust partnership between the natural and social sciences.

Met Office wants re-examination of 150 years of climate data (Guardian Unlimited)

Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Plan comes at a time when public conviction about the threat of climate change has declined sharply after questions over the science The Met Office has called for a re-examination of more than 150 years of global temperature records as part of a new comprehensive approach for analysing temperature data – to better assess the risks posed by changes in extremes of climate. The plan comes at a time ...

Ofcom to investigate climate change ads (Guardian Unlimited)

Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Media regulator looks into £6m Bedtime Stories campaign after hundreds of complaints claim it is form of political advertising Ofcom has launched an investigation into the government's climate change TV campaign after receiving hundreds of complaints that it is a form of political advertising. The media regulator has received about 700 complaints about the £6m TV campaign, Bedtime Stories ...

Climate change report sets out an apocalyptic vision of Britain (Times Online)

Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Mass migration northwards to new towns in Scotland, Wales and northeast England may be needed to cope with climate change and water shortages in the South East, according to an apocalyptic vision set out by the Government Office for Science.

Key senators do not see climate bill in 2010  (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Thursday, February 25th, 2010
The U.S. Senate is unlikely to pass a comprehensive climate change bill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions this year, according to a Reuters survey of 12 key Democrat and Republican Senators who could hold the swing votes.

UK corporate climate change spending to top $5.3bn this year (vnunet.com)

Thursday, February 25th, 2010
BusinessGreen.com Staff, BusinessGreen , Thursday 25 February 2010 at 12:15:00 Energy efficiency and marketing to be the big winners as sustainability budgets recover Corporate spending on climate change and sustainability initiatives is set to rebound to over $5.3bn during 2010, according to a major new study from research firm Verdantix which predicts that the market for green business-to ...

Met Office plan new climate change monitoring scheme (Environmental Data Interactive Exchange)

Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Climate change deniers have pushed the Met Office to propose transforming global warming measurements.

Change of climate (Accountancy Age)

Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Yvo de Boer must long for a quieter life. The UN’s top climate change negotiator is walking away from his spotlight job, for a sideline view from Big Four accounting firm KPMG.

China’s Hu says tackling climate change ‘urgent’ (AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Chinese President Hu Jintao has said the country must urgently confront climate change and make it a central part of the government's development strategy, state media said Wednesday.

Climate change target ‘difficult’ (BBC News)

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Experts warn that Scotland's targets on cutting emissions will be hard to achieve without a wider international agreement.