MAD Climate – Making a Difference

French President Nicolas Sarkozy told US Senators Tuesday that he hopes for US-French action to "put some pressure" on countries reluctant to battle climate change, one of the lawmakers said.

Oxfam GB - UK  Oxfam is calling for Gordon Brown to take a big step in tackling climate change before the General Election at the first High Level Advisory Group meeting in London tomorrow (31). The UK Prime Minister will be co-chairing the group set up by the UN Secretary General last month to identify innovative sources of financing, so [...]

Oxfam GB - UK  Oxfam is calling for Gordon Brown to take a big step in tackling climate change before the General Election at the first High Level Advisory Group meeting in London tomorrow (31). The UK Prime Minister will be co-chairing the group set up by the UN Secretary General last month to identify innovative sources of financing, so [...]

Mankind is not clever enough yet to tackle climate change, one of the world's foremost environmentalists warned today.

Roger Beachy, Chief Scientist for the US Department of Agriculture and Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, will be a featured speaker at Leadership Summit: The Role of Biotechnology Innovation in Addressing Climate Change taking place during the 2010 BIO International Convention. Beachy's keynote address, entitled "Climate Change, Biotechnology and Agriculture: The Big ...

Koch Industries, a huge privately-owned US company dominated by oil and chemical interests, is plowing millions of dollars into campaigns to discredit climate science and clean energy policies, a report alleged Tuesday.

All public bodies should have a legal duty to protect their workers from climate change in the same way as institutions currently carry out health and safety checks, according to the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution.

Climate scientists say there is no evidence that the Gulf Stream - which brings a constant flow of warm water and mild weather to northern Europe - has slowed down over the last 20 years.

LONDON, March 29 (Reuters) - The carbon trading sector has dropped out of an HSBC index of 385 listed companies making money from tackling climate change, after lower expectation of global cap and trade expansion saw sharp share price falls. Previously, two carbon trading companies were listed in the index, Trading Emissions and Climate Exchange, but neither now met the $400 million index ...

Source: IRI A new research program to help farming communities manage climate risks and adapt to longer term climate change.