http://www.telegraph.co.uk
Gordon Brown has warned in London of a “catastrophe” for the planet if action to tackle climate change is not agreed at forthcoming UN talks on global warming.
Blog Action Day is an annual event held every October 15 that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance. Blog Action Day 2009 highlights climate change. See http://www.blogactionday.org
by Riazat Butt
http://www.guardian.co.uk
People should use the climate change crisis as an opportunity to become human again, setting aside the addictive and self-destructive behaviour that has damaged their souls, the Archbishop of Canterbury said today.
by Richard Black
http://news.bbc.co.uk
The UK needs a “step change” in policies to reduce carbon emissions if it is to meet its own climate targets, government advisers have said. The Committee on Climate Change says emissions are falling at 0.5% per year, whereas 2-3% is needed to meet targets.
by Andrew Buncombe
http://www.independent.co.uk
The president of the Maldives is desperate for the world to know how seriously his government takes the threat of climate change and rising sea levels to the survival of his country. He wants his ministers to know as well.
by John Vidal
http://www.guardian.co.uk
The US threatened to derail a deal on global climate change today in a public showdown with China by expressing deep opposition to the existing Kyoto protocol. The US team also urged other rich countries to join it in setting up a new legal agreement which would, unlike Kyoto, force all countries to [...]
by Louise Gray
http://www.telegraph.co.uk
Duran Duran, Lily Allen and Bob Geldof are among 60 musicians who have recorded a ‘Band Aid’-style song to raise awareness of climate change.
by Jeffrey Simpson
http://www.theglobeandmail.com
With about 10 weeks until the global summit on climate change in Copenhagen, what is the latest science telling us? In brief, climate-warming predictions of three or four years ago are already out of date. New science suggests an even faster warming than had been thought possible.