Category Archives: Climate Change

UK ‘needs step change’ on climate

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% … Continue reading

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Maldives cabinet meets underwater to stress threat from rising sea levels

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 … Continue reading

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US threatens to derail climate talks by refusing to include Kyoto targets

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 … Continue reading

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Lily Allen and Duran Duran record climate change song

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. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit … Continue reading

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It gets harder to ignore the signs 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 In brief, climate-warming predictions of three or four years ago are already out of date.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 … Continue reading

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Rich countries ‘must slash living standards’ to fight climate change

by Ben Webster http://www.timesonline.co.uk Living standards in Britain and other rich countries must fall sharply over the next decade if the world is to avoid catastrophic global warming, according to a leading climate research centre. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this … Continue reading

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By 2050, 25m more children will go hungry as climate change leads to food crisis

by Suzanne Goldenberg http://www.guardian.co.uk Twenty-five million more children will go hungry by the middle of this century as climate change leads to food shortages and soaring prices for staples such as rice, wheat, maize and soya beans, a report says … Continue reading

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Third World population controls won’t save climate, study claims

by Ben Webster http://www.timesonline.co.uk The population explosion in poor countries will contribute little to climate change and is a dangerous distraction from the main problem of over-consumption in rich nations, a study has found. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post … Continue reading

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Met Office warns of catastrophic global warming in our lifetimes

by David Adam http://www.guardian.co.uk • Study says 4C rise in temperature could happen by 2060 • Increase could threaten water supply of half world population Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers … Continue reading

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Lewis Gordon Pugh is planning a swim up Mt Everest to highlight global warming

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