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WORLD WEB ... news from the world of carbon
23 May 2014
* Climate change a wedge issue in 2014? Billionaire Tom Steyer hopes so * EU figures show carbon credit glut persists, but offset data withheld * Climate change threatens list of the most iconic sites in the US * UN launches partnerships, tools to tether economic investment to disaster risk planning * Shell dismisses Carbon Bubble concept as alarmist * Budget cuts: Landcare groups face bleak future around Australia * Scottish whisky distilleries in £5m switch to biomass to cut emissions
Clark calls for sustainability cooperation
23 May 2014
United Nations officials have highlighted the importance of both traditional and new forms of cooperation to shaping a future development agenda that is sustainable for millions around the world.
Stand by, America, it's about to get a whole lot worse
23 May 2014
Poor air quality and health problems will become the summertime norm throughout the US as scientists predict a 70 per cent rise in ground-level ozone − unless action is taken to cut emissions.
Great potential, but Australia needs to get a move on
23 May 2014
There is an instinctive fear that overhauling the parts of our economies that emit greenhouse gases would spell economic doom and gloom.
Natural capital depletion will leave firms exposed
16 May 2014
Businesses around the world are facing a stark choice as levels of natural resources become dangerously thin from the demands of a growing and more prosperous global population.
WORLD WEB ... news from the world of carbon
16 May 2014
* Guangdong carbon scheme sparks China green-growth dispute * Renewable energy provides 6.5 million jobs globally * New Antarctic studies suggest more rapid sea level rise this century * Why wave power has lagged far behind as an energy source * Landfills pressure Australia government to allow UN carbon credits * Carbon trade criticised for inefficiency * Sun’s energy influences 1000 years of natural climate change
New book lifts the lid on what went wrong with Labor and climate change
16 May 2014
A book released this week documents the failings of the Australian Labor government between 2007 and 2013 in tackling climate change.
Our cities enveloped in dirty air, says report
9 May 2014
Many of the world’s cities are “enveloped in dirty air” that is dangerous to breathe, says the United Nations.
WORLD WEB ... news from the world of carbon
9 May 2014
* Climate change wreaking havoc in America's backyard, scientists warn * Lloyd's calls on insurers to take into account climate-change risk * Scientists race to develop farm animals to survive climate change * Nike increases production and trims carbon emissions
Europe adopts private-public partnerships
9 May 2014
The roll out of a series of public private partnerships worth up to €22 billion over the next seven years has been approved by the European Council.
Wake up and smell the coffee – while you can
2 May 2014
Do you wince every time you pay for your triple caramel macchiato, almond milk-flavoured café latte or regular espresso?
A Mars bar a day could keep climate change at bay
2 May 2014
Chocolate giant Mars has announced that its American operations will become carbon neutral, running off the energy produced by a 200MW wind farm in Texas.
WORLD WEB ... news from the world of carbon
2 May 2014
* US Supreme Court backs rule to limit coal pollution * Germany levies fines on aircraft operators over emissions * Crowdfunding helps community energy groups as bank lending vanishes * Scotland will lead on climate change, says Salmond * Smart parking meters to charge more for most polluting cars * Aviation’s airport carbon accreditation programme gathering momentum * Group plans to protect and restore one million hectares of Indonesian forest
Aussie Greens gain, but the rest is much the same
24 Apr 2014
The theme of the past 30 days – much like the past 12 months – has been politics, with market focus squarely on the Western Australia Senate election re-run on April 5 and the implications for the balance of power in the new Senate from July 1, says market analyst Reputex.
Europe pushes renewables into the free market
24 Apr 2014
Renewable energy subsidies that helped to spur Europe’s $NZ77 billion-a-year clean energy industry are to be phased out across the continent, under new market-friendly state aid rules announced by the European Commission..
WORLD WEB ... news from the world of carbon
24 Apr 2014
* Russia reveals plans to boost flagging coal industry * California hunting, agriculture,forestry emissions reductions * Apple: Climate change is real ... and it's a real problem * US military told to boost renewables in energy policy overhaul
UN calls for bold, swift action on climate crisis
17 Apr 2014
A long-awaited United Nations report on the mitigation of climate change released this week shows that all countries must act swiftly and boldly to reach a global, ambitious and legal climate agreement in 2015, says the United Nations.
Emissions cuts also about ethics, says IPCC
17 Apr 2014
For the first time, the IPCC has addressed the ethical, as well as technical, issues of reducing greenhouse emissions.
WORLD WEB ... news from the world of carbon
17 Apr 2014
* IPCC report: Bet your house on low carbon energy growth * Coal main energy source for 'decades and decades', says Australian minister * Watch episode one of Years of Living Dangerously * British biofuel firm switches jobs and investment to US * Formula E partners to reduce championship CO2 emissions
In the heart of Sydney City, green is bustin’ out all over
17 Apr 2014
Cool, green roofs and walls are the hottest property trend in Sydney - from bars to office blocks, apartments and swimming pools.
Indiana Jones (and others) take the spotlight as Hollywood goes big on climate change
11 Apr 2014
By KIERAN COOKE.- There’s Harrison Ford in the jungles of Indonesia, investigating deforestation and the plight of orangutans. There’s Arnold Schwarzenegger, battling wildfires in California, Don Cheadle seeing the impact of drought in Texas, and Matt Damon examining the consequences of a heat wave.
WORLD WEB ... news from the world of carbon
11 Apr 2014
* UK green bank invests £460m in offshore windfarms * Climate action only way to grow economy, says Unilever * Toyota launches world-first metal recycling scheme * Climate change worries Chinese businesses
Make sure you watch your back when the heat goes on
4 Apr 2014
By ALEX KIRBY.- A warming climate is closely related to political and social instability and a higher risk of conflict, according to American scientists.
No-action Abbott stalls climate policy decisions
4 Apr 2014
By PROF NICK ROWLEY.- In Australia, any sense of the need for an urgent policy response has stalled, despite this week’s reminder from the IPCC of the threats the country faces – not to mention the warming already seen and the increase in extreme climate events.
WORLD WEB ... news from the world of carbon
4 Apr 2014
* US, China and EU agree to cooperate on UN climate treaty * Hubei starts China’s second-biggest carbon exchange * Social media explosion powered by dirty energy, report warns * California pays residents to offset higher energy costs from cap and trade * Airlines find a smart way to cut carbon footprint * For sustainable agriculture, big is beautiful * Climate change impacting entire planet, says new UN report
UN chief praises Pacific islands' climate change actions
4 Apr 2014
THE COMMITMENT of small islands in the Pacific to low-carbon development has been praised by the head of the United Nations.
New aid rules offer big emitters $2b windfall
4 Apr 2014
BIG ENERGY-guzzling companies will get a handout of up to $US2.75 billion under proposed new state aid rules due to be finalised by the European Commission by April 9, according to an analysis by the Öko Institute.
Why climate change is not a matter of cost
4 Apr 2014
TWO researchers who tried to work out the economics of reducing global climate change to a tolerable level have come up with a perhaps surprising answer: essentially, we do not and cannot know what it would cost.
Time for the Big Three to take Big Action
28 Mar 2014
WITHIN the course of five days, Brussels will play host to Barack Obama and Xi Jinping. As the international community looks to keep global warming under 2°C, these leaders must insist on the same, writes NATALIE ALONSO, of Oxfam.
Australia poised for carbon policy tussle
28 Mar 2014
By MICHAEL HOPKIN.- A Labor-dominated Senate committee has set the stage for the post-July tussle over carbon policy, recommending that Australia commit to much deeper emissions cuts than the current 5 per cent target, and advising against scrapping carbon pricing.
EU predicts waste tsunami if we fail to cut trash
28 Mar 2014
THE EUROPEAN Commission is preparing new policy proposals to reduce waste and reach greater recycling rates, in order to move towards a zero-refuse economy.
The air that we breathe is killing one person in eight, says new report
28 Mar 2014
AIR POLLUTION killed seven million people across the globe in 2012, making it the world’s largest single environmental health risk, according to new figures.
WORLD WEB ... news from the world of carbon
28 Mar 2014
* Long-term sea level rise will be much higher, says IPCC * Failing carbon trading markets provide key lessons for the future * China prepares to expand carbon market with sixth scheme * Schwarzenegger linked to destructive logging companies * Asia’s great cities face rising flooding risks in warming world * Fracking good for the UK, says Cameron * UK emitters to pay much more for carbon * Climate change, beetles present problem for avocado products
EU climate ambitions clouded by calendar issues
21 Mar 2014
European Union heads of states preparing for a summit opening in Brussels today are divided about when to adopt a new climate change target, as the EC’s preferred 40 per cent greenhouse gas reductions goal sails into the distance.
Carbon sector wants Europe to act
21 Mar 2014
Carbon traders and investors are calling on Europe to reach a clear and early political agreement on the 2030 climate and energy framework.
Send in the drones ... China spies on polluting industries
21 Mar 2014
China is using drones to spy in heavily polluted areas for illicit pollution emissions, according to a senior Government official.
Why business needs to know climate change laws
21 Mar 2014
The number of climate change laws on the statue books of the world’s leading economies grew from less than 40 in 1997 to almost 500 at the end of 2013 SAM FRANKHAUSER, co-director of the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics, reports:
WORLD WEB ... news from the world of carbon
21 Mar 2014
* MEPs block moves to exempt long-haul flights from trading scheme * Steel industry urges overhaul of EU carbon trading system * Tokyo firms over-achieve on emission targets: official * Wyoming bans teaching climate change in schools
Not all is well with India’s dam-building boom
21 Mar 2014
By KIERAN COOKE .- India is in the midst of a massive hydro electric dam building programme, necessary, it says, to fuel the energy needs of its fast growing economy.
Why Deutsche Bank built a jungle in Manhattan (complete with anaconda)
21 Mar 2014
By REBECCA ELLIOT.- Journalist McKenzie Funk opens his book, Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming, with a carnival-like scene at a Deutsche Bank road show in February 2008.
Germany expects quick deal on climate goals
14 Mar 2014
Despite persistent opposition from some EU member states, German environment minister Barbara Hendricks said she expects an agreement over the EU's proposed climate and energy package for 2030, EurActiv reports.
WORLD WEB ... news from the world of carbon
14 Mar 2014
* UN climate envoys hail momentum, but warn time running out * Can Kemper become the first US power plant to use 'clean coal'? * Swiss seek precision as nations shape carbon market * Quebec's carbon market rebounds after California hook-up * Gas prices may jump from California emissions law * Turning Christmas tree lights into slipper soles
Asia-Pacific must boost food supply, says UN
14 Mar 2014
Governments in the Asia-Pacific region – which has more hungry people than all the other regions of the world combined – should take some major decisions about ways to increase food production and address undernourishment, says the United Nations.
EU agrees on draft plan for aviation emissions
7 Mar 2014
The European Union has reached a preliminary deal on a law that will exempt long-haul flights from paying for carbon emissions until 2016.
We need to rethink what we're doing to our cities, says UN
7 Mar 2014
How countries plan, build and manage their cities today will determine the outcome of global efforts to achieve a sustainable future, says the United Nations.
WORLD WEB ... news from the world of carbon
7 Mar 2014
* Europe’s banks in $1-tril risk from carbon bubble * Chinese premier declares war on pollution in economic overhaul * EU carbon trading fix goes into effect * Australia climate cuts ‘insulting sovereignty of other countries’
Australia hotting up, say scientists
7 Mar 2014
Temperatures across Australia were, on average, almost 1°C warmer than they were a century ago, according to a new report.
Antarctic sea changes could bring big problems
7 Mar 2014
By TIM RADFORD.- Global warming could have dramatic consequences for ocean circulation in the Antarctic, according to new research.
Defence housing wins green award
7 Mar 2014
A 98-hectare development in Townsville has won developer Defence Housing Australia an EnviroDevelopment green tick from the Urban Development Institute of Australia.
Climate laws cover nearly 90% of carbon pollution
28 Feb 2014
By ED KING .-More than 60 countries responsible for 88 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions now have legislation aimed at cutting carbon pollution and promoting green growth.
Researchers compare the footprint of meat vs. plant-based dog foods. The differences were staggering.
Mon 13 Oct 2025
Global pet food emissions rival those of a small country. A new UK study reveals that switching dogs to plant-based foods could slash emissions tenfold—without sacrificing nutrition.
Why Trump is not a death knell for global climate action
Tue 14 Oct 2025
In his rambling speech to the United Nations last month, United States President Donald Trump described climate change as “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world”.
China carbon prices hit two-year low as market faces oversupply pressures
Tue 14 Oct 2025
Carbon credit prices in China have fallen to their lowest point since mid-2023, pressured by an excess of supply and tepid demand amid ongoing adjustments to the national emissions trading system.
'Not up for discussion': Brussels rejects Washington's pressure on climate rules
Mon 13 Oct 2025
In response to US demands to roll back the EU's environmental legislation, the European Commission defended its autonomous power to adopt laws.
Government told to prepare for 2C warming by 2050
Thu 16 Oct 2025
The UK should be prepared to cope with weather extremes as a result of at least 2C of global warming by 2050, independent climate advisers have said.
Renewables are a global economic engine, not a culture war threat
2 Oct 2025
Energy companies are learning this lesson faster than Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.
India calls on COP30 to focus on lack of funds for developing nations
Thu 16 Oct 2025
India has said the United Nations climate conference in Belm, Brazil, should focus on tackling the critical shortage of resources that developing countries need to adapt to climate change and curb greenhouse gas emissions.
Familiar tensions emerge at the Pacific Islands Forum
26 Sep 2025
With China-Taiwan rivalry, China-Western competition, and big carbon emitters at odds with the islands on climate policy, there is plenty of tension to go around.
Scientists discovered something alarming seeping out from beneath the ocean around Antarctica
Mon 13 Oct 2025
Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed as the region warms, with new seeps being discovered at an “astonishing rate".
Angola lowers climate ambition in blow to spirit of Paris Agreement
Tue 14 Oct 2025
Angola has scaled back its targets for reducing emissions in its new national climate plan, saying it chose “realism and implementability” over the Paris Agreement's calls for governments to set progressively more ambitious goals.
Four Brazilians to watch at COP30
Wed 15 Oct 2025
Influential Brazilians, from government figures to Indigenous activists, will take center stage during UN climate talks in the Amazon next month.
Climate critics try to discredit IPCC author for linking disasters to global warming
Mon 13 Oct 2025
Roger Pielke Jr. and oil industry supporters are attacking climate scientist Friederike Otto, whose work has been used in lawsuits against polluters.
