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Builders can do more to curb carbon, says UN report

9 Dec 2008

Energy use in buildings accounts for one-third of greenhouse gas emissions, but the huge potential of the construction sector to combat climate change has not been realised, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Stewart Stevenson ... world's most ambitious climate legislation.

Scotland comes up with ‘world leading’ climate bill

9 Dec 2008

A newly published Scottish bill to help to tackle climate change could be a "world leader", environmental groups have claimed.

POZNAN: China, India say Obama is the key

5 Dec 2008

China and India, the developing nations with the highest carbon-dioxide emissions, want US president-elect Barack Obama to demonstrate more commitment in tackling climate change, delegates at United Nations talks in Poland said.

Ralph Nader ... bad assumptions.

Nader: Why we need a global carbon tax

5 Dec 2008

If President Barack Obama wants to stop the descent toward dangerous global climate change, and avoid the trade anarchy that current approaches to this problem will invite, he should take Al Gore's proposal for a carbon tax and make it global, says veteran American consumer advocate Ralph Nader.

Marthinus van Schalkwyk ... countries need to put figures on the table.

Pressure mounts on Rudd to cut emissions by 25%

5 Dec 2008

Developing countries are intensifying the pressure on Australia and other wealthy nations to promise to cut greenhouse emissions by at least 25 per cent by 2020 at talks in Poland this month.

Food disaster looms in Pacific, says UN report

5 Dec 2008

Disasters linked to climate change such as cyclones, flash floods and droughts are likely to have a serious impact on food production in Pacific island nations, a new United Nations report warns.

Hawaii signs up for electric car network

5 Dec 2008

Hawaii has become the first US state to confirm it will establish a network of electric car stations to wean the islands off oil.

10,000 turn up for crucial climate talks in Poland

2 Dec 2008

The latest round of United Nations-led negotiations aimed at reaching an ambitious global climate change deal next year began today in Poznan, Poland, drawing more than 10,000 participants from governments, business and industry, environmental groups and research institutions.

Adairn Turner ... case for more nuclear power.

UK climate chief cracks down on coal-fired energy

2 Dec 2008

Britain’s chief climate change adviser has come down hard on coal, saying new coal-fired power stations should be built only on the understanding that they would be retro-fitted with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology by the early 2020s.

Penny Wong ... business needs certainty.

Australia’s final carbon scheme out this month

2 Dec 2008

The final shape of Australia’s future emissions trading will be known on December 15 when Climate Change Minister Penny Wong releases the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme white paper.

Sigmar Gabriel ... Berlin's plans are working.

Germany cuts gas emissions to below Kyoto marks

2 Dec 2008

Germany has cut its greenhouse gas emissions to below levels required under the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, the government in Berlin has announced on the eve of a crucial climate conference in Poland.

Religious leaders united in call for climate curbs

2 Dec 2008

Leaders of the world's major religions have called for "rapid and large emission cuts in the rich world".

'Stop climate change' reads this banner in Poznan.

Hot air: Poznan talks will create 13,000 tonnes of carbon

2 Dec 2008

Staging a global forum on climate change is a dilemma, for it adds to very problem it is trying to solve.

CO2 levels reach highest point … and still growing

28 Nov 2008

Levels of climate-warming greenhouse gases continue to increase in the atmosphere, the World Meteorological Organisation says in its latest report.

POZNAN 1: Where the big players stand

28 Nov 2008

After a year of debate on what a post-Kyoto climate deal should look like, the United Nations has published a report setting out its ideas in the hope that it will facilitate an agreement during negotiations in Poznan, Poland, next week.

Ban Ki-moon ... call for international commitment.

POZNAN 2: We need a shared vision, says UN chief

28 Nov 2008

The need for a shared vision in long-term world collaboration on climate change will be stressed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the climate change talks in Poznan next week.

India pollution ... other countries to blame.

POZNAN 3: Our stand won’t change, vows India

28 Nov 2008

Emerging Asian powerhouse India has made it clear that the Poznan talks next week will not bring a change in its controversial stance on greenhouse gas emissions.

POZNAN 4: Maldives awaits dawn of doomsday

28 Nov 2008

The fate of the Maldives, South Asia's most expensive tourist destination, is set to be one of the features in discussions at the UN climate conference in Poznan next week

Shell signs for Australia’s carbon capture institute

28 Nov 2008

Royal Dutch Shell, Europe’s biggest oil company, will become a founding member of Australia’s $A100 million carbon capture and storage institute aimed at speeding low-emissions power output.

Pope Benedict ... doing his bit for a greener world.

‘Green Pope’ switches Vatican on to solar energy

28 Nov 2008

Eco-friendly Pope Benedict will be warmed by solar heating in the Vatican hall where he holds his weekly general audience with the faithful.

British climate change bill shows how it can be done

25 Nov 2008

New Zealand lawmakers might be unable to agree on how to tackle climate change, but an extraordinary show of cross-party unity by their British counterparts is about to make that country the first in the world to have legally binding emissions reductions targets.

John Key ... international cooperation needed on climate change.

Key joins APEC leaders in call to fight climate change

25 Nov 2008

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, whose new government has suspended the country’s emissions trading scheme, is among Asia-Pacific leaders who have collectively called for a comprehensive effort to address climate change through international cooperation.

Top entrepreneurs see climate change as growing strategic concern

25 Nov 2008

Leading entrepreneurs view climate change as a growing strategic concern, according to a survey conducted as part of Ernst & Young's second annual global cleantech insights and trends report.

Governor Charlie Crist ... ' The people expect us to try to make a difference.'

Governors sign pact to work with Obama – and each other

25 Nov 2008

US state leaders are cheering President-elect Barack Obama's plans to make addressing climate change a national priority - but say they'll continue to move forward on their own.

New UN guide seeks to reduce computer waste

25 Nov 2008

The United Nations has launched a new guide on how to recycle computer equipment in a way that minimises the impact of waste on health and the environment, particularly in developing countries.

Barack Obama ... a new era.

Obama vows ‘new chapter’ in US climate change policy

21 Nov 2008

President-elect Barack Obama has sent an explicit message to international negotiators of a new global warming treaty that, under his administration, the US will move to greatly reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by the middle of the century.

Protests follow UK’s first carbon permits auction

21 Nov 2008

The UK government is facing protests from various quarters after it said that the proceeds of the sale of carbon permits would not necessarily be used to tackle climate change issues.

Ed Miliband ... Britain a world leader.

British MPs pass landmark climate change bill

21 Nov 2008

MPs have given final approval to a bill committing Britain to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent by 2050 - the first country to have such a legally binding framework on climate change.

Climate change momentum fading, says survey

21 Nov 2008

Climate change is fading as a priority in the Pacific Rim as the gloomy state of the global economy takes precedence, a survey of opinion leaders showed this week.

Europe's $14 billion clean-coal plan running out of backers

21 Nov 2008

A European proposal to spend $US14 billion testing how to pump greenhouse gases underground is itself getting buried.

Voluntary carbon market first to embrace REDD

21 Nov 2008

The Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS) has become the first global carbon accounting standard to introduce robust rules designed to unlock vital funding for credible agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) projects.

Climate change goes to Hollywood

21 Nov 2008

Climate change is going to the movies. Maybe not, but screen writers gathered in Los Angeles anyway to discuss how incorporating the growing threat of climate change into primetime storylines could inspire viewers to live green.

China outlines plans for domestic carbon trading

18 Nov 2008

Chinese officials claim their government will establish a nationwide carbon trading scheme.

Beware the brown peril – the abc of ABCs

18 Nov 2008

A three kilometre-thick "brown cloud" of man-made pollution, which stretches from the Arabian Peninsula to China to the western Pacific Ocean, is making Asian cities darker, speeding up the melting of Himalayan glaciers and affecting human health, according to a new United Nations Environment Programme report.

Aussies march to back climate change action

18 Nov 2008

Tens of thousands of Australians took part in mass protests at the weekend to call for tough government action on controlling climate change.

Arnold Schwarzenegger ... California must manage the impacts.

Arnie orders full steam ahead on climate strategy

18 Nov 2008

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has ordered state agencies to begin preparing for the projected impacts of global warming on the economy, people and natural resources.

The Corner shopping centre in Atlanta

Shopping centre forms America’s first carbon neutral zone

18 Nov 2008

The green movement in the United State has taken a significant step forward with the launch in Atlanta of the country’s first "carbon neutral zone.”

Carbon-sniffing satellite sleuth readies for launch

18 Nov 2008

NASA's first spacecraft dedicated to studying carbon dioxide, the leading human-produced greenhouse gas driving changes in Earth's climate, has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, to begin final launch preparations.

Exxon Mobil chief slams Australian ETS modelling

14 Nov 2008

Oil giant Exxon Mobil has taken a potshot at the Australian Treasury's view of the likely economic effects of emissions trading, saying it wanted no part of the carbon reduction scheme.

Ban Ki-moon ... two birds with one stone.

Ban calls on economic summit to tackle global warming

14 Nov 2008

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for this weekend’s Washington summit on the global financial crisis to seize the opportunity to tackle global warming as well, stressing that such action would create jobs and boost the world’s economies.

World-wide investment in clean energy falls sharply

14 Nov 2008

Investment in low-carbon technologies is suffering its first reversal after several years of record growth, as the financial crisis dims the sector's prospects.

1972 book right on target with predicted global collapse

14 Nov 2008

Forecasts of global ecological and economic collapse by mid-century contained in the controversial 1972 book The Limits to Growth are still on-track, according to new CSIRO research.

Australian car makers to get $6 billion green boost

14 Nov 2008

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced a $6.2 billion plan to make the automotive industry more economically and environmentally sustainable by 2020.

UN sees need for global body to tackle biodiversity

14 Nov 2008

The possibility of establishing a United Nations-supported scientific intergovernmental body to address biodiversity loss and protect ecosystems is being discussed at a global conference in Malaysia.

Clever climate change thinking could win you $75,000

14 Nov 2008

London’s Financial Times is launching a $75,000 competition to find the world’s most creative ideas for tackling the threat of climate change.

Carbon dioxide levels already in danger zone, says new study

11 Nov 2008

If climate disasters are to be averted, atmospheric carbon dioxide must be reduced below the levels that already exist today, according to a study by a group of 10 scientists from the United States, the United Kingdom and France.

BP decisions big blow to Britain’s energy hopes

11 Nov 2008

International oil giant BP has dealt a double blow to Britain’s energy plans by pulling out of involvement in designing Britain’s first carbon capture and storage project and by announcing it will concentrate its wind-power investments in the United States.

Yvo de Boer ... US unlikely to join Kyoto.

US must take leading role in climate change, says UN official

11 Nov 2008

The head of the United Nations climate change body has said he hopes the United States will take a more active role in fighting global warming once Barack Obama becomes president.

Kevin Rudd ... opinion polls show support wavering.

Rudd under pressure to water down emissions scheme

11 Nov 2008

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is under pressure to water down his government’s plans to tackle climate change as the global financial crisis threatens jobs and economic growth, experts say.

Don’t sit around and wait, Aussie farmers told

11 Nov 2008

Australian agriculture can’t afford to sit around and wait until 2013 for government to decide how it fits into the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, a global expert in carbon trading says.

Australia
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Warmer seas fuel dangerous ‘weather bomb’ in New South Wales

3 Jul 2025

If the storm shapes up as predicted, we can expect to see damage to houses and trees as well as significant beach erosion – especially in heavily populated areas exposed to the storm’s southern flank.

United States
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How Mamdani connects climate policy to his affordability agenda as he runs for New York mayor

Fri 11 Jul 2025

Many of the democratic socialist’s policies aim to slash carbon emissions and boost environmental justice.

China
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Regions in China take steps to ensure power supply amid heatwave-driven record demand

Thu 10 Jul 2025

China is battling intense heatwaves across multiple regions in recent days, with temperatures surpassing 40C in some areas, triggering yellow heat warnings and high-temperature health risk warnings.

Europe
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EU countries seek more cuts to deforestation rules

Wed 9 Jul 2025

From December, the world-first deforestation law will require operators placing goods including soy, beef and palm oil, onto the EU market to provide proof their products did not cause deforestation.

United Kingdom
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UK: Thousands lobby MPs to demand climate action

Thu 10 Jul 2025

More than 5,000 people from across the UK arrived in Westminster on Wednesday to meet their MPs and demand urgent climate action to protect their communities.

Canada
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Is Mark Carney turning his back on climate action?

23 Jun 2025

The G7 summit in Alberta, hosted by Prime Minister Mark Carney, has ended with only passing mention of fighting climate change, including a statement on wildfires that is silent on the pressing need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Asia
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Urbanization is intensifying India’s summer heat and rain

Fri 11 Jul 2025

When 28-year-old Sonelal Prasad left home on the morning of June 16 for his job at a construction site in Mumbai—the financial capital of India—he didn’t know he’d be digging his own grave.

Pacific
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Nearly a third of Tuvaluans have applied for climate migration visa

27 Jun 2025

With their country threatened by sea level rise, the people of Tuvalu have been offered an escape route through an agreement with Australia, and many are contemplating leaving their home.

Antarctic/Arctic
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The struggle for control of the Arctic is accelerating - and it's riskier than ever

Fri 11 Jul 2025

As the battle for one of the world’s coldest places heats up, an increasingly fragile security balance may be breaking down, leading to an escalating arms race.

Africa
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Africa is not a solar geoengineering test site

Tue 8 Jul 2025

This potentially dangerous course of action would divert financing and support from real solutions, while putting the continent’s ecosystems and communities at risk.

South America
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In Latin America, the energy transition stirs a rise in human rights lawsuits

Tue 8 Jul 2025

A new report shows that more than half of the 95 energy transition-related lawsuits recorded globally since 2009 took place in Latin America and the Caribbean.

United Nations
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UN Human Rights Council fails to call out fossil fuels after decision cuts mention

Fri 11 Jul 2025

A proposal by the Marshall Islands and Colombia calling for a transition away from fossil fuels at the UN Human Rights Council failed to make it into the council’s declaration on climate change and human rights issued on Tuesday.

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