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Climate change will deplete fisheries production, warns FAO

26 Aug 2008

Global warming and the consequent changes in climatic patterns will have strong impact on fisheries with far-reaching consequences for food and livelihood security of a sizeable section of the population, a UN agency warns.

Student's turbine ... junk from a skip.

Student’s build-in-a-day wind turbine is made from junk

26 Aug 2008

A wind turbine built from waste has earned a British student a first-class honours degree.

Electric plane smashes world record for endurance

26 Aug 2008

A solar powered plane has more than doubled the record for flight endurance by staying aloft for 82 hours and 37 minutes.

UN to set up climate-change centre for Pacific countries

22 Aug 2008

The United Nations and Samoa plan to establish an inter-agency climate change centre to help to coordinate support to Pacific Island countries fighting the impact of climate change.

Japan plans to label carbon footprints of store goods

22 Aug 2008

Japan is planning to join Britain and France in labelling consumer goods to show their carbon footprints, a government official said this week.

Yvo de Boer ... next US administration is key.

India accuses UN of bias as climate change talks resume

22 Aug 2008

Sparks could fly at the next round of international climate change negotiations which start today in Accra, Ghana, with India out to stub any attempts by Japan, the EU and the US to firm up an agenda against it and China.

World Bank names countries eligible for forest rewards

22 Aug 2008

The Democratic Republic of Congo and five other African countries have been included in a list of 14 that will take part in the World Bank's controversial Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF).

Tony O'Reilly ... hunting oil and gas with his dad.

O’Reilly and son go big in Irish Sea oil and gas

22 Aug 2008

Ireland’s wealthy O’Reilly family, which has strong business interests in New Zealand, has invested heavily in oil and gas exploration in a move that could see them become what one London newspaper called the Ewings of the Emerald Isle.

Schools race to sign with solar power programme

22 Aug 2008

Almost 1400 schools across Australia have signed up for the Rudd Government’s $480 million National Solar Schools Programme.

Public happier with Personal Carbon Trading, study shows

19 Aug 2008

New research by Britain’s Institute for Public Policy Research reveals that the public favours Personal Carbon Trading (PCT) over other emission reduction policy options for individuals and households.

Scientists to discuss impact of aerosols on climate

19 Aug 2008

The influence aerosols have on climate is still one of the “great unknowns” in climate science, says Australian scientist Dr Leon Rotstayn.

Darwin ... vulnerable.

Darwin, Cape Town warned to get ready for rising sea levels

19 Aug 2008

Two southern hemisphere coastal cities have been told of their vulnerability to climate change and have warned to take action.

Polluted Mexico ... climate-change partership with California.

Mexican border states join California in fighting climate change

19 Aug 2008

Six Mexican border states have pledged to strengthen cooperation with California in fighting climate change and to increase green investment through Public Private Partnerships.

The Great Warming ... multi-year droughts the worst enemy.

Drought the big killer, says anthropologist-author

19 Aug 2008

Global warming is currently one the world's most pressing issues, but the phenomenon of climate change is not specific to the 21st century.

UN-backed group takes steps to establish new biofuel standard

15 Aug 2008

A United Nations-backed group of international experts has endorsed a first draft of a new global sustainability standard for biofuels to assess their economic, social and environmental effects.

Carbon credits undervalued, says report

15 Aug 2008

Latest figures from the northern hemisphere summer issue of the Global Carbon Report, researched and published by leading market intelligence provider IDEAcarbon, suggest that carbon is currently undervalued in light of changing market fundamentals.

Carbon sequestration has its problems, warns report

15 Aug 2008

Burying carbon dioxide from coal-fired plants could increase other pollutants, warns a new study.

BMW joins hydrogen cars on trail to nudge politicians

15 Aug 2008

The BMW Hydrogen 7 - the first hydrogen-powered luxury sedan – has hit the roads of the United States in an unprecedented cross-country journey.

Small turbine ... increasing interest for homes and farms.

Aussies vote $1 million to boost small wind-turbines

15 Aug 2008

The Australian Government is sinking more than $1 million into developing a stronger small wind-turbine industry.

Youth ... give them a chance.

UN chief urges young people to take active role in climate change fight

15 Aug 2008

Young people, who are adept at spreading new habits and technologies, are well placed to contribute to the fight against climate change, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said as he marked International Youth Day.

Ross Garnaut.

Round two of Garnaut report out early next month

15 Aug 2008

Australians will get more details early next month on their proposed emissions trading scheme.

Elephant seal ... doing the job for climate change.

Southern Ocean elephant seals dive deep for climate data

15 Aug 2008

Elephant seals are helping scientists to overcome a critical blind-spot in their ability to detect change in Southern Ocean circulation and sea-ice production and its influence on global climate.

New report paints bright future for second-generation biofuels

12 Aug 2008

Australia could develop a sustainable biofuels industry without forcing up food prices, according to a new report.

Japan sets date for power exchange to start carbon-credit trading

12 Aug 2008

The Japan Electric Power Exchange will start trading carbon credits in October on a trial basis as part of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's goal to cut greenhouse gases by more than half.

I did it ... companies can admit guilt on the web.

US companies can admit environmental violations on the web

12 Aug 2008

The US Environmental Protection Agency has announced a pilot project that allows regulated facilities nationwide to self-disclose environmental violations on the agency’s website.

New $27 million project will protect the birds and the bees

12 Aug 2008

A new project worth $26.45 million has been launched by the Global Environment Facility to better protect bees, bats and birds that are essential to the world’s crop production.

Flower growers face threat from EU emissions scheme

12 Aug 2008

Kenya’s horticulture industry is facing a new market access threat as the European Parliament prepares to vote on a new law that would see aviation included in the continental emissions trading scheme.

China exports ... a clean revolution.

China grabs low-carbon export opportunities in clean tech race

8 Aug 2008

China is already the world’s leading renewable energy producer and is over-taking more developed economies in exploiting valuable economic opportunities, creating green-collar jobs and leading development of critical low-carbon technologies, says a new report to be published by the Britain-based Climate Group.

Dell comes under fire after carbon-neutral claim

8 Aug 2008

International computer giant Dell has been criticised after its claim that it is now officially a carbon-neutral company — five months ahead of its own projected schedule.

New UN report suggests how to boost cities’ resiliency to climate change

8 Aug 2008

With eight of the world’s 10 most populous cities situated near rivers or seas and already being exposed to such hazards as flooding, earthquakes and typhoons, a United Nations-backed report just released offers suggestions on how to enhance resiliency to threats emanating from climate change

Heavy-emitter label not fair, angry India tells NZ

8 Aug 2008

India is becoming increasingly angry at being labelled a major emitter of greenhouse gases.

ASX plans early futures market for emissions trading

8 Aug 2008

The Australian Securities Exchange has announced its intention to facilitate emissions trading at the earliest opportunity.

Oil palms ... Asia leading the sector.

Asia emerging as centre of carbon trade programme

5 Aug 2008

Financial market analysts expect increased participation of Asian countries in the carbon credit trade, with most of them cornering big investments in clean development mechanism (CDM) projects.

Sir David King ... back to the pre-ice age.

Pro-coal energy minister calls UK protesters naïve

5 Aug 2008

Opponents of plans to build Britain’s first coal-fired power station in 20 years are naive, says UK Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks.

Climate change puts Canadian seniors' health at risk

5 Aug 2008

Canada's elderly population - expected to double in the next 25 years - will be especially hard-hit by the dire effects of climate change, warns a sprawling study by Health Canada.

Air cargo ... carbon footprint worries.

Airlines under pressure to reduce freighter flight emissions

5 Aug 2008

The question of just how big a carbon footprint air cargo creates and what can the industry do to lessen its impact on the environment are becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.

Toyota's Prius ... battery bottlenecks are affecting sales.

Patience a virtue when Prius battery supply chains go flat

5 Aug 2008

Waiting lists for the Toyota Prius have expanded sharply as demand outstrips the Japanese carmaker's capacity to build the petrol-electric hybrid vehicles.

Cook’s weather-watching pays off for climate change scientists

5 Aug 2008

Legendary navigator Captain James Cook, whose careful cartography in the 1700s put New Zealand on the map, is now helping 21st century scientists to chart the course of climate change.

China ... getting serious about emissions.

China enters pact with UK carbon trading player

1 Aug 2008

British carbon exchange specialist Climate Exchange has confirmed that it has signed an agreement with the Chinese authorities to start an emissions trading scheme in the country.

South Africa vows to shift energy policy from coal to nuclear

1 Aug 2008

The South African government says it will move away from cheap coal - long the engine of its economic growth - and embrace nuclear and renewable energy in a bid to combat climate change.

Australians strongly back carbon trade scheme, poll shows

1 Aug 2008

Australians overwhelmingly back government plans to introduce one of the world's biggest carbon trading schemes, a poll found this week.

Firms found to be ill-prepared for cap-and-trade scheme

1 Aug 2008

Many UK firms remain unprepared for the introduction of a cap-and-trade scheme, and have little experience of the IT systems and trading processes that will be required to comply with the new legislation.

Farmers backed with $26.5 million for climate change training

1 Aug 2008

Australian primary producers and industries will have access to specialised training to help them to deal with the impacts of climate change under a $26.5 million FarmReady fund just announced by the Rudd Government.

American judge rejects proposed coal-fired power plant

29 Jul 2008

A benchmark decision by a Georgia judge to revoke the building permit for a coal-fired power plant marks the first time in the US that a court has based a ruling on concerns over CO2 emissions.

Brendan Nelson ... let's wait for the others.

Aussie opposition plans response to Rudd's green paper

29 Jul 2008

Liberal and National MPs will gather in Canberra today and tomorrow to hammer out a response to the Rudd government's green paper on an emissions trading scheme.

US soldiers in Iraq ... told to fight 'green'.

Battle-weary US soldiers told to cut carbon bootprint

29 Jul 2008

As if they didn’t have enough on their hands fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, American soldiers are now being told they must reduce their carbon bootprint to ease the pain of climate change.

California comes down hard on ships’ diesel exhaust emissions

29 Jul 2008

Foreign-flagged and US ships sailing off California will face the world’s toughest rules on marine fuel-use under new regulations just adopted by the state’s Air Resources Board.

Two children enough in climate-changing world, experts argue

29 Jul 2008

Family planning experts have urged couples to limit themselves to two children as a contribution to combating climate change.

Arnold Schwarzenegger ... no to climate change in schools.

Schwarzenegger vetoes climate change teaching in schools

29 Jul 2008

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed a that would have required climate change be added to the state school curriculum.

Finland ... all-out fight against methane.

Finland joins 26-country partnership to curb methane emissions

29 Jul 2008

Finland is the latest country to join the Methane to Markets Partnership, whose 26 members aim to reduce emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas and clean energy source.

Australia
More Australia >

How bad can climate damage get? Worse than you imagine

Thu 26 Jun 2025

How bad can climate damage get? Worse than you imagine, if Australians’ recent experience of more extreme weather and natural disasters — driven by a hotter climate — are an indication, because the past is no longer a reliable guide to the future.

United States
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US government cuts key data used in hurricane forecasting

Today 10:30am

Weather experts are warning that hurricane forecasts will be severely hampered by the upcoming cutoff of key data from U.S. Department of Defense satellites, the latest Trump administration move with potential consequences for the quality of forecasting.

China
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Floods swamp cities in Southwest China with more storms due

Thu 26 Jun 2025

Citizens in Guizhou and other parts of southern China have been swamped by days of record-breaking rainfall as the East Asia monsoon kicked into high gear over the past week.

Europe
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Next EU climate target to allow carbon offsets from 2036, draft shows

Today 10:30am

The European Commission will permit countries to outsource a portion of their climate efforts to poorer countries from 2036, according to a draft proposal.

United Kingdom
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UK can reach net zero by 2050, climate report finds

Thu 26 Jun 2025

Climate Change Committee says current targets could be met provided country takes ‘steps forward’ to achieve them.

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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Pakistan slams climate ‘injustice’ as deadly floods hit country again

Today 10:30am

Pakistan’s climate minister says country facing ‘crisis of injustice’ as more deadly flooding and extreme weather events hit the country.

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

Fri 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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I just returned from Antarctica: climate change isn’t some far-off problem – it’s here and hitting hard

13 May 2025

Antarctica is often viewed as the last truly remote place on Earth – frozen, wild and untouched. But is it really as untouched as it seems?

Africa
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Congo death toll hits 77 after extreme weather brings floods and sinks boats, 107 remain missing

18 Jun 2025

Authorities in Congo said the death toll following devastating floods and separate boat accidents has reached 77, with more than 100 people missing.

South America
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‘We are perilously close to the point of no return’: climate scientist on Amazon rainforest’s future

Today 10:30am

Carlos Nobre, who has fought for decades to save the rainforest, says up to 70% of it could be lost if a tipping point is reached.

United Nations
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How UN climate negotiations can end fossil fuel-industry influence

Today 10:30am

COMMENT: Climate COPs remain alarmingly exposed to lobbyists, unlike most global health and anti-corruption bodies that have safeguards to limit interference.

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