Environmental stories tagged with: climate change

The second stage of a consultation which looks at how Scotland should plan for the 'unavoidable consequences' of climate change has been launched.

A new study published in the journal 'Nature' this week reveals, for the first time, that temperature changes over Greenland and in North Atlantic ocean circulation played a central role in abrupt climate change during the last Ice Age.

Up to 150,000 new jobs could be created through investment in the low-carbon economy, according to a new report published by the LGA today.

The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) today urged the Government to commit unilaterally to reducing emissions of all greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the UK by at least 34% in 2020 relative to 1990 levels (21% relative to 2005).

The Government today held Europe's first carbon allowance auction in Phase II (2008 - 2012) of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. Four million allowances were sold at a total value of £54m, or £13.60 per allowance.

A programme has been launched which is designed to help regional businesses capitalise on opportunities and reduce the risks associated with climate change.

New amendments to the Government's Planning Bill have been laid in Parliament to strengthen the scrutiny of national policy statements by the House of Lords, and tackle climate change.

A major new study looking at whether planetary scale geo-engineering schemes could play a role in preventing the worst effects of climate change is being launched by the Royal Society the UK academy of science today.

HSBC Global Markets today announces the creation of a Climate Change Research Facilitation Programme, in association with: Ernst & Young, New Energy Finance, Risk Management Solutions and the Met Office.

London Mayor, Boris Johnson, has launched his strategy for Climate Change Adaptation in London.  The report shows that currently London is not designed to cope with the predicted changes. The launch of the strategy comes weeks after the Government's chief scientist advised that the UK needs to adapt to increased average global temperatures of four degrees.

Increasingly tough climatic conditions and limited rights to land and other basic resources risk jeopardizing the lives and livelihoods of many indigenous groups that hold the key to our long term survival, FAO noted today on the eve of the International Day for the World's Indigenous Peoples.