Environmental stories tagged with: climate change
IPCC Forget Hurricanes, Glaciers and Ocean Warming
Monday, 19th November 2007, 10:45 am
WWF believe that key scientific findings about global warming have been forgotten in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) latest policy report.
 Developed Countries Must Show Leadership on Climate Change - PMMonday, 19th November 2007, 10:29 am
Gordon Brown has called upon the developed nations of the world to take responsibility for the issue of climate change following the publication of a stark UN report.
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 Queen Sets out the Government's Programme for the YearTuesday, 6th November 2007, 7:14 pm
In the House of Lords, today, the Queen set out the Labour Government's programme for the coming year. Here is a brief overview of the environmental elements of the Queen's Speech.
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 World Becoming More HumidFriday, 12th October 2007, 11:35 am
The world is becoming more humid under climate change and exacerbating global warming, research reveals. Scientists from the Met Office Hadley Centre and the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia have found strong evidence of human influence on changes in global surface humidity.
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 Carbon Footprints, Local StepsThursday, 11th October 2007, 6:30 pm
A new report published by the "New Local Government Network" argues that the Government goal of 60 percent carbon dioxide reduction can be achieved 25 years earlier than currently forecast. It claims that local councils could introduce measures that would save 320 million tonnes of CO2 emissions by 2025.
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Arctic Heat Wave Stuns Climate Change Researchers
Tuesday, 2nd October 2007, 8:35 pm
Unprecedented warm temperatures in the High Arctic this past summer were so extreme that researchers with a team led by Canada's Queen's University climate change project have begun revising their forecasts.
All Incandescent Bulbs to be Phased out by 2011
Thursday, 27th September 2007, 1:55 pm
In an announcement at the Labour Party conference, Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, said all high energy bulbs will be phased out by 2011.
Kicking Climate Change into the Long Grass
Wednesday, 26th September 2007, 4:03 pm
Responding to Gordon Brown's speech at the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth, Green Party spokeswoman, Siân Berry said that Gordon Brown "knows that his targets aren't good enough."
BT Launches Carbon Impact Assessment Service
Tuesday, 25th September 2007, 7:22 pm
BT has announced that its newly formed Global Services sustainability practice has launched a service to help large corporates and public sector organisations reduce their energy consumption and carbon footprint.
Governor Schwarzenegger Seeks to Green Hollywood
Tuesday, 25th September 2007, 4:15 pm
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has launched a new construction project with Sony Pictures Entertainment that they hope will benefit California's economy and environment.
Climate Change as an Opportunity
Tuesday, 25th September 2007, 1:48 pm
President Clinton, speaking at the Fifth Carbon Disclsure Project Annual Forum in New York, encouraged the world's largest companies and institutional investors to see Kyoto targets, renewables and energy efficiency as an opportunity for growth and jobs.
Climate is Right for Overhaul of UK Energy Regulation
Thursday, 20th September 2007, 3:45 pm
Sustainable Development Commission calls for changes to Ofgem's role to tackle challenges of a sustainable future.
EU Proposes Climate Change Alliance to Help Developing Countries
Wednesday, 19th September 2007, 4:56 pm
The European Union is proposing to build a new alliance on climate change between the European Union and the poor developing countries that are most affected and that have the least capacity to deal with climate change.
The Montreal Protocol and the Kyoto Protocol Mutually Supportive
Wednesday, 19th September 2007, 2:53 pm
In 1989 the Montreal Protocol banned CFCs which was damaging the ozone layer; it has since been discovered that the CFC replacement is producing emissions 10,000 times more potent, as a greenhouse gas, than carbon dioxide.
Insurance Industry to Tackle Climate Change
Tuesday, 18th September 2007, 4:57 pm
Since 1990, weather-related insurance claims have cost an average of £825 million per year in the UK, and have exceeded £1 billion in four out of the last 15 years. In the unusually hot summer of 1995, net losses to agriculture were estimated to be £180 million.
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