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Latest projections indicate that the 15 States which were EU members before 2004 (EU-15) will only just reach their Kyoto Protocol target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. The EU-15 are committed to reducing their collective emissions in the 2008-2012 period to 8% below the levels of the base year (1990 in most cases). The Commission's annual progress report shows that an 8% cut can be ...

Oct. 27, 2006

As climate changes, will we change with it?

In this podcast, Sir Mark Walport, chief scientific advisor to the UK government, and Nazia Mintz-Habib, from the Centre of Development Studies, Cambridge University, talk about climate change in relation to the challenges and possible solutions for the United Kingdom and the global South. Click ...

Nov. 7, 2013

By SciDev.Net

Explaining the science of climate change

New web pages which explain the science behind the headlines on climate change have been launched by Government Chief Scientific Adviser Professor Sir John Beddington. The web pages, produced with the support of leading scientists from the Met Office Hadley Centre and others, present an overview of some of the most important areas of study in climate change science. Professor Julia Slingo, Met ...

Sep. 24, 2010

By GLOBE Foundation

Climate change on the prairies

Combined, the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba represent the epicenter of Canada’s agricultural and oil industries and climate change is already having impacts, both good and bad. These impacts are set to increase significantly and adaptation strategies will be required. This second in a series of articles examines the existing and emerging impacts of climate ...

Apr. 10, 2008

By GLOBE Foundation

The changing climate of investment

Bio-diversity, climate change, social responsibility, and ecorestoration are not words normally associated with decision-making in the corridors of power in the international finance and investment community. But increasingly there are signs of a greater engagement to mobilize private finance and capital markets in support sustainable development. Paul Clements-Hunt, Head of the United ...

Mar. 3, 2008

By GLOBE Foundation

Decision making in a changing climate

In light of recent extreme weather events, as well as long-term disruptions related to climate change, a major new report calls for different approaches to decision making by national leaders. The report, Decision Making in a Changing Climate, explores challenges and offers recommendations for ...

Oct. 18, 2011

By GLOBE Foundation

Conference on China and Climate Change

The European External Action Service (EEAS) will host an international expert roundtable conference on the topic of “Engaging China on Climate Change: Crossroads of 21st-century Foreign Policy” on 2 February 2011 in Brussels. Participants will include the EU institutions and its Member States, leading experts on China and climate change. The roundtable is co-organised with the ...

Feb. 4, 2011

By Europa Press Room

Growing older in a changing climate

In many European countries, the average age of the population is increasing. Researchers believe that the dual problems of age and climate change should be considered when developing policy. A new report on the UK population details particular issues faced by the over 50s relating to climate change, and puts forward five key recommendations covering policy, housing, transport, accessibility and ...

Oct. 3, 2008

By European Commission, Environment DG

Climate change and the Thames Estuary

Critical research findings that will help plan future flood risk in the Thames Estuary were revealed recently as part of the Environment Agency’s Thames Estuary 2100 Project — a project that considers an adaptive approach for planning for future flood risk in the Estuary. The results, released at the international conference Climate change impacts and adaptation: Dangerous rates of change at ...

Sep. 23, 2008

By The Met Office

Climate Change at The Movies

Research published in the International Journal of Sustainable Development suggests that purportedly entertaining films that feature global warming and climate change can affect public understanding. But films are often bound up in problematic and limiting identity politics, which commonly reiterate racial, gender and sexual stereotypes positioning as they do white men as being the decision ...

Jun. 3, 2014

By Inderscience Publishers

CCL – Climate Change Levy

ENMAT provides Climate Change Agreement Performance Tracking facilities to monitor and record specific energy consumption against set milestones. ...

May 17, 2013

By ENMAT Monitoring and Targeting - Envantage Ltd

Measuring climate change action

Original story at MIT News Reducing global greenhouse gas emissions could have big benefits in the U.S., according to a report released today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), including thousands of avoided deaths from extreme heat, billions of dollars in saved infrastructure expenses, and ...

Jun. 22, 2015

By MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Energy Poverty and Climate Change

A new report published as part of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) Initiative says that a population four times the size of the United States still lives without access to electricity, which is a major impediment to global economic development. In addition, fossil fuels still account for more than 80% of the world's energy mix, despite efforts to limit climate change. The Global ...

Jun. 3, 2013

By GLOBE Foundation

Call to Action on Climate Change

Warning that Earth is rapidly approaching a tipping point at which human impacts are causing alarming levels of harm to our planet, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. joined more than 500 world-renowned researchers and scientists last week to release a groundbreaking call to action on climate change and other global threats to all humanity. "This is not just about science, this is about activism," ...

May 27, 2013

By GLOBE Foundation

Mayors `get it` on climate change

Ironically, the most ambitious US action in the fight against global warming is coming from big cities and their mayors. It seems preposterous on its face. Each city’s emissions are only a tiny fraction of the global pie. Cities can’t force utilities to shift to renewables, or make Detroit produce smarter cars. Nonetheless, some of the biggest US mega-cities are stepping up in a big way on global ...

Sep. 30, 2008

By World Resources Institute WRI

Climate change: there is no plan B

Time is almost up. It is critical we secure a legally binding approach on climate change in Durban The lesson the world is learning the hard way from the financial crisis is that there is only one boat and we are all in it. To stay afloat, we need rules tough enough to stop systemic risks becoming systemic collapses. This lesson is as true for the environment as it is for the economy. A key ...

Nov. 14, 2011

By Department of Energy and Climate Change

Climate change and international security

The report Climate Change and International Security presented by the Council of the European Union discusses the potential security threats resulting from climate change, and measures that can be taken to mitigate such threats. Climate change is best viewed as a threat multiplier which exacerbates existing trends, tensions and instability. The core challenge is that climate change threatens to ...

Apr. 8, 2008

By GLOBE Foundation

Climate Change and Rio+20

Despite 1992 Rio Earth Summit being the birthplace of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, climate change doesn’t have a major place on this year’s official Rio+20 agenda. But we shouldn’t assume that it’s a forgotten issue. In fact, ...

Jun. 15, 2012

By World Resources Institute WRI

EU president on climate change

The work of the European Union is sometimes seen as rather technical. As cut off from daily concerns. Interesting to specialists, but not relevant to people's daily lives. The action we are discussing today proves this theory wrong. The struggle against climate change and the quest for secure, sustainable and competitive energy touches on every European, every day. That is why ...

Jan. 23, 2008

By European Commission, Environment DG

Preparing biodiversity for climate change

Environment Minister Peter Garrett and Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, today released Australia’s Biodiversity and Climate Change: a strategic assessment of the vulnerability of Australia’s biodiversity to climate change. Opening the International Congress of Ecology in Brisbane today, Mr Garrett said the report provided more compelling evidence of the need to protect ...

Aug. 17, 2009

By Australian Government

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