December 30, 2010
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Air & Climate Newsletter December 30, 2010 |
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Climate is warming – despite `ups and downs`
“Despite 2010 being a very warm year globally, the severity of the 2009-2010 northern winter and a wetter and cooler Australia in 2010 relative to the past few years have been misinterpreted by some to imply that climate change is not occurring,” Mr Hunt said. “Recent wet conditions in eastern Australia mainly reflect short-term climate variability and weather events, not longer-term climate change trends. Conclusions that climate is not changing are based on a misunderstanding of the roles of climatic change caused by increasing greenhouse gases and climatic variability ... |
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Have the EU`s shipping emissions proposals capsized?
Any attempt to bring shipping into the EU`s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) may be open to legal challenges, according to new research by the European Commission. Maritime transport produces about four per cent of global man-made CO2 emissions, but there are currently no regulations in place to curb the sector`s growing carbon footprint. Sluggish progress towards an international agreement, which the maritime sector insists is the best way to curb emissions, prompted the EU to declare it would include the sector`s emissions in the EU ETS from 2013 if an international deal is not agreed ... |
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