In the UK the big news is, as The Independent and many other papers are reporting, A Bill which makes reducing carbon emissions a legal duty.
Yesterday the Government unveiled the world’s first delivery system for the targets involved in radically cutting back the gases that are causing global warming. It is based on two simple […]
There’s an article by Fred Pearce in this week’s dead-tree edition of New Scientist called Look, no carbon footprint! (subscription required) which raises many valid concerns about the whole carbon offset industry.
There are two kinds of offset. Official offsets - sanctioned under the Kyoto protocol - allow governments and companies to earn carbon credits that […]
New Scientist is reporting on Europe’s ‘2020 vision’ to lead climate change battle.
A long-term strategy on energy policy, aimed at leading the world in the fight against global warming, was agreed by European Union heads of state on Friday.
The deal sets binding targets for slashing greenhouse gas emissions, developing renewable energy sources, promoting energy efficiency […]
The Seattle Post Intelligencer is reporting U.S. bars talk of climate change effects on bears.
The Bush administration is ordering federal wildlife officials headed for international meetings on polar bears not to talk about how climate change and melting ice are affecting the imperiled animals.
It is the latest in a string of cases in which the […]
Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald is running an ‘event’ of sorts they call Earth Hour.
Earth Hour is just the start of a campaign that aims to reduce Sydney’s greenhouse emissions by 5% in 2007. The event will demonstrate how simple actions can make the world of difference if everyone takes part. And it sends a powerful […]
The Sheffield Doc/Fest is one of the world’s major documentary festivals and last year Carbon Planet helped them measure their CO2 emissions, gave them a host of recommendations as to how to reduce their CO2 footprint, and then sourced the carbon credits they needed to reduce the whole event’s footprint to zero.
The film above gives […]
The Harvard Business School is running an article analysing Competitive Advantage on a Warming Planet.
Whether you’re in a traditional smokestack industry or a “clean” business like investment banking, your company will increasingly feel the effects of climate change. Even people skeptical of the dangers of global warming are recognizing that simply because so many others […]
Every so often we get an email from someone who raises an interesting point. In this case a person called Chris asked us:
How can you be so stupid as to believe in mans role in global warming. Have you ever heard of increased solar activity.You dummies will be proven wrong. I must say I […]
The BBC is warning that, in the UK, Winter ’second warmest on record’.
The UK has experienced its second warmest winter on record, with a mean temperature of 5.47C (41.8F), provisional Met Office figures show.
In southern England, the winter warmth set a new high, reaching 6.53C (43.8F), beating 6.49C (43.7F) in 1989-90.
All three winter months saw […]
The UK’s Guardian is warning us that CO2 output from shipping twice as much as airlines.
Separate studies suggest that maritime carbon dioxide emissions are not only higher than previously thought, but could rise by as much as 75% in the next 15 to 20 years if world trade continues to grow and no action is […]