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The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research has just released their latest ’synthesis’ report, titled “Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions”.
“We have covered new findings on climate science, climate impacts on society and the environment, and effective tools and approaches to deal with these challenges,” says Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, director of the Potsdam Institute [...]

The National Wildlife Federation is reporting U.S. House Passes Historic Climate Bill.
Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed one of the most critical bills in conservation history.
This legislation–known as the American Clean Energy and Security Act–is an unprecedented plan to address the single greatest threat to our nation’s wildlife and natural resources.
In addition to putting [...]

Carbon Planet is pleased to release issue 13 of Be the Change, your resource for news and information on climate change and carbon credits.
In this latest issue we include feature articles:

Obama’s green future
Flight calculators – we clear the air
Climate change vs global warming – what’s the difference?
Energy efficiency gives us triple whammy.

Plus our regular features:

Profile [...]

Yale University is reporting that the cost of solar power in Italy is soon to rival that of coal fired power.
Southern Italy, with it abundant sunshine and high electricity tariffs from coal-generated power plants, could by 2010 produce solar power that is economically competitive with conventional power. That’s the assessment of Winfried Hoffmann, president of [...]

There is a special parliamentary screening of the cinematic release of the film The Burning Season at Parliament House in Sydney tonight. The film’s narrator, Hugh Jackman, will be there apparently. I’ll be there too, happy to share what I know about the technicalities of REDD projects and filmmakers Cathy Henkel and Trish [...]

Emma Lawrence of G.R.A.S.S and The Rozelle Protocol, and our own Chris Wilson from Carbon Planet’s Sydney office were interviewed as part of Metro Screen 09 about how to “Get Real About Sustainable Screens“.
The motion picture industry has been identified as a serious polluter and, to help tackle this problem head-on, Carbon Planet, The Australian [...]

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Forty years ago the Cuyahoga River caught on fire due to heavy pollution, but Cleveland has since turned this unfortunate incident into an opportunity by striving to make itself of the nation’s greenest cities. After nearly four decades of hard work, Cleveland has grown to become a “green city on a blue lake.”
The [...]

The Home Project is a new film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. It has been released in full online free of charge. See the complete movie in HD via YouTube.
We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, avert the depletion of natural resources [...]

The Australian Youth Climate Coalition is kicking goal after goal. Their latest project, PowerShift, a national conference for youth concerned about climate change, promises to be a seminal event in the Australian Youth calendar. The event is being held at the University of Western Sydney, Parramatta Campus from Saturday 11 July to Monday 13 [...]