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EU May Not Meet Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Target in Time

In the European Union, neither the cap & trade scheme nor the carbon taxes seem to have led to measurable reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

30 Jun 2012

Türk Telekom Continues to Work on Environmental Sustainability

Türk Telekom, a communication and convergence technologies company, has become the leading telecom company in Turkey for reporting to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). In 2011, it became the first company in Turkey to measure and report its carbon emission to the CDP.

29 Jun 2012

Diesel Soot Contributes to Global Warming

Researchers at Lund University have found that more than 50% of the inhaled diesel soot remains stuck in the lungs. It also contributes to global warming.

28 Jun 2012

Print on Paper is a Sustainable, Renewable and Recyclable Resource

Usage of paper is a sustainable environmental choice as it is both renewable and recyclable. Contrary to popular belief, print on paper is not causing climate change, global warming, or depleting our forests.

26 Jun 2012

Role of Earth Observation for Sustainable Development Featured at Rio+20 Summit

The role of Earth observation for sustainable development was analyzed during the Rio+20 Summit, a three-day conference held in Brazil.

25 Jun 2012

Sediment Cores Reveal Arctic has Gone Through Intense Warm Intervals

A new research from international scientists proves that the Arctic has undergone intensely warm periods. It showed that intense warm intervals happened in this region during the last 2.8 million years. Scientists from America, Russia and Germany, along with Peter Rosén och Hendrik Vogel from Umeå University, have published the first findings of the sediment core gathered on land in the Arctic in ‘Science’.

25 Jun 2012

Canadian Olympic Committee, Offsetters Join Forces on Sending Carbon-Neutral Team

Offsetters, a provider of carbon management solutions, and the Canadian Olympic Committee has reported that the 2012 Canadian Olympic Team will make a carbon neutral journey to London.

13 Jun 2012

Nordic Conference calls for immediate action on climate change adaptation

Just like the financial crisis the climate crisis will not vanish by waiting and hoping for the best. Even if greenhouse gas emission reductions were to succeed in attenuating the extent of climate change in the upcoming decades, humankind will still have to adapt to committed changes in climate that are already unavoidable due to historical emissions. Climate change adaptation will be discussed in the Second Nordic Conference on Climate Change Adaptation, in Helsinki 29-31 August.

12 Jun 2012

NineSigma and CCEMC Call for Project Proposals for Reducing Carbon Emissions

NineSigma, an innovation partner to global organizations, declared its willingness to help Alberta-based Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) through funding for the development of innovative solutions to minimize greenhouse gases emitted in Canada and Alberta.

8 Jun 2012

Researchers Publish Climate Surveys in SRA Revealing Public Alarm and Skepticism

U.S and U.K – based researchers have conducted nationwide studies between 2002 and 2010 relating to global warming and climate change, which indicate a significant shift in opinions, images, words, thoughts, and positive or negative feelings of the general public.

7 Jun 2012