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Broadcasters Unite to Fight Climate Change

Broadcasters from around the world have joined forces to combat climate change, acknowledging their essential role as opinion influencers and urging the industry to set quantifiable targets for a reduced carbon footprint

8 Sep 2009

UNEP Points to Accelerated Opportunities for Climate Change Action

Faster action on climate change may be possible if nations combine substantial cuts of carbon dioxide emissions alongside accelerated moves across a suite of other greenhouse gases and pollutants

6 Sep 2009

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Calls for Urgent Action on Climate Change

Standing on rapidly melting polar ice, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appealed to the world for urgent measures to be taken to combat climate change to protect the planet for future generations

4 Sep 2009

Man Made Global Warming Has Overtaken 2000 Years of Natural Cooling

Arctic temperatures in the 1990s reached their warmest level of any decade in at least 2,000 years, new research indicates. The study, which incorporates geologic records and computer simulations, provides new evidence that the Arctic would be cooling if not for greenhouse gas emissions that are overpowering natural climate patterns

4 Sep 2009

Impact of Warming the Arctic will be Greater Than Predicted

Warming in the Arctic could lead to flooding affecting one quarter of the world’s population, substantial increases in greenhouse gas emissions from massive carbon pools, and extreme global weather changes, according to a new WWF report

4 Sep 2009

G20 Must Fund Solutions to Climate Change

WWF is calling on G20 finance ministers to commit to providing $160 billion per year of public funding, to help the world’s developing nations to adapt to climate change and set them onto a low carbon pathway for the future

4 Sep 2009

UN Secretary-General in the Arctic to Learn the Effects of Climate Change

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday observed first-hand the effects of climate change when he visited Svalbard, an Arctic Archipelago midway between Norway and the North Pole

2 Sep 2009

Geo-Engineering With Artificial Trees and Seaweed Could Lead to a Cleaner Planet

World's first concise report by engineers reveals how artificial trees and 'seaweed' could pave the way to a cleaner future

2 Sep 2009

Pushing for Zero Emissions Energy Production

If the global temperature rise is to be limited to 2°C compared with the pre-industrial temperature level, global greenhouse gas emissions will have to be reduced by 50–85% from the current levels by 2050, according to the IPCC

31 Aug 2009

Greenpeace Ice Sculptures Represent Water Shortages Caused by Climate Change

Greenpeace has placed ice sculptures of 100 children at the Temple of Earth in Beijing, China, today, symbolising the disappearing future of the more than 1 billion people in Asia who are threatened with water shortages by the changing climate

31 Aug 2009