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G8 Fails on Climate Change Defers Action Until 2050, It's Up to the Public Now

As the G8 meeting in Italy ended with scant progress on saving the climate, Greenpeace called for massive public pressure to demand that the world's wealthiest governments take decisive action on climate change

12 Jul 2009

G8 Leaders Reach Agreement on Global Warming Goals

Hopes that a comprehensive climate agreement can be agreed in Copenhagen in December were given a boost after leaders of the world's eight major economic powers agreed to broad goals for reducing global warming at the G8 meeting

10 Jul 2009

Reducing Climate Emissions From Deforestation and Land Degradation

In the run-up to this year's climate talks in Copenhagen will climate negotiators be able to agree on a global framework for reducing forest emissions and their role in climate change mitigation? SciDev.Net (The Science...

8 Jul 2009

Climate Change Threatening More Polar Bear Populations

The world’s top experts have just confirmed that Arctic warming is continuing its ravages of polar bear populations. The Polar Bear Specialist Group of the International Union of the Conservation of Nature has added to its list of declining polar bear populations

7 Jul 2009

Climate Change Predictions to Get More Accurate With Change to Scientific Definition of Seawater

The world's peak ocean science body has adopted a new definition of seawater developed by Australian, German and US scientists to make climate projections more accurate

7 Jul 2009

High Profile Companies Call On Governments to Set Ambitious Climate Change Targets and Get The Green Economy Rolling

Some of the world’s highest-profile companies like Johnson & Johnson, Nike, Lafarge, Tetra Pak, Nokia, Sony and HP today called on G8 leaders meeting in Italy to agree on a global climate deal by the end of 2009 and to set ambitious targets to cut carbon emissions. The campaign encourages governments and policy-makers to “Let The Clean Economy Begin”

6 Jul 2009

Emissions and Energy Reporting Red Tape Cut For Australian Businesses

Companies required to report data on their greenhouse gas emissions and energy use will have their reporting red tape reduced under new moves announced by the Australian Government

6 Jul 2009

Climate Change and Ice Ages Limited by Plants

When glaciers advanced over much of the Earth's surface during the last ice age, what kept the planet from freezing over entirely?

2 Jul 2009

Shrinking Sheep and Their Connection to Climate Change

Changing winter conditions are causing Scotland's wild Soay sheep to get smaller despite the evolutionary benefits of having a large body, researchers report in a study that shows how climate change can trump natural selection

2 Jul 2009

Climate Change Failure by G8

G8 countries have so far failed to take sufficient action to protect the world against climate change. The latest G8 Climate Scorecards report shows that Germany, followed by the UK and France, is performing better than the rest of the rich nations’ group

2 Jul 2009