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Global Climate Week Launched in Hamburg to Fight Climate Change

The first-ever Global Climate Week was officially launched today in the German city of Hamburg, kicking off a week of synchronised activity around the world for urgent action to combat climate change

20 Sep 2009

Gisele Bundchen, Supermodel, Now UN Environmental Ambassador

The face of some of the world's most exclusive products is to become the new face of global environmental action

20 Sep 2009

Public Wants Government Action on Climate Change, Even If The Economy Suffers

Over sixty percent of people around the world believe combating climate change will be good for the economy. And even if the economy is harmed, a similar number of people believe governments should act anyway to address climate change.

18 Sep 2009

No Summer Sea Ice In The Arctic By 2030 Says Greenpeace

Sea-ice extent has been in decline for the last 30 years, but the speed of that decline has accelerated in the last decade and especially so in the last four years, outpacing scientific predictions

17 Sep 2009

BRE Group Joins Carbon Reduction Program

As part of the BRE Group’s continued drive to cut its carbon emissions, it has signed up to a new voluntary carbon initiative 10:10

17 Sep 2009

Investors Call for Strong Global Climate Change Treaty

The world's largest global investors issued a joint call today for strong action this year from international policy makers in the fight against global warming

17 Sep 2009

Oceans of the World Have Warmest August On Record

The world’s ocean surface temperature was the warmest for any August on record, and the warmest on record averaged for any June-August

17 Sep 2009

Nominations Open for UNEP Champions of the Earth 2010

From pioneers driving the shift to a more resource-efficient development path to visionary leaders steering global environmental policy, UNEP will celebrate its 2010 Champions of the Earth on 22 April 2010 at a spectacular ceremony in Seoul

16 Sep 2009

Greenpeace Tells Obama and Harper That Climate Leaders Aren't Interested in Tar Sands

As Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper prepares to meet US President Barack Obama in Washington, 25 Greenpeace activists from Canada, the US, and France have blocked a mining operation at the Shell Albion Sands open-pit mine in Northern Alberta, and placed a giant banner reading “Tar Sands: Climate Crime.”

16 Sep 2009

Nature in the Arctic Indicates Our Climate Changed Future

In Arctic areas, climate change is progressing faster than in any other location on Earth. Researchers at the University of Helsinki have participated in two new studies indicating that the changes are astonishingly fast

15 Sep 2009