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UK wants technology included in Copenhagen climate talks

ComputerWeekly.com — 11 November 2009 14:29
Officials campaigning to get IT addressed at the Copenhagen climate talks in December are writing proposals which they hope will get a mention. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU)) and the OECD are fighting to get IT addressed during the talks, which will shape the world's response to...

Green home makeover will cost £15,000, says climate change watchdog

Telegraph.co.uk — 11 November 2009 07:37
Home owners will need to spend up to £15,000 on an energy efficiency makeover if the government is to meet its ambitious targets for cutting carbon emissions, the head of Britain's climate change watchdog has...

Earth is still absorbing CO2, claims climate change study

Daily Mail — 11 November 2009 02:04
The Earth is creating stores to absorb excessive levels of carbon dioxide, a study has found. Despite the amount of CO2 being pumped into the atmosphere increasing, a significant level is still stored in oceans and forests, according to Bristol...

India's environment minister under fire over glaciers

The Independent — 10 November 2009 12:56
India's environment minister came under fire Tuesday from scientists for denying climate change was causing Himalayan glaciers to melt and disputing the work of the UN's top global warming...

...environment minister came under fire Tuesday from scientists for denying climate change was causing Himalayan glaciers to melt and disputing the...

Loren laments depletion of forests

Philstar.com — 10 November 2009 00:02
MANILA, Philippines - Sen. Loren Legarda, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, has expressed alarm that the countrys forests have depleted from about one third of the countrys land area in 1970 to merely 18 percent in...

Maldives urges small states to GO 'carbon neutral'

The Age — 09 November 2009 11:58
The Maldives, which is one of the nations most vulnerable to rising sea levels, on Monday asked fellow endangered states to go carbon neutral and lead a drive to reduce global warming.

Seafloor Fossils Provide Clues on Climate Change

Innovations Report — 05 November 2009 08:57
Deep under the sea, a fossil the size of a sand grain is nestled among a billion of its closest dead relatives. Known as foraminifera, these complex little shells of calcium carbonate can tell you the sea level, temperature, and ocean conditions of Earth millions of years ago. That is, if you know what to...

Fruit trees flowering earlier

Weekly Times Now — 05 November 2009 01:15
CLIMATE change has forced some citrus varieties in the Sunraysia to flower two weeks earlier than normal during the past decade, researchers have...

Coastal conference to focus on climate change

ABC News — 04 November 2009 12:05
The New South Wales Coastal Conference begins in Ballina today with more than 250 people from throughout Australia to attend the three-day...

Geo-engineering might help tackle climate change but do we really want every cloud to have a silver iodide lining?

Telegraph.co.uk — 04 November 2009 06:46
At the moment, geo-engineering is not on the agenda for Copenhagan - but one can see why scientists are arguing that we use it to tackle climate change, writes Robert...