August 14, 2008 – 3:47 pm
The following summary was submitted by Andrea Hill, who works with Durwood Zaelke, President of the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development. Amidst all the complexity of international climate change negotiations, it is easy to lose sight of actions we can take now, using proven technologies. Such “immediate mitigation” is essential if we are to [...]
Climate Counts to Release Updated Company Climate Scores May 7 (CSRwire) April 22, 2008 – Climate Counts (www.climatecounts.org) is urging consumers to consider a company’s climate commitment this Earth Day by checking out company scores and rankings on the Climate Counts Company Scorecard. The Scorecard helps consumers to factor a company’s track record on climate [...]
TreeHugger BBC News has a story out of Mali in West Africa that describes how a women’s co-operative in the village of Kabara, south of Timbuktu, is using underground aquifers to plant eucalyptus trees. In this region where the annual rainfall is less than 400mm, reforestation is essential to return nutrients to the soil, and [...]
From SciDev.Net by Naomi Antony 3 April 2008 Biomass stoves contribute to black carbon emissions Flickr/Eileen Delhi Black carbon, a key component of soot, plays a much larger role in global warming than previously estimated, scientists have found. They cite black carbon as the second largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide. “We’ve got [...]
The Alliance for Climate Protection has unveiled a new website called We can solve the climate crisis and is reaching out to a diverse array of groups to build broader awareness and support for solving global warming. They’ve also created this video to illustrate the importance of Americans taking leadership on the issue: Click here [...]
February 7, 2008 – 2:05 am
Xenopsylla cheopis, a flea vector of Yersinia pestis Scidev.net 22 January 2008 Source: PLoS Medicine The plague’s ability to cause disease and capacity for rapid spread mean it should be taken far more seriously. Writing in PLoS Medicine, Nils Chr. Stenseth and colleagues warn that the disease remains a threat, particularly in Africa. More than [...]
February 2, 2008 – 4:30 am
Migration to cities due to climate change could foster the spread of HIV 28 January 2008 Source: British Medical Journal The effect of climate change on health should be added to the medical curriculum, write A. J. McMichael and colleagues in the British Medical Journal. They say the health sector must also minimise greenhouse gas [...]
January 20, 2008 – 3:26 am
TreeHugger Image courtesy of Don McPhee According to a new report ranking the world’s cities in the order of which will be most vulnerable to coastal flooding by 2070, all but one of the 10 were found to be in developing countries in Asia. The combined effects of climate change, urbanization and population growth are [...]
December 23, 2007 – 6:49 am
EarthJustice Conservation groups ask Kansas Supreme Court to deny coal power scheme December 19, 2007 The current Sunflower Electric Power Plant, Holcomb, Kansas. A permit for two additional coal-fired generators was denied by Kansas state authorities. Photo: DOE Topeka, KA — America’s energy policy is at stake in Kansas, conservation groups declared today, as they [...]
December 22, 2007 – 9:13 am
Ban Ki-Moon, UN secretary-general, at the Bali conference Imelda V. Abano 18 December 2007 Source: SciDev.Net [BALI] Countries have agreed a two-year ‘roadmap’ leading to a new climate treaty to succeed the Kyoto Protocol in 2012. After two weeks of negotiations at the UN Framework on Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) last week (14 December), 187 [...]
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