Full Coverage: Climate change

30.10.2007 Environmental activist Sunita Narain says India has to wean itself away from the polluters’ club in the larger interests of mitigating climate change effects. By asserting our right to development, we are forgetting the need to press for mandatory emission targets on developed nations.

29.10.2007 Ilmakehän hiilidioksidipitoisuus on vuosituhannen alusta alkaen kasvanut odotettua nopeammin. Taustalla on paitsi voimakas globaali talouskasvu, myös hiilinielujen heikentyminen ja fossiilisten polttoaineiden tehoton käyttö.

27.10.2007 The UK Government must act on UNEP Global Environment Outlook, says 'climate change' MP.

24.10.2007 The World Sustainable Development Forum is organizing Delhi Sustainable Development Summit in New Delhi on 7-9 February 2008 to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Noble laureate R.K. Pachauri says in his message that the summit assumes unusual importance because it will deal with the theme of sustainable development and climate change.

23.10.2007

21.10.2007 The UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction that falls on October 10 calls for strategies to prevent and mitigate natural disasters. Kathambi Kinoti says the role of women has been far less explored considering the huge impact that disasters have had on women’s lives. What lessons have we learnt from past disasters?

17.10.2007 NEW YORK, Oct 17 (OneWorld) - Independent economists and environmentalists are warning of dire consequences for the U.S. economy if policy makers fail to take urgent action on climate change.

17.10.2007 The award of the Nobel Prize of 2007 spotlights the serious issue of climate change, the need for policy and action around it and of course, IPCC's contribution under the leadership of Rajendra Pachauri. Some observations by Pachauri from the Deccan Herald...

16.10.2007 Kanadan arktisella alueella sijaitsevalla Melvillensaarella mitattiin kesällä jopa 15 astetta keskimääräistä korkeampia lämpötiloja. Roudan sulaminen pani liikkeelle valtavia maamassoja.

12.10.2007 The Nobel Peace Prize 2007has been jointly awarded to Al Gore and the UN's IPCC for their efforts to build and disseminate knowledge about man-made climate change. IPCC chairman Rajendra Pachauri hopes the award would bring a "greater awareness and a sense of urgency" to the fight against global warming.

12.10.2007 Nobelkomitea halusi tämän vuoden palkinnollaan korostaa ilmastonmuutoksen aiheuttamaa uhkaa maailman turvallisuudelle ja ilmastonmuutoksen torjumisen välttämättömyyttä.

12.10.2007 Maailmanpankin politiikkaa kritisoivat järjestöt järjestävät "oikeusistunnon" viikkoa ennen pankin vuosikokousta. Pankkia syytetään ristiriitaisesta ilmastonmuutospolitiikasta sekä lainaehdoista, jotka pikemminkin lisäävät kuin vähentävät köyhyyttä.

12.10.2007 UNITED NATIONS, Oct 11 (OneWorld) - Despite its enormous wealth and phenomenal growth in technological inventions, the United States remains far behind other industrialized countries in trying to help poor nations embark on the path of development, a new study by an independent think tank concludes.

11.10.2007

09.10.2007 As seven hundred million Indians still live without access to any modern energy source, eradicating poverty and empowering people through a steady economic growth may hold the key to India's energy efficiency.

05.10.2007 UNITED NATIONS, Oct 5 (OneWorld) - Rising concerns over changing climates have spurred the world's multibillion-dollar tourism industry to reconsider its future.

05.10.2007 Small glaciers in Kashmir, India have disappeared while big ones are decreasing in size because of global warming, says a recent report by Action Aid International.

02.10.2007 Jotta kasvihuonekaasupäästöt pysyisivät vuoden 2005 tasolla, teollisuusmaiden asukkaiden pitäisi vähentää lihankulutustaan 90 grammaan päivässä, arvioidaan The Lancet -lehdessä julkaistussa tutkimuksessa (engl.).

01.10.2007 Today's the day – the launch of OneClimate.net. It’s your ‘Climate Facebook’. Use it – and pass it on. Together we can save the planet and stop climate injustice.