Full Coverage: Climate change

30.11.2007

29.11.2007 A pochi giorni dalla Conferenza delle Nazioni Unite sul Clima (UNFCCC), che si terrà nell'isola indonesiana di Bali dal 3 al 14 dicembre, gli attivisti di Greenpeace si sono arrampicati su una gru del cantiere di Torre Valdaliga Nord di Civitavecchia con un enorme e colorato striscione per denunciare la riconversione a carbone dell'impianto che allontana l'Italia dagli obiettivi di Kyoto. E un rapporto internazionale del WWF presentato ieri anche in Italia mette in evidenza l'impatto devastante del riscaldamento globale nei paesi dell'Asia-Pacifico e particolarmente in Indonesia, il quarto stato più popoloso del mondo. WWF Italia presenterà a Bali un pacchetto di proposte per un "accordo quadro globale vincolante giusto ed equo" e un obiettivo da raggiungere assolutamente nel 2009 e cioè prima della scadenza del Potocollo di Kyoto.

28.11.2007 UNITED NATIONS, Nov 27 (OneWorld) - The number of natural disasters worldwide has increased from about 120 to 500 a year since the 1980s, according to a new study by an international aid organization, which faults climate change for the new and dangerous weather patterns.

28.11.2007 Ilmastonmuutosneuvotteluissa on kiireesti alettava keskittyä siihen, kuinka maailman köyhimmät voivat sopeutua ilmaston lämpenemiseen, vaatii YK:n kehitysohjelman UNDP:n tuore inhimillisen kehityksen raportti (engl.). Lue myös ulkoministeriön ja Planin artikkelit raportista.

28.11.2007 Autoilun verottaminen hiilidioksidipäästöjen mukaan uhkaa ottaa takapakkia Euroopan unionissa, kun asiaa käsittellään 4. päivänä joulukuuta. Aiemmin tänä vuonna EU ilmoitti kuuluvansa ilmastonmuutoksen vastustajien kärkijoukkoon.

27.11.2007 Ilmastoon liittyvien katastrofien määrä on nelinkertaistunut kahdessa vuosikymmenessä, todetaan Oxfamin tuoreessa raportissa. Muiden ilmastonmuutoksen seurauksien tavoin mullistuksista kärsivät eniten maailman kaikkein köyhimmät.

26.11.2007 Suurin syy Kioton sopimuksen päästövähennystavoitteiden saavuttamiseen on Itä-Euroopan talouksien romahtaminen 90-luvulla. Maailman johtajat kokoontuvat kahden viikon kuluttua Balille uusiin ilmastoneuvotteluihin.

23.11.2007 Up in Smoke? Asia and the Pacific, released by Oxfam and others, focuses on the threat from climate change to around four billion people in the region and its environment. More than half live along the coast, exposing them to the fury of rising seas. Bangladesh, featuring prominently in the report, is currently trying to recover from the Cyclone Sidr.

22.11.2007 Paying farmers for environmental services in developing countries can go a long way in mitigating effects of climate change, while also benefiting the billion plus poor who depend on farming for livelihood, claims a recent report by the Food and Agricultural Organization.

20.11.2007 The report, Up in Smoke, compiled by environmental groups, including Oxfam and Greenpeace, says rich countries must honour their commitments to renewable energy. India alone has the potential to provide 60% of its electricity using these sources by 2050. It also calls for rich countries to allow the transfer of green technologies to developing countries.

20.11.2007 Kiina on valmis ympäristön kannalta puhtaampaan kehitykseen – mutta ei ilman rikkaiden maiden teknistä ja taloudellista tukea.

19.11.2007 The fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has yet again predicted a doomsday scenario. The UN Secretary-General says that there is still time for concerted and sustained action.

17.11.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 17 (OneWorld) - A coalition of grassroots organizations will lead worldwide demonstrations against Wal-Mart and other so-called "big box" retail stores today.

15.11.2007 NEW YORK, Nov 14 (OneWorld) - A new study by an independent think tank names and shames the power companies responsible for high levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the United States and abroad.

14.11.2007 India’s affluent, comprising 1% of its people, produces carbon emissions 4.5 times that of the poor and double the global average, reveals a new study by Greenpeace. The increased consumption of electronic devices, vehicles and air travel by the consumer classes are responsible for the great carbon divide.

14.11.2007 Right Every Wrong – a social justice and action conclave - will focus on climate change in its second meeting, to be held at Gandhi Darshan, Rajghat, in the Indian capital New Delhi on November 25-26, 2007. The conclave is organized by a confederation of NGOs, iCONGO.

14.11.2007 UNITED NATIONS, Nov 13 (OneWorld) - An international rights advocacy group is demanding the world's tourism industry shed business practices that harm indigenous communities and their cultures.

13.11.2007 EU:n kehitysyhteistyöpäivillä Lissabonissa keskityttiin tänä vuonna ilmastonmuutokseen ja kehitykseen. Jäsenmaiden ympäristöministeriöiden ja komission ympäristöosaston poissaolo kummastutti järjestöjä.

11.11.2007 NEW YORK, Nov 11 (OneWorld) - Major U.S. companies are adding to the impending threat of global warming as they drive the production of palm oil in Indonesia's tropical forests, says a new study by an international environmental organization.

09.11.2007 Ilmastonmuutoksen torjumiseksi ja seurauksiin sopeutumiseksi tarvitaan nyt "globaali yhteenliittymä", José Manuel Barroso sanoi Euroopan kehitysyhteistyöpäivillä.