Full Coverage: Climate change

30.04.2007 Science writer and development journalist Nalaka Gunawardene who was inspired to take up science writing from a sustainable development perspective after reading Our Common Future commemorates the 20 years of the report in this article Children of Brundtland Coming of Age. He talks about the role of journalists in achieving sustainable development and building a critical consciousness.

29.04.2007 The British government's Climate Change Bill - which proposes a 60 per cent in the country's greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 - doesn't go nearly far enough, argues the chairman of Parliament's All-Party Group on Climate Change.

25.04.2007 Norja aikoo maailman ensimmäiseksi hiilineutraaliksi maaksi vuoteen 2050 mennessä. Norja aikoo tiukentaa myös Kioton sopimuksen ensimmäisen kauden tavoitteitaan. Maa on sitoutunut 30 prosentin päästövähennksiin vuoteen 2020 mennessä, kun EU-maat tavoittelevat 20 prosentin vähennystä samassa ajassa.

24.04.2007 WWF vaatii tuoreessa raportissaan, että biopolttoaineiden raaka-aine- ja tuotantotapavalinnat perustuvat koko niiden elinkaarta koskevaan kasvihuonekaasutaseen analyysiin.

22.04.2007 TORONTO, Apr 21 (IPS) - Today's children will live in a new world of climate change and greatly diminished natural resources, which may give way to a nightmarish reality, or it could give birth to a happier and lighter way of living on the Earth, say environmentalists.

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19.04.2007 Is it for real? (Yes!) What can we expect? (Serious changes!) What can individuals do? (A lot!) OneWorld brought together a panel of climate experts to answer readers' questions ahead of Earth Day. Find out what they had to say, and join the ongoing climate talk.

19.04.2007 Kolkata-based NGO, Center for Social Market (CSM) is initiating a series of seminars - Climate Conversation - on Climate Change in the Indian cities of Kochi and Kolkatta in June 2007. The organisation feels the need for the civil society organisations to interact with policymakers to raise awareness on climate change and security issues.

18.04.2007 Pohjoisen alkuperäisasukkaat syyttävät ilmastonmuutosta ihmisoikeuksiensa
loukkaamisesta. Moni on viime vuosina hukkunut jään petettyä alta. Useat alkuperäisyhteisöt ovat myös joutuneet jättämään ikiaikaiset asuinsijansa rannikolla ja siirtymään muualle.

17.04.2007 Con sorpresa hemos tomado conocimiento que el seminario “ Calentamiento Global y Cambio Climático: La hora de actuar ha llegado”, en que participará el Ex Vicepresidente de los Estados Unidos, Al Gore, está siendo financiado por la Empresa Minera Canadiense Barrick Gold Corp.

17.04.2007 WASHINGTON, Apr 17 (OneWorld) - Dubbing the battle against climate change a moral test for the United States, global anti-poverty and religious leaders called on U.S. politicians Monday to take drastic and immediate action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to minimize the country's contributions to global warming.

17.04.2007 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon shown his concern for the urban poor who are at risk to the climate change and call for International support intended for the improvement of the lives of the slum dwellers by the realization of MDGs goals by 2020.

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17.04.2007 Greenpeace India has launched a national campaign for a ban on the incandescent light bulb and has asked for legislation for its implementation. It hopes to fight climate change in India as well as tackle India’s energy crisis.

16.04.2007 Pemanasan global telah dan akan mengancam kehidupan di Indonesia. Dampak nyatanya adalah turunnya produksi pangan dan meningkatnya banjir serta badai.

12.04.2007 "Se l’efficienza energetica fosse una realtà in Italia, le famiglie potrebbero risparmiare oltre il 30% dell’energia, contribuendo sensibilmente alla riduzione dei gas serra" - commenta il WWF il rapporto ENEA “Energia e Ambiente” presentato oggi a Roma. Il rapporto propone per il 2020 una riduzione del 57% di anidride carbonica grazie agli interventi di efficienza energetica. "Per ridurre le emissioni e diminuire anche la dipendenza dalle importazioni di fonti fossili, l’Italia deve puntare su risparmio, efficienza e fonti rinnovabili. Puntare su un aumento dell’uso del carbone, la fonte fossile che genera le più alte emissioni specifiche di CO2, è invece assolutamente incoerente e anacronistico" - nota Legambiente.

12.04.2007 YK:n pääsihteeri Ban Ki-moon kehottaa jäsenvaltioita nopeisiin ja päättäväisiin toimiin ilmaston lämpenemisen estämiseksi.

11.04.2007 Në session e saj të 4 Prillit të 2007 Qeveria e Kroacisë miratoi draft-ligjin mbi Konfirmimin e Protokollit të Kiotos në kuadër të Konventës së OKB-së mbi Ndryshimet Klimaterike. Ligji u përgatit nga Ministria e Mbrojtjes së Mjedisit, Planifikimit dhe Ndërtimit Hapësinor.

11.04.2007 Food shortages, water scarcity, heatwaves, floods and migration of millions of people will occur across Asia as a result of climate change, Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the UN Climate Panel, said.

11.04.2007 At its session of April 4, 2007, the Government of Croatia adopted the draft-Law on Confirmation of Kyoto Protocols to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The draft was prepared by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Spatial Planning and Construction.