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Action by 2020 key for limiting climate change
Dec 20, 2012 (SPX)
This is a joint press release from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria, ETH Zurich in Switzerland, and the Na...
University of Tennessee study predicts extreme climate in Eastern US
Dec 19, 2012 (SPX)
From extreme drought to super storms, many wonder what the future holds for the climate of the eastern United States. A study conducted by researchers at the Un...
Climate modelers see possible warmer, wetter Northeast winters by 2070
Dec 14, 2012 (SPX)
A new high-resolution climate study by University of Massachusetts Amherst climate scientists, the first to apply regional climate models to examine likely near...
Drought in the Horn of Africa delays migrating birds
Dec 13, 2012 (SPX)
The catastrophic drought last year in the Horn of Africa affected millions of people but also caused the extremely late arrival into northern Europe of several ...
Conservatives can be persuaded to care more about the environment
Dec 13, 2012 (SPX)
When it comes to climate change, deforestation and toxic waste, the assumption has been that conservative views on these topics are intractable. But new researc...
The dark side of kerosene lamps: High black carbon emissions
Dec 12, 2012 (SPX)
The small kerosene lamps that light millions of homes in developing countries have a dark side: black carbon - fine particles of soot released into the atmosphe...
World's pension funds ignoring climate risk: survey
Dec 11, 2012 (AFP)
The world's biggest investors have their "heads in the sand" over climate risk, according to a survey released Tuesday which warned of risks to pension funds. T...
Walker's World: From Kyoto to Doha
Dec 10, 2012 (UPI)
The sea levels are rising and the North Pole ice cap is shrinking faster than thought possible just seven years ago. Carbon emissions are soaring and Fatih Biro...
Fractious Doha talks bode ill for 2020 deal, observers say
Dec 09, 2012 (AFP)
The fractious debate at UN climate talks in Doha points to a rocky road ahead to a new, global 2020 deal on saving the Earth from calamitous global warming, obs...
Climate pact injects symbolic life into Kyoto
Dec 08, 2012 (AFP)
A UN climate conference on Saturday extended the life of the Kyoto Protocol, the only binding pact on curbing greenhouse gas emissions, in a small but symbolic ...
U.S. policies don't hamper climate talks
Dec 07, 2012 (UPI)
Additional drilling for oil and natural gas in the United States may not significantly increase U.S. greenhouse gas emissions or undermine its position at the U...
EU Council backs 2030 emissions targets
Dec 07, 2012 (UPI)
The official debate over setting European greenhouse gas-reduction targets after 2020 began this week when EU energy ministers called for a new framework. The E...
Troubled UN climate talks enter final day
Dec 07, 2012 (AFP)
UN talks seeking to halt the march of global warming enter their final day in Doha Friday with key points still outstanding: extending the greenhouse gas-curbin...
EU carbon capture projects lost: MEP
Dec 06, 2012 (AFP)
All European projects this year for the capture and storage of carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas blamed for global warming, have fallen through, EU sources sai...
Hot air hovers over UN climate talks
Dec 06, 2012 (AFP)
Hot air is troubling yet another round of UN climate talks, but this time, in Doha, it is in the guise of carbon credits that some countries wish to bank, rathe...
EU, US rule out climate funding pledges in Doha
Dec 05, 2012 (AFP)
The European Union and United States refused at UN talks in Doha on Wednesday to commit to concrete climate funding for poor nations as yet another report warne...
Arab world to bear brunt of climate change: World Bank
Dec 05, 2012 (AFP)
Global warming will have dire consequences for the Middle East and North Africa, with even hotter and drier conditions devastating everything from agriculture t...
Record high for global carbon emissions
Dec 05, 2012 (SPX)
Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are set to rise again in 2012, reaching a record high of 35.6 billion tonnes - according to new figures from the Global Ca...
Long-term research reveals how climate change is playing out in real ecosystems
Dec 04, 2012 (SPX)
Around the world, the effects of global climate change are increasingly evident and difficult to ignore. However, evaluations of the local effects of climate ch...
UN chief urges swift action at climate talks
Dec 04, 2012 (AFP)
UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged negotiators at climate talks in Doha on Tuesday to put aside their quarrels and act with urgency to find the money and agree on mecha...
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