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Dutch agency admits climate report errorBy : sustainabilityo..., Jul 6, 2010
A leading Dutch environmental agency, taking the blame for one of the glaring errors that undermined the credibility of a seminal U.N. report on climate change, said Monday it has discovered more small mistakes and urged the panel to be more careful. But the review by... Read more.. Subject Tags: Disaster , Technology |
Melting ice fields pose serious threat to water supply in AsiaBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 5, 2010
There are fears that in 25 years, 80 per cent of local glaciers will vanish as warming bites, writes CLIFFORD COONAN in Tibet LOCAL PEOPLE selling trinkets and prayer flags at the Karola Pass in Tibet are looking nervously at the glacier behind, which has melted... Read more.. |
Melting ice fields pose serious threat to water supply in AsiaBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 5, 2010
There are fears that in 25 years, 80 per cent of local glaciers will vanish as warming bites, writes CLIFFORD COONAN in Tibet LOCAL PEOPLE selling trinkets and prayer flags at the Karola Pass in Tibet are looking nervously at the glacier behind, which has melted... Read more.. |
Climate-change movie suffers without disaster footageBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 5, 2010
No longer content to simply present persuasive data models using PowerPoint as in "The Inconvenient Truth," films like "The Age of Stupid" and "Climate Refugees" are demonstrating the devastating relationships between contemporary natural catastrophes and the effects of... Read more.. |
A chair to showcase India's concern on climate changeBy : sustainabilityo..., Jul 4, 2010
The year 2010, so far, has been the hottest year recorded by many scientists. Not to forget that climate change is the biggest global phenomenon in today’s time, Delhi-based graphic designer Puneet Gupta has put his best foot forward by designing a climate change chair made... Read more.. Subject Tags: Disaster , Technology |
A simpler path to cutting carbon emissionsBy : sustainabilityo..., Jul 2, 2010
If our goal is carbon reduction, a cap-and-trade or carbon-pricing bill, with its likely compromises, would be worse right now than no regulation. Pricing carbon below $40 per ton will not change how industry does business or drive adoption of new technologies. With... Read more.. |
Global recession sees carbon dioxide levels hold steadyBy : sustainabilityo..., Jul 2, 2010
The world's industrial emissions of climate-changing carbon dioxide held steady last year, as recession slowed production in rich countries while growth in China and India made up the difference, a leading monitoring agency reported today. The Netherlands Environment... Read more.. |
Tata BP Solar Says Business is Normal After Parent BP's Troubles in U.S.By : sustainabilityo..., Jun 29, 2010
Tata BP Solar India Ltd., jointly owned by BP Plc and Tata Power Co., said business continues after liabilities mounted for its British parent from the Gulf of Mexico oil leak and rating downgrades. “We are carrying on business as before, it has no relevance,” Krishnappa... Read more.. |
Journalists should not forget climate change, say expertsBy : sustainabilityo..., Jun 22, 2010
It’s been a difficult few months for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, one of the foremost bodies charged with evaluating the risk climate change. Since the unearthing of an embarrassing error in the most recent IPCC report – the statement that the... Read more.. |
EU, U.S. clean energy support under threat: HSBCBy : sustainabilityo..., Jun 22, 2010
Governments last year agreed a global stimulus to kick-start the global economy, including about $500 billion for clean energy and infrastructure, but rhetoric had shifted toward austerity ahead of this week's G20 summit. Renewable energy incentives were under threat... Read more.. |