je.st
news
Tag: climate action
Front-line climate action should inspire us all
2014-04-03 09:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: A REVOLUTION is upon us. People around the world, from urban New York to rugged Bhutan, have started to notice real changes in their environment. As ever, it is hard to pin such local shifts on global climate change, but they are often consistent with the projections of computer models. Those on the front lines are not waiting for definitive proof of cause and effect. Researchers at the United Nations University have found that communities in nine vulnerable countries are already responding: adopting...
Tags: us
action
climate
inspire
Climate change report 'should jolt people into action' says IPCC chief
2014-03-31 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The head of the United Nations climate panel said he hoped its report on the rising threat of climate change would jolt people into action. The report, released on Monday, is a 2,600-page catalogue of the risks to life and livelihood from climate change now and in the future. Rajendra Pachauri, who has headed the IPCC for 12 years, said he hoped it would push government leaders to deal with climate change before it is too late. I hope these facts will - for want of a better word - jolt...
Tags: people
report
change
action
Australia: Climate action call as 'another angry summer' breaks 156 heat records
2014-03-10 02:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: More than 150 temperature records were broken in Australia during another angry summer that highlighted the need for deep reductions in greenhouse gases, a new report has said. The analysis, by the Climate Council, found that Sydney experienced its driest summer in 27 years, while Melbourne sweltered through its hottest ever 24-hour period, averaging 35.5C. The Victorian capital also had four days in a row above 41C. Elsewhere, Adelaide had a record of 11 days at 42C or hotter during the...
Tags: call
action
records
australia
Mexico, China led world on climate action in 2013
2014-02-28 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Mexico and China made the most progress last year on climate change laws, according to a study by GLOBE International. Out of 66 countries listed, 62 have passed or are working on "significant climate or energy-related laws, Bloomberg reports. The U.S. was included in report, noting that "dedicated climate change legislation remains politically challenging." The nations studied make up 88 percent of world emissions of greenhouse gases, making domestic action critical in establishing an international...
Tags: world
action
china
mexico
Kerry State Department Ignored Obama Climate Action Plan
2014-02-17 13:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: In 2009, President Obama made a commitment to reduce U.S. greenhouse gases by 17 percent by 2020. The Obama administration put this forward as the U.S. share of a global effort to limit climate change to no more than two degrees Celsius - the target scientists tell us may be safe. Achieving this target, which has been unanimously agreed on a global level, is central to the success of President Obama's Climate Action Plan, announced in June of last year. It is therefore shocking to realize that...
Tags: state
plan
action
department
Sites : [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] next »