Climate Change
Despite difficulties UN Climate Change Conference in Bangkok sets climate agenda
From 3rd April to 8th April 2011, government delegates, representatives from business and industry, environmental organizations and research institutions met in Bangkok, Thailand, to build an international deal on cutting carbon emissions. The first of three UN climate change conferences [...]
Saving electricity in a hurry
This is the title under which a book was released by the International Energy Agency and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development in 2005. The book describes why temporary shortages of electricity supplies occur even in the wealthiest countries [...]
UN climate change conference in Bangkok
Since the past 3rd April to 8th April 2011, government delegates, representatives from business and industry, environmental organisations and research institutions are meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, to build an international deal on cutting carbon emissions. The first of three UN [...]
UNEP report points to multiple factors behind bees loss
Bees are important. Why? Many fruit, nut, vegetable, legumes, and seed crops depend on pollination. Pollination services are provided both by wild, free-living organisms (mainly bees, but also to name a few many butterflies, moths and flies), and by commercially [...]
Climate change could trigger into an Arctic struggle
As the world is getting warmer because of the action of climate change the Arctic ice is melting, opening new transportation routes and easing possibilitites for oil and gas extraction in a region which is expected to contain 45 billion [...]
China to slow down economic growth in order to curb emissions
After decades of two-digit economic growth China has reached the second position as the richest country in the world. But it has not been in a costless way. The environment in China, and in the entire world, is suffering from [...]
The world’s biggest wheat producer is suffering the worst drought in 60 years
China is, with more than 100 million tonnes, the largest wheat producer country in the world. Its production is over 40% higher than the second biggest production, India, but is behind the EU’s wheat production, estimated at 140 million tonnes. [...]
Climate change might contribute to the food prices rise
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced some days ago that food prices hit a record last month. Its Food Price Index reached the highest level since the organization created the index to measure the price of a [...]
Al Gore acknowledges indonesian efforts to fight climate change
Indonesia is the second country with the highest deforestation rate in the world, after Brazil. Recently the country has agreed to implement a moratorium on new logging and plantation concessions in peatlands and forest areas. The moratorium, which is part [...]
US on track to meet emission reduction goals
U.S. President Barack Obama pledged -at last year’s climate talks in Copenhagen- the United States would cut emissions in a range of 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. Today the US is, according to Washington’s lead negotiator said at [...]
World carbon emissions will increase in 2010
In 2009 and as a consequence of the economic meltdown global carbon dioxide emissions fell to 31.3 billion tonnes in the first year-on-year decline in this decade. But in 2010 world economy is modestly recovering and then emissions are increasing [...]
India to go low carbon with a new transport system
Last week, India embarked on a new three-year transport project, whose cost -2.49 million euros- is funded by the German International Climate Initiative and supported by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The project will support the Indian Government’s efforts [...]
