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The U.S. Global Change Research Program (GCRP) has released a new report “Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States " that finds climate impacts are being felt from coast to coast.
Climate change experts from leading non-governmental organisations have written their blueprint for a legally binding Copenhagen agreement.
Bonn, Germany: Climate change experts from leading non-governmental organisations today unveiled their blueprint for a legally binding Copenhagen agreement. This will serve as the benchmark for governments negotiating a new climate deal this year and shows how major differences between rich and poor nations can be overcome.
The year 2009 is all about the credit crunch, but it will also decide the future of our planet. The world must agree to a new global climate treaty and low carbon economy by December.
The economic recovery packages put forward by many countries amount in total to a large amount of money, some of which may have a beneficial impact on greening the global economy. But many packages are woefully small, few contain adequate detail for full assessment and some indeed are actually counterproductive if the aim is to move rapidly to a low carbon economy in the face of the climate crisis.
This report outlines WWF's expectations for the outcome of the UN climate change meeting in Copenhagen at the end of 2009.
Marine turtles in the Caribbean and off the shores of Latin America are under threat. Carlos Drews, from the WWF Regional Marine Programme, explains how fishing hooks and climate change spell double trouble. He explains why marine turtles are a flagship species for WWF and how the world can save them with simple methods such as using different fishing hooks and planting trees on nesting beaches to cool the temperature by two degrees.
"Blueprint for a climate friendly cement industry"report finds that the global cement industry can avoid up to 90% of emissions projected under a frozen technology scenario.
Science shows that global warming is accelerating faster than previously thought. The window of opportunity to limit the global mean temperature rise well below 2° C compared to preindustrial levels is closing rapidly.