18 june 2010
Climate change will imperil food supply in Asia

Climate change will drastically reduce the flow of snow and ice meltwater in the Himalayas, threatening the food security of more than 60 million Asians, warn ecological researchers.

11 june 2010
Senate Rejects Republican Effort to Thwart Carbon Limits

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday defeated a Republican-led effort to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from curbing greenhouse gases as lawmakers road-tested arguments for a future fight over climate change legislation.

11 june 2010
Climate change threatens tropical areas

A U.S. study suggests global warming may threaten animal and plant life in hot spots that were once thought to be less likely to suffer from climate change.

10 june 2010
NOAA Selects University of Washington to Lead Joint Institute to Study Atmosphere, Ocean

NOAA has selected the University of Washington to continue leadership of a federal/academic research partnership that will look at tsunamis, ocean acidification, marine ecosystems and fisheries, climate change and other issues that affect millions in the Pacific Northwest  and beyond.

10 june 2010
Nasa's first ever 'field trip' to study effects of climate change on Arctic ice

Nasa has switched part of its focus from space to the ocean, after its scientists announced their first ever field study to investigate how climate change is affecting the Arctic’s ice.

8 june 2010
More electric cars means finding new standards to measure fuel efficiency

It used to be easy to know whether a car was a glutton for fuel. Federal standards defined miles per gallon and laid out precisely how the statistic should be measured.

8 june 2010
Australia's vanishing carbon target

If you read the new report on Australian carbon abatement from the Climate Institute and Westpac commissioned report from the American Bloomberg New Energy Finance consultancy, that crack takes on a modern, local resonance.

8 june 2010
UN climate chief forecasts missed targets on emissions

OUTGOING UN climate chief Yvo de Boer has scotched the prospects of effective action being taken by both developed and major developing countries to combat global warming for at least 10 years.

8 june 2010
Zero Emissions Fuel Cell Hybrid Taxi Unveiled at London's City Hall

Intelligent Energy, Lotus Engineering, LTI Vehicles and TRW Conekt, with funding from the UK Government’s Technology Strategy Board, today unveiled a full performance, zero-emissions Fuel Cell Hybrid London taxi.

8 june 2010
Mitigation of pastoral greenhouse gas emissions
NIWA scientists put better nitrogen management on the farm to the test.

14 may 2010
Climate change: Microbial mitigation

Increasing temperatures stimulate the decomposition of soil organic matter in the short term. But a shift in microbial carbon allocation could mitigate this response over longer periods of time.

14 may 2010
Ban criticizes Canada on climate
UN chief urges Harper to comply with Kyoto Protocol targets

14 may 2010
Region in need of sound climate change adaptation strategies

Natural disasters, which are exacerbated by climate change, pose a growing threat to the development strategies of Caribbean countries, by repeatedly destroying infrastructure and productive capacity, interrupting social and economic activity and creating irreversible changes in the natural resource base.

14 may 2010
Opposition calls for transparency on ETS subsidies

bout 800 greenhouse gas-emitting firms are in line for taxpayer subsidies under the emissions trading scheme (ETS) and those taxpayers have a right to know how much they will be paying in subsidies, Opposition MPs say.

12 may 2010
Kyoto risks collapse; U.N. urges government action
Governments must confront risks that the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol for fighting climate change will collapse because of splits about a successor treaty, the U.N.'s top climate official said on Monday.

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