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Climate Change Strategy to Help Manage Water Resources

Climate Change Strategy to Help Manage Water Resources

   To assist in responding to potential effects of climate change, a new strategy focuses on 40 specific actions for the national water program to take to respond to climate change.

Posted : Fri, Oct 03, 2008

Category : Science / Environment News

BASF is leading in disclosure about climate protection

BASF is leading in disclosure about climate protection

   BASF is the worldwide number 1 in the prestigious Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index. The index of the international Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is an honor roll for corporations addressing the challenges of climate change and carbon disclosure practices.

Posted : Mon, Sep 22, 2008

Category : Science / Environment News

U-M Study Examines Connection Between Exurbs, Climate Change

U-M Study Examines Connection Between Exurbs, Climate Change

   Through a detailed analysis of the science, policy and design of land use, researchers at the University of Michigan are examining how "exurban" areas outside of American's urban and suburban areas can absorb more carbon from the atmosphere.

Posted : Thu, Aug 14, 2008

Category : Science / Environment News

MIT students help cities plan for changing climate

MIT students help cities plan for changing climate

   Ten graduate students from MIT recently spent three weeks in Durban, South Africa, working on a project to develop an online tool that could help municipal governments around the world adapt to a changing climate.

Posted : Fri, Jul 25, 2008

Category : Science / Environment News

EU countries add to illegal logging trade

EU countries add to illegal logging trade

   Deforestation, a major contributor to climate change, is still rampant globally and European Union countries are guilty of compounding the problem according to a new WWF report.

Posted : Fri, Jul 25, 2008

Category : Science / Environment News

WWF looks to EXPO 2010 to launch World Estuary Alliance

WWF looks to EXPO 2010 to launch World Estuary Alliance

   WWF China will look to raise awareness of climate change and the negative impact it will have on ecosystems when it launches its World Estuary Alliance in two years at the World Expo being held in Shanghai.

Posted : Mon, Jul 21, 2008

Category : Science / Environment News

G8 climate measures fall ‘dangerously short’

G8 climate measures fall ‘dangerously short’

   The target of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 agreed by G8 leaders at their Toyako summit in Japan has been described as “pathetic” and “dangerously short of what is needed” by Kim Carstensen, Director of WWF Global Climate Initiative.

Posted : Wed, Jul 09, 2008

Category : Science / Environment News

Turkey hints at "significant" moves on climate change

Turkey hints at "significant" moves on climate change

   Turkey today dropped its strongest hint yet that it will sign up to the Kyoto Protocol on combating climate change, and will join in international efforts aimed at cutting greenhouse gasses.

Posted : Mon, May 26, 2008

Category : Science / Environment News

NASA Study Links Earth Impacts to Human-Caused Climate Change

NASA Study Links Earth Impacts to Human-Caused Climate Change

   A new NASA-led study shows human-caused climate change has made an impact on a wide range of Earth's natural systems, including permafrost thawing, plants blooming earlier across Europe, and lakes declining in productivity in Africa.

Posted : Thu, May 15, 2008

Category : Science / Environment News

Shell urges government action on CO2 emissions

Shell urges government action on CO2 emissions

   Royal Dutch Shell Plc chief executive Jeroen van der Veer will today ask governments to act swiftly to adopt new policies and mechanisms that promote lower CO2 emissions as part of society's response to the threat of climate change.

Posted : Wed, Apr 09, 2008

Category : Science / Environment News
 
 
 
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