SAN FRANCISCO — The United Nations’ top climate official on Thursday lauded California’s efforts to help mitigate global warming by reducing greenhouse gases but said the state needs to more quickly adapt to the risks that extreme weather and a rising sea pose to agriculture and the coastline. Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, joined ... Read the original post: Calif. governor joined by international climate change officials … [Read more...]
Calif. governor joined by international climate change officials for global warming conference
December 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Canada pulls out of Kyoto Protocol
December 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Canada pulled out of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change Monday, saying the accord won't help solve the climate crisis. It dealt a blow to the anti-global warming treaty, which has not been formally renounced by any other country. See original here: Canada pulls out of Kyoto Protocol … [Read more...]
Mixed response to global warming agreement
December 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Climate Change Minister Greg Combet has praised the outcome of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Duban as a significant breakthrough in tackling global warming. Here is the original post: Mixed response to global warming agreement … [Read more...]
Durban Climate Change conference: world close to deal on global warming
December 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The world is within reach of a new deal to stop global warming Chris Huhne, the UK's Energy and Climate Change Secretary, said on Thursday as ministers from 194 countries embarked on last ditch negotiations at a crucial UN summit. Original post: Durban Climate Change conference: world close to deal on global warming … [Read more...]
World heading for 3.5 C warming, climate talks told
December 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Current pledges for curbing carbon emissions will doom the world to global warming of 3.5 C, massively overshooting the UN target of 2 C, researchers reported at the climate talks here on Tuesday. Link: World heading for 3.5 C warming, climate talks told … [Read more...]
