Negotiators at the U.N. climate conference in South Africa have approved a package of agreements to combat global climate change. While the deal is a step forward, observers say more should have been accomplished. After hours of political wrangling and compromise on all sides, delegates emerged from an all-night session Sunday with a way forward [...]
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December 11, 2011
December 11, 2011
Durban Climate Conference Drags On With Few Signs of Progress
The United Nations climate conference in Durban, South Africa has gone into overtime, as delegates met Saturday to try to reach agreement on several deals to fight climate change. Observers still question if any of the proposals on the table are strong enough to have a real impact. Negotiators representing nearly 200 nations worked through [...]
December 8, 2011
Seeing REDD: Forest Program May Be Only Success of Climate Talks
The headlines from the COP17 U.N. climate conference in Durban, South Africa have mostly underscored the deadlock on major initiatives. But there has been progress on a forestry program known as REDD+. If an agreement on the program is reached it could be one of the few success stories to emerge. The acronym stands for [...]
December 3, 2011
Thousands March for Climate Action in Durban
Activists, rights groups and citizens from around the world took to the streets of Durban Saturday to urge government negotiators at the U.N. climate change conference to take their demands seriously. In a peaceful show of force, thousands of people marched through the streets of Durban toward the downtown conference center where delegates from nearly [...]
December 2, 2011
EU Claims Progress on Climate ‘Roadmap’ at Durban
As the first week of negotiations at the U.N. climate change conference in South Africa comes to a close, the European Union says support is growing for a new legally-binding agreement to cut emissions. But the United States and other countries remain strongly opposed to the idea. EU negotiators are urging other parties at the [...]
October 22, 2011
Climate risk to polar bear habitats
October 21, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Climate risk to polar bear habitats 20 Oct 2011 Climate change Global warming is set to drive a dramatic reduction in polar bear habitats in coming decades, conservationists have warned as they called for action to help the species. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), [...]
October 21, 2011
NOAA: La Niña will affect winter weather
Washington (CNN) — The Southern Plains of the United States are likely to see a continuation of a severe drought this winter, while the Pacific Northwest will be colder and wetter than average, according to data released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. La Nina is expected to influence weather patterns across the [...]
October 6, 2011
Big names behind US push for geoengineering | John Vidal
UK scientists last week “postponed” one of the world’s first attempts to physically manipulate the upper atmosphere to cool the planet. Okay, so the Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering project wasn’t actually going to spray thousands of tonnes of reflective particles into the air to replicate a volcano, but the plan to send a [...]
September 25, 2011
Climate change may leave Mount Everest ascent ice-free, say climbers
Climbers and custodians of Everest say that rapid climate change could soon make for an ice-free ascent of the world’s tallest mountain. Their warning comes come amid a new international effort to gauge the effects of climate change in the Himalayas – and shield local people from potential hazards. A US-funded mission, led by the [...]