BANGKOK ~ Swiss glaciers are melting away at an accelerating rate and many will vanish this century if climate projections are correct, according to a BBC report based on new studies.
One assessment found that some 10 cubic kilometres of ice have been lost from 1,500 glaciers over the past nine years.
The other study, based on [...]
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SINGAPORE ~ Barack Obama has promised to end George Bush’s “twisting” of science to suit “politics or ideology”, reports the UK’s Independent on Sunday newspaper.
And in an extraordinarily outspoken address to the nation on Sunday, the president-elect announced that he was putting top climate scientists in key positions in his administration, the report says. [...]
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SINGAPORE ~ In a landmark speech to delegates at the crucial climate change talks in Poznan last week, Al Gore had delegates on their feet. He referred to Mahatma Gandhi and to Martin Luther King Jr. and he called for capacity building, not only in developing countries but in industrialised countries as well.
The following is [...]
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The World Resources Institute and the Environmental Investigation Agency have launched a partnership to combat illegal logging worldwide and clean up timber supply chains.
The launch follows the announcement that the United States is banning the import, sale, and trade of all illegally harvested wood and forest products, effective now.
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TOKYO ~ The year 2008 is likely to rank as the 10th warmest year on record since the beginning of instrumental climate records in 1850, according to data sources compiled by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
In a report issued yesterday, WMO says the global combined sea-surface and land-surface air temperature for 2008 is currently estimated [...]
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KUALA LUMPUR ~ Malaysian power producers will soon start burning palm oil instead of coal following the collapse of palm oil prices on the international market.
Under a plan announced last week by the country’s Plantation Industries and Commodities minister Peter Chin, the Malaysian government also aims to ensure that palm biodiesel is available at every [...]
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JAKARTA ~ Wind power, solar power and even hydropower are infinitely preferable to biofuels and fossil fuels, according to a study just published by Stanford University.
The best ways to improve energy security, mitigate global warming and reduce the number of deaths caused by air pollution are to adopt energy produced by wind, sun and water; [...]
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JAKARTA ~ The UK is to donate £100 million (US$150 million) to tropical countries such as Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Vietnam, to help them protect forests and reduce their impact on climate change.
The donation will be made through a fund operated under a new initiative of the United Nations which aims to extend carbon [...]
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TOKYO ~ The United Nations has accepted a proposal to give serious consideration to new biochar technologies that have the potential to slow down carbon emissions and reverse global climate change.
The biochar proposal to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) was submitted by the International Biochar Initiative (IBI) at a sideline event at [...]
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Updated details about conferences, exhibitions, congresses and other events relating to environmental issues have been added to our Year 2009 page.
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