Lake Superior, largest of the Great Lakes and the world’s largest freshwater reservoir, has fallen to its lowest level in 81 years. Its decline is being seen as evidence of the effect that climate change is having on the North American continent. The lake is a foot and a half below its long-term average. The … Read More
Climate Change
Air Transport is Being ‘Scapegoated’ Over Climate
For months there have been consistent rumours of a concerted air industry fight back over climate change, especially in the UK, where airlines and climate has become the latest environmental battle-ground. A new front group, Flying Matters, has been formed with backing from most of the major airlines. Now, the British Airline Pilots’ Association (Balpa) … Read More
Coping with Climate Change in the Niger Delta:
Nigeria’s Community Research and Development Centre (CREDC) has released a study on the impacts of climate change in the Niger Delta and the adaptation strategies that the people of the Niger Delta are using to deal with growing problems.
Shell Accused of “Cynical” Greenwashing
Oil giant Shell was accused yesterday of “cynical” greenwashing for saying one thing and doing another in the fight against climate change. At a “summit” on the issue organised by the Guardian newspaper in London, Tony Juniper, executive director of Friends of the Earth, accused Shell of sponsoring the event in a bid to align … Read More
Nowhere Near Far Enough
If you look at the headlines this morning you would be forgiven for thinking that yesterday we witnessed an historic deal on the climate. The words “historic”, “breakthrough” and “substantial” were used to describe the deal, that was “far more ambitious than many expected”. Tony Blair called it “a huge step forward” and that “This … Read More
Green Groups Launch AliveEarth
On 7th July there will be ‘Live Earth’ concerts all around the globe to draw attention to climate change. The tickets are all sold and the perfomers are already chosen. But at www.aliveearth.org an alternative concert is already underway- a concert which welcomes all visitors and performers. The online concert is the brainwave of UK-based … Read More
“Three Billion Reasons For Bush to Take Action on Climate Change at G8”
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, scholar and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, makes a passionate call for G8 action on global warming in today’s Huffington Post. “I can think of three billion reasons why President Bush should agree to take action on climate change at this week’s G8 Summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, one for every person in the … Read More
G8 Climate Debt Grows as Impacts Rise
Development, debt and environmental organizations called on the G8 and other wealthy countries today to pay more than $50 billion a year to help cover the costs of dealing with climate change. This amount will only grow if the G8 fails to show leadership at the G8 Summit in Heiligendamm, Germany. The group included Oil … Read More
Bush Rejects Blair on Climate
Twenty four hours after saying he could get a deal on climate, cold political reality has caught up with Tony Blair as George Bush rejected any binding targets for reducing greenhouse gases. Mr Blair and Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, want the G8 to agree that world temperatures should rise by no more than two … Read More
Blair – I Can Persuade Bush on Climate
Tony Blair has insisted he could persuade President Bush to agree to a global target for a “substantial cut” in greenhouse gases within a framework sanctioned by the United Nations. In an interview with the Guardian on the eve of the G8 summit, the British prime minister said both elusive goals were now achievable and … Read More