Archive for the 'enviromental Problem' Category
Climate Mitigation Needn’t Stifle Development: Report Says
Posted on September 18, 2009 - Filed Under Climate, enviromental Problem, environmental issue | Leave a Comment
Countries can develop while curtailing climate change if they are ‘climate-smart’, the World Bank has said in a major new report.
The world need not make a decision between growth and prosperity or preservation, it argues in the latest edition of the authoritative World Development Report, so long as it takes action immediately, works together, and [...]
Britain to Help China on Carbon Capture
Posted on May 4, 2009 - Filed Under enviromental Problem, environment, environmental issue | Leave a Comment
Britain will share the benefits of its investment in carbon capture and storage technology with China and other developing countries, the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, said.
The move may help Britain to belatedly meet its Kyoto protocol promise to pass on low-carbon technology to help poorer countries reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
However, questions may arise over how [...]
The Popular Myth of ‘Water Wars’
Posted on March 28, 2009 - Filed Under Climate, enviromental Problem, environment | Leave a Comment
Earlier this month the UN warned that climate change could spark conflicts over water. But the idea of future ‘water wars’ is a myth, says Wendy Barnaby.
Neither Egypt, Israel nor Jordon produce enough water for their needs. But while they have fought wars with each other, it has not been over water, says Barnaby. Instead, [...]
Don’t Judge States on Wealth and Emissions: Climate Envoy
Posted on February 22, 2009 - Filed Under Climate, enviromental Problem, environment | Leave a Comment
Judging small, rich island nations purely on their wealth and emissions is unfair in climate change negotiations, Singapore’s climate envoy said, as pressure builds on more countries to curb carbon pollution.Under the Kyoto Protocol, the U.N.’s main weapon to fight climate change, only 37 industrialized nations are committed to curbs on greenhouse gas pollution between [...]
Scottish Ski Industry Could Disappear Due to Global Warming, Warns Met Office
Posted on February 13, 2009 - Filed Under Climate, Global Warming, enviromental Problem, environmental issue | Leave a Comment
The country’s five resorts are currently enjoying exceptional conditions after heavy snowfall in the Highlands, but climate change may mean they have less than 50 years of ski-ing left.
Alex Hill, chief government advisor with the Met Office, said the amount of snow in the Scottish mountains had been decreasing for the last 40 years and [...]
Oil Industry Ready to Work on Global Warming
Posted on February 13, 2009 - Filed Under Global Warming, enviromental Problem, environmental issue | Leave a Comment
HOUSTON — Confronted with a sharp change of priorities in Washington, international oil executives are expressing an eagerness to work with President Obama to fashion new policies to tackle global warming.
At an industry conference here this week, the executives struck a conciliatory tone on how to limit the emissions that are contributing to climate change, [...]
Global Warming May Spread ‘Deadly Dozen’ Diseases
Posted on October 8, 2008 - Filed Under Climate, Global Warming, enviromental Problem, environmental issue | Leave a Comment
Bird flu is just one of 11 diseases that may worsen with global warming, scientists are warning.
Scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society have nicknamed 12 diseases the “deadly dozen” and say they are spreading across the globe and becoming increasingly dangerous to wildlife and humans.
William Karesh, of the WCS, told the International Union for the [...]
Climate Change Poses Health Risks: World Health Organization
Posted on September 25, 2008 - Filed Under Climate, enviromental Problem, environmental issue | Leave a Comment
The World Health Organization warned Asia Pacific countries that they could be vulnerable to health risks and food shortages as a result of climate change.
Climate change is among the topics being discussed in a regional WHO conference being held in Manila, and governments are being pushed to put health issues in their national climate change mitigation [...]
Trees Suffer One-Two Punch Of Acid Rain And Climate Change
Posted on September 2, 2008 - Filed Under Climate, enviromental Problem, environment, environmental issue | Leave a Comment
Forests in Vermont’s Green Mountains transition abruptly from a heat-loving mix of sugar maple, American beech, and yellow birch on the lower slopes to a cold-adapted mix of red spruce, balsam fir, and paper birch higher up.
A new study shows that the altitude of that transition zone rose as much as 400 feet between 1962 [...]
World’s Glaciers Facing Huge Threat: UN
Posted on September 1, 2008 - Filed Under Global Warming, enviromental Problem, environmental issue | Leave a Comment
The United Nations said that swathes of mountain ranges worldwide risk losing their glaciers by the end of the century if global warming continues at its projected rate.
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a report that whilst nature has always observed a certain periodic rate of deglaciation, the current trends observed from the Arctic to [...]
