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Canada appoints new top climate change negotiator.
Canada's government Tuesday announced the appointment of a new chief negotiator and ambassador for climate change whose mandate will be to try implement agreements made at the talks in Copenhagen. Agence France-Presse. 8 September 2010.
Estimated ice cap loss halved.
Estimates of the rate of ice loss from Greenland and West Antarctica, one of the most worrying questions in the global warming debate, should be halved, according to Dutch and US scientists. Agence France-Presse. 7 September 2010.
Erratic global weather threatens food security.
The drought in Russia and floods in Pakistan are part of a global trend of unpredictable weather patterns and rainfall that threaten food security, experts gathered in Stockholm said. Agence France-Presse. 7 September 2010.
Germany's Merkel sets stage for nuclear battle.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel set the stage on Monday for perhaps the biggest fight of her time in office with proposals to postpone the date when Europe's biggest economy abandons nuclear power. Agence France-Presse. 6 September 2010.
Locavores defend their turf.
A new food fight has stirred up the locavore movement, which promotes eating of local products, after fresh challenges to the assumption that the practice promotes environmental sustainability. Agence France-Presse. 6 September 2010.
Germany to extend life of nuclear reactors.
Germany will extend the life of its 17 nuclear reactors by 12 years on average, Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen announced Monday after marathon talks on the controversial issue. Agence France-Presse. 6 September 2010.
Australia's 'Greenslide' may not help ease pollution.
Australia's environmental lobby is celebrating an unprecedented "Greenslide" in national elections, but it remains unclear whether new political power will translate into action on climate change. Agence France-Presse. 5 September 2010.
Disasters show need for action: UN climate chief.
UN climate chief Christiana Figueres has warned that a string of weather calamities showed the deepening urgency to forge a breakthrough deal on global warming this year. Agence France-Presse. 5 September 2010.
Bangladesh dams to reclaim 600 square kms of land.
Bangladesh plans to build a series of dams to reclaim 600 square kilometres (230 square miles) of land from the sea over the next five years, officials said Sunday. Agence France-Presse. 5 September 2010.
Sceptical green urges smart billions to fight warming.
Bjoern Lomborg, the bad boy of the climate debate who has rejected for years "alarmist" prophecies from environmentalists, stresses in a new book the need to invest billions to fight global warming. Agence France-Presse. 5 September 2010.
Website tracks Copenhagen climate change pledges.
Six rich economies joined a website unveiled on Friday detailing pledges in short-term aid they made at last December’s climate summit, a move aimed at restoring damaged trust with developing countries. Agence France-Presse. 5 September 2010.
Water meet focuses on pollution and quality.
Increasing water pollution and dwindling water quality around the globe will be the main focus as around 2,500 experts begin gathering in Stockholm Sunday for the 20th edition of the World Water Week. Agence France-Presse. 5 September 2010.
Shipping companies eye fabled Asia route as ice melts.
Shipowners are showing growing interest in a fabled trade route to Asia which climate change is beginning to open up at last, as polar ice recedes. Agence France-Presse. 4 September 2010.
Greater clarity on climate finance at 46-nation forum.
Forty-six countries gained a clearer view on Friday of what it may take to secure a deal worth hundreds of billions of dollars in climate aid, an issue that threatens hopes for a treaty on global warming. Agence France-Presse. 4 September 2010.
French science vessel to start second leg of climate voyage.
The French yacht Tara leaves Sunday on the second leg of a three-year voyage across the world's oceans to chart the effects of climate change on micro-organisms which produce half our oxygen. Agence France-Presse. 4 September 2010.
Burger King drops Indonesian palm oil company.
US fast food giant Burger King said Thursday it would no longer buy palm oil from Sinar Mas or its subsidiaries after Greenpeace campaigned against the Indonesian group's land-clearing practices. Agence France-Presse. 3 September 2010.
Disasters show 'screaming' need for action - climate chief.
UN climate chief Christiana Figueres on Thursday warned that a string of weather calamities showed the deepening urgency to forge a breakthrough deal on global warming this year. Agence France-Presse. 3 September 2010.
Climate change puts China harvests at risk.
Climate change could reduce key harvests in China by a fifth if the gloomiest scenarios prove true, according to a study on Wednesday. Agence France-Presse. 2 September 2010.
New talks aim for push on finance.
Ministers from nearly four dozen countries meet in Geneva on Thursday and Friday, bidding for progress on climate finance, an issue that has bedevilled the quest to roll back global warming. Agence France-Presse. 1 September 2010.
Rajendra Pachauri: IPCC chief under scrutiny.
Rajendra Pachauri, under scrutiny as head of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, is a 69-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner with a sideline in writing steamy novels. Agence France-Presse. 1 September 2010.
UN climate panel ordered to make fundamental reforms.
An international review panel on Monday called on the UN global climate change body to carry out fundamental reforms after embarrassing errors in a landmark report dented its credibility. Agence France-Presse. 31 August 2010.
Fires cost Russia '300 billion dollars' in deforestation.
Wildfires have cost Russia 300 billion dollars in forest loss, based on the market value of timber and the cost of reforestation. Environmentalists say the authorities have purposely under-reported the scale of the disaster. Agence France-Presse. 27 August 2010.
China's hydropower capacity up 50 percent by 2015: Report.
China's hydropower capacity is expected to increase by 50 percent to 300,000 megawatts by 2015, state media said Wednesday - a deadline that is five years sooner than previously reported. Agence France-Presse. 26 August 2010.
US mounts global push for shale gas.
The United States on Tuesday offered to help major economies such as China and India develop shale gas, a rapidly growing sector in North America which US officials bill as a cleaner alternative to coal, a key culprit in carbon emissions blamed by scientists for a dangerous warming of the planet. Agence France-Presse. 25 August 2010.
German scientist hands Putin frosty climate rebuke.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin queried Monday whether man was to blame for climate change on a visit to the remote Russian Arctic, only to find himself bluntly contradicted by a German scientist. Agence France-Presse. 24 August 2010.
China closes factories as green deadline looms.
China, facing the risk of embarrassment if it misses a looming environmental deadline, has ordered thousands of companies to close high-polluting plants as its leadership vies to retool economic growth. Agence France-Presse. 22 August 2010.
Cholera surges in parts of the world: WHO.
Cholera is surging again in parts of the world, a World Health Organisation expert said Thursday, pointing to epidemics in Nigeria and Cameroon. She claimed that the spread in cholera across the world could be partly linked to climate change. Agence France-Presse. 20 August 2010.
Damaged ecosystems amplify killer floods.
Climate change may be playing a part in record rains ravaging Asia but environment experts say the destruction of ecosystems is more directly to blame for the severity of killer floods. Agence France-Presse. 20 August 2010.
Finland aims to build first ever green highway.
Finland wants to build the world's first "green highway," with service stations offering charging points for electric cars and pumps filled with local biofuels, the project manager said Thursday. Agence France-Presse. 20 August 2010.
Norway to pay 30 million dollars to save Indonesian forests.
Norway agreed Thursday to advance 30 million dollars to Indonesia in the first installment of a planned billion-dollar scheme to cut the country's greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation. Agence France-Presse. 20 August 2010.
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