A consortium of scientists and economists including former BP Chief Executive Officer John Browne are inviting Governments to join a $150 billion 10 year program to make clean energy cheaper than coal. Known as the Global Apollo Program to Combat Climate Change, it will fund...
According to a report in the Guardian on May 31 2015, this year’s coffee growing season in Vietnam has been a disaster. A local farmer interviewed for the story stated that it was the worst drought he had seen in more than 10 years and...
According to research by the London School of Economics, greenhouse gas emissions in China may peak five years earlier that the original target of 2020. The findings increased the odds of avoiding warming beyond 2°C above pre-industrial levels, according to the School. The 2°C is...
A newly published World Bank report entitled “Turn down the heat: Confronting the New Climate Normal" has made plain the reality of “the new normal” under climate change, and sorry, its no longer negotiable.The report focuses on the risks that climate change poses in Latin...
The lingering drought and above-average temperatures are threatening to make the 2015 wildfire season a very harsh one for the Western United States, according to the US Fire Service and the National Interagency Fire Centre who are forecasting higher than average fire activity for the...
An Australian delegation was questioned for an hour at the latest United Nations climate meeting at Bonn in Germany overnight Australian time. The Bonn meeting is essentially an assessment of nations’ climate change commitments in the lead up to Paris in December.A number of countries...
The latest report by WWF entitled “Crossing the Divide: How to Close the Emissions Abyss 2” launched on 2 June 2015 shows how a number of countries including the Phillipines, Kenya and Turkey can commence work to close the gap between the carbon reductions they...
