Reuters: African nations will be the most vulnerable to the impact of climate change on…
Month: February 2009
Turkish parliament approves Kyoto protocol
Reuters: Turkey’s parliament on Thursday approved its membership in the Kyoto protocol, the U.N.-led pact…
United Kingdom: Cutting the carbon: Labour’s failure contains lessons all parties must heed
Guardian: On the face of it, Tuesday should have been a good news day for…
Carbon Permits May Remain Cheap for Two Years, IEA’s Birol Says
Bloomberg: Prices for carbon-emission permits may remain near record lows until at least 2011 because…
China Says ‘Rarely Seen’ Drought Hurts Winter Wheat
Bloomberg: China, the world’s largest grain grower, said a three-month drought has hurt nearly 46…
Van Jones: “This Is Not Your Grandma’s Environmental Movement Anymore”
AlterNet: Van Jones is an award-winning activist, best-selling author, orator and political advisor. I helped…
Australia: Insulation handouts ‘won’t reduce emissions’
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The Australia Institute policy research centre says the Government’s initiative to fund…
China declares an emergency amid worst drought in 50 years
Times (UK): The worst drought in half a century has parched fields across eight provinces…
No going back
Nature: Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA doi:10.1073/pnas.0812721106 (2009) The warming, droughts and swollen seas caused…
Leaf-level warming
Nature: Geophys. Res. Lett. 36, L02703 (2009) By losing less water, plants could worsen warming…