Christian Aid this week released a report showing that, if account is taken of the UK's overseas investments, the country is responsible for as much as 15 per cent of global emissions of CO2. We asked Andrew Pendleton, the lead author of the research, where we go now.
… Fifteen Per Cent 15 Per Cent Emissions Global Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Climate Change Green Living … is responsible for as much as 15 per cent of global emissions of CO2. We asked Andrew …
Last week, Channel 4 aired a documentary by controversial film-maker Martin Durkin. Entitled 'The Great Global Warming Swindle', the film suggested that a combination of factors has led us to mistakenly believe that our emissions of carbon dioxide are causing the planet to warm, and that in fact, natural cycles, solar activity and disaffected radicals were to blame.
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All sectors must play their part in a global emissions deal, but could including agriculture in the mix lead to an intensification of farming and money for GM crops?
… All sectors must play their part in a global emissions deal, but could including … hosted a meeting of the biggest names on the global agriculture scene; the Food Agriculture … responsible for fully one-third of combined global greenhouse gas emissions, and as an …
The recent U-turn by of some of the UK's leading environmentalists - and one-time nuclear energy opponents - on the issue of nuclear energy, has caused vigourous debate in the media. Their reasoning is that we simply don't have the capacity to produce enough renewable energy to meet our needs. But as this comprehensive Ecologist report from 2007 shows the UK is really a renewable energy powerhouse.
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Carbon reduction potential of ecological farming methods is highlighted at Copenhagen, as protests against industrial agriculture gather strength
… strength Small-scale peasant farmers from the global South are not just among the first to … change in the food system can reduce current global emissions from between 50-75 per-cent,' … According to the La Via Campesina: ‘Global warming has been taking place for …
Having enjoyed brief media coverage, world attention towards climate change during the last few weeks did not end with a bang. Instead, it fizzled out, bogged down in international policy and technicalities at the UN Climate Change Conference in Nairobi last week. Why?
… Politics UN Climate Change Conference Global Warming International Development … they will be the first the rue the effects of global warming, felt that emphasis on … measures should not be administered by the Global Environmental Facility, a source of …
The uniting of 800 million rural workers against the loss of their traditional way of life gives lie to globalisation’s claims to beneficence. Resistance is far from futile, says Ed Hamer
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The European Commission has set out plans to keep global temperatures from increasing more than 2 degrees. The authors said that limiting global warming to 2ºC is both technically feasible and economically affordable if the international community acts swiftly.
… January 2007 News EU Energy Climate Change Global Warming Climate Change EU Carbon … European Commission has set out plans to keep global temperatures from increasing more than … 2 degrees. The authors said that limiting global warming to 2ºC is both technically …
The Zoological Society of London has today launched a new programme to draw attention to the bizarre, unusual and endangered.
… Society Evolutionarily Distinct And Globally Endangered Zoological Society … EDGE programme - Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered - focuses on animals which … as the first of a kind: "This is the first global-scale programme specifically developed …
Can organic farming feed the world? Ed Hamer and Mark Anslow say yes, but we must farm and eat differently
… of nitrous oxide – a greenhouse gas with a global warming potential some 320 times … doubt that this is a problem: estimates put global methane emissions from ruminant … consuming a staggering 72 per cent of all global freshwater at a time when the UN says …
Can organic farming feed the world? Ed Hamer and Mark Anslow say yes, but we must eat and farm differently
… of nitrous oxide – a greenhouse gas with a global warming potential some 320 times … doubt that this is a problem: estimates put global methane emissions from ruminant … consuming a staggering 72 per cent of all global freshwater at a time when the UN says …
Protecting rainforests is now almost as lucrative as cutting them down. Mark Anslow reports on a commodities-centred approach to stopping deforestation
… Oil Indonesia Slash And Burn Carbon Credits Global Warming Deforestation Carbon … has begun to garner support. Run by the Global Canopy Programme, it calls for forest … Rather than trade carbon internationally, the Global Canopy Programme proposes bundling up …
What could be more cheerful than this ubiquitous breakfast fruit? But if you’re not buying them Fairtrade and organic, argues Ed Hamer, then you’re buying into a modern agricultural scandal
… exceptional, but a symptom of our rapidly globalising agricultural economy. As the … The banana is in many ways synonymous with globalisation. The first tropical fruit to be … banana can tell us a lot about the future of global food security. Few other products, let …
No one believed Big Tobacco could ever be snuffed out - until health warning stickers were made law. If the same principle of science, information and activism were applied to the aviation industry, argues Mark Anslow, the air we breathe could get cleaner yet
… responsible for close to 10 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Even with … its landmark report ‘Aviation and the Global Atmosphere’. The IPCC confirmed that … is peddling a product far more dangerous for global health than the most addicted smoker …
A new programme from the Zoological Society of London promises to protect endangered and little-known species
… EDGE programme - Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered - focuses on animals which … as the first of a kind: "This is the first global-scale programme specifically developed …
Climate negotiations are always a balancing act. But the global atmosphere is not a politician, and it won't forgive us if we get this wrong
… are always a balancing act. But the global atmosphere is not a politician, and it … we have only a fifty:fifty chance of keeping global temperature rises below 2°C. In other … But landing ourselves with coin-toss odds of global catastrophe would simply be a …
Soaring fuel prices and stratospheric carbon emissions bode ill for the aviation industry. Is flying beyond redemption? Mark Anslow tries some blue-sky thinking
… to displace kerosene, though. In 2005, the global civil aviation industry burned some 208 … of plant-based fuel in the face of spiralling global food costs now seems highly unlikely. … between just 10 and 20 per cent of the global warming effect of equivalent …
The community supports the farmer and the farmer supports the community. Why isn't everyone taking part in the latest agricultural revolution, wonders Ed Hamer
… cent of UK food sales, but if recent rises in global food prices are anything to go by, … is no coincidence that the sharpest rise in global food prices for a generation has hit … journalist specialising in agricultural globalisation issues. He also works on a small …
Even among green campaigners, nuclear energy is quietly gaining ground as a potential solution to the impending energy crisis. However several issues – particularly those of raw materials, cost and waste – remain unaddressed within the mainstream of opinion.
Once you get over the fact that not even tinted windows, a subwoofer, and Snoop Dogg riding shotgun would make the Maranello IV electric car ‘cool’, you can begin to think about driving and car ownership in a whole new way.
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Each year, UK livestock produce some 60 million tonnes of collectable faeces. If left to run into water-courses or even spread on fields, this waste can lead to the same problems associated with excessive fertiliser use – algal blooms and aquatic life starved of oxygen.
Every year, each square metre of the UK receives between 900 and 1200 kWh of solar radiation. Capturing just some of this energy could make a significant contribution to fulfilling our energy requirements.
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