The IPCC's 'Representative Concentration Pathways' are based on fantasy technology that must draw massive volumes of CO2 out of the atmosphere late this century, writes Nick Breeze - an unjustified hope that conceals a very bleak future for Earth, and humanity.
Survivable IPCC projections are based on science fiction - the reality is much worse Nick Breeze | 27th February 2015 Comment Climate Change Geoengineering Science Technology …
The UN intersessional negotiations on climate change (UNFCCC) which started in Bonn last week enter their second week with the big question - how to find and allocate by 2020 the $100bn as agreed in the Paris Agreement. Climate tracker Pavlos Georgiadis reports.
Climate Negotiations: tackling the big questions before COP22 Georgiadis Pavlos | 16th May 2016 News Climate Change Paris Agreement COP22 Human Rights unccc talks.jpg The UN intersessional …
The Paris Agreement provides a clear mandate to limit global warming, writes Jeremy Brecher. And with governments doing nowhere near enough, it's up to ordinary citizens - through civil disobedience if needs be - to make sure the world breaks free from fossil fuels. Let's make 2016 the year of 'Climate Insurgency'!
After Paris, the year of Climate Insurgency Jeremy Brecher | 13th January 2016 Comment Climate Change COP21 Fossil Fuels Energy Renewables Protest d12-paris-cut.jpg The Paris Agreement provides a …
In a potentially devastating blow to the Earth's climate, President Trump's new executive order ends the Interior Department's moratorium on coal mining on public land and begins a repeal of the landmark Clean Power Plan, writes Trip Van Noppen. But this reckless move will not pass unchallenged - the Supreme Court has ruled that the EPA must tackle climate pollution, and clean energy policies can still be defended and advanced at state level.
Executive Order removes climate safeguards - now, the fightback Trip Van Noppen EarthJustice | 29th March 2017 Comment Energy Climate Change Politics USA Fossil Fuels Coal Renewables …
My Lords and Members of the House of Commons:
My government considers climate change to be the single biggest challenge facing the United Kingdom. My government is finally convinced, in fact, that it dwarfs all other challenges by an order of magnitude.
Fantasy Queen’s Speech 2006 Paul Kingsnorth | 16th November 2006 Comment Queens Speech Climate Change Politics Queen Queen Politics And Economics Society Archive_71.jpg My Lords and Members of the …
Shell, one of the world’s largest oil companies, has gained privileged access to the UN climate change negotiations while pushing the same unworkable solutions for almost 20 years, internal company documents reveal. MAT HOPE of DeSmog UK investigates
What Shell knew and how it once stalled international climate negotiations Mat Hope | 17th July 2018 News Shell Knew Climate Change Shell Climate Change Negotiations Unfccc Paris Climate Change …
Robert Swan - the first person to walk to both North and South Poles - will lead his 10th annual International Antarctic Expedition this coming March as part of his Antarctica 2041 campaign. Isabel Sepkowitz discovered what it's all about.
Operation Deep South Isabel Sepkowitz | 7th February 2014 Comment Antarctica Climate Change swan-2.png Robert Swan - the first person to walk to both North and South Poles - will lead his 10th annual …
Following the UK Government's announcement of huge public subsidies for the proposed Hinkley C nuclear power station in Somerset, England, Energy Fair has called on EU Commissioner Almunia to open a formal investigation for breaches of competition law.
Nuclear subsidies: Open letter to Commissioner Almunia Gerry Wolff | 15th November 2013 Comment Nuclear Power EU Energy Climate Change hinkley-protest.png Following the UK Government's announcement …
As US climatologists and scientists are urging the world that greenhouse gas emissions be curbed rapidly to prevent runaway global warming, the UK Met Office appears to be back pedalling on human induced climate change. Peter Bunyard reports on some mixed messages
UK Met Office's forecast on human induced climate change - a mixed message? Peter Bunyard | 18th February 2009 Comment Climate Change Met Office Greenhouse Gases Global Warming Climatel Comments And …
We need a radical reimagining of the relationship between society, time, and nature in this era of global scorching.
Climate breakdown - a matter of time Ione Howells | 31st October 2023 | Comment Climate Change Capitalism Growth Wellness Climate Breakdown Editor’s Picks Source: US National Archives. Description: …
As delegates prepare for the Bonn climate talks, India is being struck by extreme heat with a long-delayed monsoon season and a death toll of thousands, writes Liz Hanna. If this is an indicator of the warming world to come, it's giving us all the reasons we could possibly want to act decisively before it's too late.
India's killer heatwave - a deadly warning of the world we face, without climate action Liz Hanna | 30th May 2015 News India Climate Change Agriculture monsoon-bliss-cut.jpg As delegates prepare for …
Public may be more likely to accept responsibility for climate change and support mitigation action if they see it as a threat to human health, suggests research
Climate change should be billed as a 'health' not 'environmental' disaster The Ecologist | 22nd July 2010 News Health Climate Change asthmahealth.jpg Climate change has been linked with rising cases …
Campaign groups including RSPB challenge decision not to allow environmental objections to a new coal-fired power station in North Ayrshire
Locals 'unable' to oppose Scottish coal power station Dearbhla Crosse | 15th October 2010 News Climate Change Coal Energy Coal Power Carbon News protestors unfurl banner from headquarters.jpg …
Last week a new billionaires club strode into COP21 in Paris promising big money for 'clean energy': the Breakthrough Energy Coalition. But most of its members are nuclear obsessives, writes Linda Pentz Gunter, from Bill Gates to Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson. And what the the world needs is not 'patient investment' into nuclear research, but impatient investment into renewables deployment.
Is Gates's 'Breakthrough Energy Coalition' a nuclear spearhead? Linda Pentz Gunter | 6th December 2015 News COP21 Energy Finance Nuclear Renewables Climate Change mighty-hand-cut.jpg Last week a new …
Climate change is upon us. The Paris Agreement is an acknowledgement of the urgency and scale of the problem. But we must accelerate change if we are to have any hope of a solution. DR SANDRA PIESIK says traditional knowledge can provide further inspiration and ideas about how exactly this can be achieved
Embracing acceleration for climate action in adaptation and mitigation Dr Sandra Piesik | 26th June 2018 Comment Acceleration Climate Change Adaptation Mitigation …
Michael Mann will be remembered as the creator of the 'hockey stick' graph of rising global temperatures, which has put him forever in the crosshairs of climate change sceptics. But as Brendan Montague found, he is a curiously unlikely hero, or villain: rather a dedicated scientist living the American dream, who just happened, to his own surprise, to stumble on something big.
Unlikely hero (or villain): Michael Mann, creator of the hockey stick graph Brendan Montague DeSmog UK | 16th March 2015 Comment Climate Change Science USA michael-mann-tundra_nov2010-cut.jpg Michael …
Dame Emma Thompson sends message of support to Reclaim the Power and protesters from the local community as they mark 54 hours of protest on the anniversary of the Lancashire County Council decision to turn down an application.
Dame Emma Thompson lambasts the 'handful of desperadoes' in fracking Staff Reporter | 3rd July 2018 News Fracking Reclaim The Power Climate Change Emma Thompson Dame Emma Thompson sends message of …
The Earth faces an imminent crisis caused by runaway Arctic warming. So says climate campaigner John Nissen, who travelled to COP20 in Lima to impress the dangers on delegates - and urge them to emergency action to cool the Arctic before it's too late. Tomás d'Ornellas, editor of Tecnews.pe, met him there ...
The melting Arctic - John Nissen's emergency call to action Tomás d'Ornellas | 15th December 2015 Comment Arctic Climate Change Geo-engineering Unfccc john-nissen-cop20.jpg The Earth faces an …
Professor Kevin Anderson and Dr John Broderick have published a new report commissioned by Friends of the Earth Europe examining the climate impact of natural gas. The findings contradict industry public relations, KATIE HODGETTS argues.
Wake up and smell the methane: Europe has nine years left of its carbon budget Katie Hodgetts | 9th November 2017 Comment Natural Gas Friends Of The Earth Europe Bonn COP23 Climate Change Lobbying …
Extreme storm events such as super typhoon Haiyan, which wreaked havoc in the Philippines on Friday, are more likely in the future as the build-up of greenhouse gases warms the planet, scientists say.
Typhoon Haiyan: the shape of things to come? Peter Hannam Sydney Morning Herald | 12th November 2013 News Climate Change Weather Philippines Disaster tropical-storm.png Extreme storm events such as …
Speaking to the World Coal Association in Warsaw, the UNFCCC's executive secretary tells the coal industry: invest in renewables; and leave most of your coal underground.
Leave your coal in the ground! Christiana Figueres | 18th November 2013 Comment COP19 Coal Fossil Fuels Climate Change Unfccc christiana-2.png Speaking to the World Coal Association in Warsaw, the …
Global Leaders at the Paris summit in 2015 tasked the IPCC to compile a report of all known science on the impacts of climate change. That report is now ready to be released
World's top climate panel to agree on United Nations' 1.5° report Arthur Wyns | 3rd October 2018 News Climate Change UN Framework Convention On Climate Change IPCC Science And Technology …
Last Friday saw the successful completion of the world’s first international solar-powered flight. But, asks Valentina Jovanovski, will this innovation really change the face of air travel or is it just another white elephant?
Solar powered flights: the future of aviation? Valentina Jovanovski | 19th May 2011 Ethical Living Solar Airport Airplane Emissions Aviation CO2 Airline Climate Change Green Living …
Monsanto was accused of 'crimes against humanity and the environment' at COP21 in Paris this week, writes Pavlos Georgiadis. And now the evidence against it is being gathered for presentation at a 'Monsanto Tribunal' taking place next October in The Hague.
Monsanto on trial for crimes against nature and humanity Pavlos Georgiadis | 6th December 2015 News Corporations Ecocide Food Farming GMOs Toxics Climate Change COP21 soya-brazil-cut.jpg Monsanto was …