Τι τρέχει στο….. Cancun; (εν συντομία)

Ένα χρόνο μετά την αποτυχία στην Κοπεγχάγη, τι μπορούμε να περιμένουμε από την προσεχή 16η ετήσια σύνοδο κορυφής (COP 16) που γίνεται στο Cancun στις 29 Νοεμβρίου – 10 Δεκεμβρίου, 2010;

Could Britain become a zero-carbon economy within two decades?

The zero carbon Britain 2030 report examines how Britain can meet its “electricity and heating requirements through efficient service provision, while still decreasing carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and other emissions.”

Philip Kitcher on “The Climate Change Debates”

Philip Kitcher, a philosopher of science at Columbia University, has published an essay in the journal Science, about the role of politics, economics, media even philosophy, in the debate about climate change.

Climate Change: It’s a mens’ club.

Last week, the U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced a new climate change financing group. The group’s task which has 19 members is to allocate funds to developing countries to help mitigate the impact of climate change.
There are no women in this task force. All 19 members are men. It seems that climate change is a man’s job.

Brazil’s Lula converted his commitment to cut CO2 emissions into legislation

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed today (Tuesday) a law that requires Brazil to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 39 percent by 2020, meeting a commitment made at the Copenhagen climate talks.

A breakthrough from the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in Copenhagen

the United States is prepared to work with other countries toward a goal of jointly mobilizing $100 billion a year by 2020 to address the climate change needs of developing countries.

Demanding Justice and Action. A must-see video from Copenhagen

This must be probably the most honest speech I have heard all these days in Copenhagen and it comes from the Canadian youth delegate, Taryn McKenzie-Mohr. She makes an emotional plea to Canada’s lead negotiator, Michael Martin, to change Canada’s obstructive role at the global climate negotiation.
This must be probably the most honest speech I have heard all these days in Copenhagen and it comes from the Canadian youth delegate, Taryn McKenzie-Mohr. She makes an emotional plea to Canada’s lead negotiator, Michael Martin, to change Canada’s obstructive role at the global climate negotiation.

This must be probably the most honest speech I have heard all these days in Copenhagen and it comes from the Canadian youth delegate, Taryn McKenzie-Mohr. She makes an emotional plea to Canada’s lead negotiator, Michael Martin, to change Canada’s obstructive role at the global climate negotiation.

Senator John Kerry:”We need to trust the science and it is the science itself, demanding action from all of us.”

Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and lead author of the United States Senate’s comprehensive climate change legislation, delivered a speech to COP15 delegates yesterday and asked politicians “to act” and “to get the job done.”

How much do you think the U.S. government should do about global warming?

More Americans believe steps taken to reduce global warming pollution will help the US economy than say such measures will hurt it. That says a survey which was conducted by the Associated Press and Stanford University,the dates between November 17 and November 29, 2009.

Steven Chu Announces New Clean Energy Technology Initiative

Yesterday at the Copenhagen climate conference, on behalf of President Obama, Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the launch of a new initiative, Renewable and Efficiency Deployment Initiative (Climate REDI), to promote clean energy technologies in developing countries.

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