Tierney Smith
Greg Barker: China’s domestic ambition must be reflected in international climate negotiations
UK minster for energy and climate change calls on China to stop blocking progress at UNFCCC negotiations and build greater unity with their domestic renewables programme and international ambition.
Would a CCS leak be as damaging as the BP Gulf of Mexico oil disaster?
Carbon Capture and Storage still remains on the of the most viable technologies to aid climate change mitigation, but what would be the impacts of a CO2 leakage in the world’s oceans?
Climate change could cause Leatherback turtle populations in Costa Rica to collapse by 2100
Eastern Pacific populations of Leatherback turtles could drop 75% by the end of the century as a result of climate change, according to a study published in Nature Climate Change.
Yogic farming: Hippy culture or the answer to global famine and land degradation?
Yogic farming is said to increase yields and boost the quality of the crops being grown across India – could it be an effective solution to land degradation and rising demand for food?
A week in climate change: Five things we learnt
In a Rio+20 special, we take a look back over at the news over the last seven days from both the Earth Summit negotiations and beyond to find out what we can learn from events this week.
South Australia to get “hotter and drier” from climate change, warns report
New report warns urgent adaptation is needed for local communities in South Australia to deal with hotter and drier conditions from climate change.
Good news: We have four environmental winners from Rio+20
What environmental frontiers emerged as the winners from the Rio+20 outcome document?
Photo of the week #24: Biodiversity & climate change, the last tree standing
This week’s photo of the week, the plight of disappearing woodland.
UK’s energy and environment report card
New figures from the Office of National Statistics sets out the UK energy picture…but how well is it performing on environmental and climate change issues?
PODCAST: Restoring human dignity in South Africa with the CDM
In the fifteenth in the series of UNFCCC CDM Radio Club reports RTCC is hosting, Zeenat Abdool, a radio journalist from South Africa visits the community outside Durban to see how much a solar heater project has changed their lives.
Rio+20: Five climate change ideas that didn’t make the Earth Summit outcome
While proposals in the final text were weak, some important ones didn’t even make it into the document. RTCC looks at five ideas for climate change action that didn’t make the grade.
Rio+20: What next for civil society following Earth Summit ‘failure’?
As civil society groups across the globe denounce politicians for their lack of action, is it time for a new era where the individual and the collective take on the challenge?
Rio+20: How UK’s DFID will continue on sustainable development pathway
RTCC talks to Melinda Bohannon, Head of the Climate and Environment Strategy Unit at Department for International Development about how sustainability and climate change issues help shape the UK development agenda.
Rio+20: Long way to go on road to sustainable development, say NGOs
As the Rio+20 negotiations come to a close, NGOs including Christian Aid, Oxfam and Third World Network offer their reaction to the proceedings and say they are willing to mobilise with those at the conference – both inside and outside the negotiations – to ensure a pathway forwards.
Rio+20 Business Focus: Including cities and local governments in international negotiations
Anke Stoffregen, from ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability explains how cities and local governments will be key players in a world increasingly marked by urbanisation and the need to harenss their power and engage them in policy making.
Rio+20 Business Focus: Trade and investment can drive green growth, says ICC
Secretary General at the International Chamber of Commerce explains how companies can lead by example with innovative solutions to energy access, water security, resource efficiency and climate change.
Photo of the week #23 – The world’s expanding cities
This week, the challeneges posed by rapid population growth and urbanisation.
PODCAST: How does the CDM benefit sustainable development
In the fourteenth in the series of UNFCCC CDM Radio Club reports RTCC is hosting, Ugonma Cokey, from Voice of Nigeria traveled to Bonn to explore how the CDM is contributing to sustainable development.
Rio+20 Business Focus: Managing biodiversity is managing risk for business, says CBD
Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity explains why managing biodiversity is a way for business to manage risk.
Rio+20 Business Focus: KPMG offer a new perspective on the changing business environment
Yvo de Boer from KPMG explains why it will be vital to a businesses success to recognise environmental limits, reduce resource use and limit their impact.