Tierney Smith
Doubts rise over EU Emissions Trading Scheme
As the US House of Representative’s vote to US exclude airlines from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, British Airways voices concerns over non-compliance by non-EU states as the scheme is rolled out
Climate Change ‘shrinking’ animals
Rising temperatures and disruptive weather patterns linked with climate change could be causing many animal and plant species to shrink, according to new research
Virgin Atlantic greens flights
Sir Richard Branson hails new fuel made from waste gases as a ‘major breakthrough’, predicting flights by 2014 with 50 per cent lower emissions
Dangerous levels of climate change possible in this lifetime
Dangerous levels of climate change could be seen within the lifetime of people living today, unless a steep reduction in global emissions are put in place, according to two reports published in Nature Climate Change
Emerging economies most vulnerable to climate change
New map shows emerging economies in the global south will be most at risk of climate change, but globalisation will mean all countries will be impacted
Putting children at the heart of climate change risk reduction
Children and young people across the world are being put at the heart of climate change adaptation and risk reduction schemes, for International Disaster Reduction Day 2011
Migration from climate change underestimated
With 42 million people were displaced by natural disasters in 2010, policy makers and aid agencies must consider planned migration in the face of global climate change, making it part of the ‘solution’, says a new report from the Foresight Group
$1 trillion needed to ensure electricity for all
Ensuring universal access to energy will mean $1 trillion of investment by 2030, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), with 60 per cent going to sub-Saharan Africa
17 per cent savings for energy smart households
As domestic energy deals rise above £1000 a year, “smart home” technologies could provide customers with a vital aid to tackling energy efficiency
Biofuel flights clouded in controversy
As the first biofuel planes take to the sky in the UK and Spain; hailed as the first step towards lower emissions, green groups condemn them as environmentally harmful