Latest climate change news
Climate Live: Arctic sea ice hits record lows, ecology drone monitor conservation and Al Gore praises Australia’s climate action
Today’s top headlines including Arctic sea ice hitting record lows, ecology drones monitoring conservation and Al Gore’s praise for Australia’s climate action.
Green energy entrepreneur Dale Vince says lack of UK policy certainty is leaving industry in the dark
Ecotricity boss says he has ‘no hope or confidence’ in Britain’s Coalition government to deliver a low carbon revolution.
Comment: Recent CO2 emission cuts mask dangers of relying on gas
The latest figures are out and the news, on the face of it is good. But over-committing to gas locks us into a volatile, high carbon world, which will have negative impacts for climate change and energy security.
Giant ‘shade cloths’ could be used to save coral from climate change
New study says fixing giant shade cloths over the Great Barrier Reef should be considered to help save coral from the effects of climate change.
Could a new Greenhouse gas measurement system bring clarity to UN climate talks?
New system developed by Astrium and trialled at London Olympics provides measurements on nations’ CO2 outputs
Climate Live: Could a giant umbrella protect the Great Barrier Reef, US Atlantic coast is sea-level rise ‘hotspot’ & UK is urged to improve resource efficiency
Today’s top headlines, scientists calls for novel ways to protect the oceans, US Atlantic Coast ‘hotspot’ for sea-level rise and UK government urged to strengthen resource efficiency
Forest Green Rovers: Football’s eco-champions are aiming to score on and off the pitch
Forest Green Rovers chairman Dale Vince explains why football fans at his club are coming round to the idea of half-time veggie burgers.
Australia’s acute water shortages mapped
Projected Australian water shortages suggest governments of future will have to ration water between mining, agriculture and major cities.
London’s urban gardeners in pictures
You don’t need to own a massive garden to grow your own fruit, vegetables, flowers and herbs. Here’s a selection of our favourite urban gardens in pictures.
Climate Live: Coal scandal engulfs Indian politics; US energy related CO2 emissions fall, Porpoises hold-up German wind farm
Fears that noise pollution could interfere with the porpoise population hold up offshore wind farm, CO2 from US power plants drops as gas replaces coal and Keystone XL pipeline construction faces renewed protests.
Arctic spill would create inaccessible ‘oil sandwich’ in ice impossible to clean, says UK polar expert
A leading polar expert has told RTCC an offshore oil spill in the region would be almost impossible to clean up and could affect vast areas of the ocean
Wikileaks’ climate change highlights
On the day that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is at the centre of a diplomatic tug of war, it is important to remember the cables are a powerful tool – as this selection of entries on climate change highlight.
Asian mega cities need ‘green urbanisation’ to avoid climate change disaster, warns ADB
Asian Development Bank says more attention must be paid to environmental stress as the region prepares for an additional 1.1 billion urban residents in next 30 years.
Business focus: Mountain sports company Vaude explain how they’ve cut their carbon footprint
In the build-up to Rio+20 RTCC asked businesses from around the world to send us their stories. Today’s focus is how German clothing company VAUDE was able to measure and improve on its environmental impacts.
Photo of the week #30 – Deforestation and the Amazon’s blue-headed Parrot
The Amazon’s blue-headed Parrot is becoming increasingly vulnerable to deforestation across central and southern America.
NASA to develop “green rocket fuel” as it looks to cut environmental footprint
Aerospace firm appointed to undertake $45m testing phase of environmentally friendly fuels for rockets and satellites.
Climate Live: NASA to develop “green rocket fuel”, US media fail to link heatwave and climate change
NASA will spend $45m to develop alternative rocket fuels, Germany’s Chancellor Merkel to visit Canadian climate scientists but Prime Minister Harper opts out and US media drops climate change from its heatwave coverage.
Response to George Monbiot: The valuation of nature and ecosystem services is not privatization
The idea of placing a value on the environment to encourage its protection has become increasingly popular, but critics say it amounts to little more than the privatisation.
New Ocean Health Index shows “room for improvement”
New index aimed at scoring every coastal nation in the world on their contribution to the health of oceans finds a global average of 60 out of 100.
Melting over Greenland ice sheet shatters record, say scientists
Latest data shows melting over the Greenland ice sheet in 2012, has surpassed previous seasonal records – four weeks before the melting season is expected to end.