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Ban Ki-moon: 40 days and 40 nights to ensure Rio+20 is success
UN Secretary-General calls for progress on draft agenda before summit to maximise results of summit.
India and EU on collision course at climate change talks over rich/poor firewall
As nations prepare to gather in Bonn next week, an argument is brewing over the respective treatment of developing and developed countries.
Photo of the week #17 – Greenland’s disappearing glaciers
This week’s photo of the week shows the implications of glacier melt in Greenland on rising sea levels.
Climate Curate: Thursday 10th May 2012
The latest environmental, climate change and green news gathered every day by the RTCC Climate Curate.
Weddell Sea region in West Antarctic could be on brink of change
Two new studies show the Weddell Sea sector of the West Antarctic ice sheet – previously regarded as stable – could be a region of great concern in the future.
Countdown to Rio+20: VIDEO Big-hitters bemoan lack of action
The head of UNEP and the Secretary Generals of Rio ’92 and Rio+10 joins other senior figures in praising the achievements of the seminal conference, but call for more action in this Regeneration Project video.
PODCAST: Realising the potential for the CDM in Africa
In the tenth in the series of UNFCCC CDM Radio Club reports RTCC is hosting, the UNFCCC’s Irini Roumboglou talks to a project developer about a waste-to-energy project in Cote d’Ivoire.
Burke’s Blog #1: UK energy guru on why nuclear is not the answer
In the first of a series with RTCC, Tom Burke, founding director of sustainability consultancy E3G and a former executive director of Friends of the Earth, explains why he believes nuclear power must not be pursued.
Climate Curate: Wednesday 9th May 2012
The latest environmental, climate change and green news gathered every day by the RTCC Climate Curate.
Countdown to Rio+20: George Bush Senior starts 20 years of stalemate
George Bush Senior told the Earth Summit in 1992 that his country would be the “world leader” in environmental protection, but look a little closer and the next 20 years of US policy can be seen under the surface.
EU and poorest nations re-pledge climate ambition
EU and the poorest nations meet ahead of the Bonn talks to re-pledge their ambition but could finance be the real deal breaker on the road to Doha?
Emergency round of Rio+20 talks called after negotiators run out of time
Two-week long second round of talks could only agree on 21 of 420 paragraphs.
Will Obama run a green election campaign?
As both the President and his staff speak out about climate change, how green will Obama’s election campaign be?
UN climate change chief sets out five goals for next negotiations
Figueres says November’s summit in Doha must build on Durban’s momentum ahead of preparatory meeting next week.
Connecting the climate change dots in pictures
RTCC picks some of its favourite pictures from this weekend’s Climate Impacts events.
Climate Curate: Tuesday 8th May 2012
The latest environmental, climate change and green news gathered every day by the RTCC Climate Curate.
John Ashton: We can use China to drive global clean-tech growth
The Foreign Office’s chief climate change official urges private sector to use China as an ‘incubator’ for clean-technology development.
Is the Philippines’ climate law the best in the world?
UN Special Envoy calls the Philippines’ climate laws the “best in the world” but what is in the laws to give them this status?
Countdown to Rio+20: How has the world changed in 20 years?
The challenges facing policy makers at this summer’s Rio+20 have evolved significantly since 1992. RTCC looks though the major changes in the world from cattle stock growth to cattle class passengers via climate change and urbanisation.
Greenland’s glaciers contributing less to sea level rise than thought
Glaciers have “sped up” and contribution to sea level rise still significant but data shows we’re not on track for worst case scenario.