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2012 Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development next June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and president of the Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice, talks about climate change, how it affects the lives of the world's most vulnerable people - especially women, in countries all over Africa - and steps being taken to make climate change a human rights issue. #UNFCCC
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Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) May 15, 2012 - "These species have migrated upwards, but sooner or later the mountain reaches its summit," explains researcher and biologist Ulf Molau. "Many alpine plant species are disappearing from mountain ranges in Southern Europe, and for some of them - those that are only found in a single mountain range - the outlook is extremely bleak.".... 
"The implications of our research are profound"
New research from the UK and Australia suggests that changes in the ocean's chemistry, as a result of global warming, could threaten organisms such as marine plankton to a greater extent than previously thought. 
Confidential memo seen by Guardian calls for climate sceptics to turn American public against solar and wind power... A network of ultra-conservative groups is ramping up an offensive on multiple fronts to turn the American public against wind farms and Barack Obama's energy agenda. 
Dating back to 1895, never has the U.S. strung together 12 straight months warmer than May 2011 to April 2012 according to new data released today by NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) . 
New York, NY (SPX) May 07, 2012 - Plants are leafing out and flowering sooner each year than predicted by results from controlled environmental warming experiments, according to data from a major new archive of historical observatio... 
Figueres says November’s summit in Doha must build on Durban’s momentum ahead of preparatory meeting next week. Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the UNFCCC, also laid out five targets for the next talks to continue the work done in South Africa last year. 
Luanda (AFP) May 6, 2012 - A drought is threatening Angola's already modest food production, in a setback for efforts to revive once-vibrant farmlands abandoned during decades of war. BOSTON -- The massive flooding in Thailand last year that inundated many parts of the country may not have killed Americans. But it hit millions of Americans' pockets hard when the deluge shut down many hard-drive manufacturing plants in Thailand, pushing up computer prices worldwide and driving down industry revenues. 
When you click around NASA’s online flood maps you can instantly view impacts on the world’s coastal communities. A single meter increase soaks Alexandria and Basra, and rattles the nerves of eastern Saudi shores. Jump sea levels 20 meters and Bahrain becomes an atoll, southern Iraq is submerged, and all of Cairo becomes beachfront property. 
Plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted in response to climate change, research in the United States showed on Wednesday, which could have devastating knock-on effects for food chains and ecosystems. 
Loss of biodiversity appears to impact ecosystems as much as climate change, pollution and other major forms of environmental stress, according to a new study. 
There is no real debate, the truth is becoming abundantly clear, climate change will devastate the world economy through drought, flood, famine, and population displacement if we do not take bold steps to mitigate and adjust. There will be no winners; whether you believed in climate change or not, will not matter. http://summitcountyvoice.com/2012/05/01/op-ed-global-warming-denial-a-dangerous-course/#more-41717 |
Study of tree rings, corals and ice cores finds unnatural spike in temperatures that lines up with manmade climate change... The last 60 years have been the hottest in Australasia for a millennium and cannot be explained by natural causes, according to a new report by scientists that supports the case for a reduction in manmade carbon emissions. 
In the first study of its kind in Australasia, scientists have used 27 natural climate records to create the first large-scale temperature reconstruction for the region over the last 1000 years. 
- Environment - GOOD What do you do if you want to live green but have no influence on household consumption or legislation? That’s the problem that faces teenagers across the world. That is, until now. The Climate Project’s new Inconvenient Youth website is the new one-stop shop for eco-minded teens. 
- SPIEGEL ONLINE The environmental movement is losing momentum and governments around the world are ignoring their responsibility for slowing climate change. Greenpeace head Kumi Naidoo, however, remains optimistic. 
Industry giants say their case is misguided. But that isn't stopping a group of high school students from using the legal system to make environmental demands. 
Rising carbon dioxide emissions will cause a global average temperature rise of 2 degrees Celsius by 2052 and a 2.8 degree rise by 2080, as governments and markets are unlikely to do enough against climate change, the Club of Rome think tank said. 
It's Too Late For Climate-As-Usual, But Not Too Late For Life Vi CSRWire: By Frances Moore Lappé “Trying to save the planet is just a lot of nonsense because we can’t do it,” says ninety-two-year-old Professor James Lovelock, known for his “Gaiahypothesis” that the biosphere is a single living organism. Ross Gelbspan, acclaimed author of Boiling Point, tells us that “we have failed to meet nature’s deadline” and warns, “The environmental establishment continues to peddle the notion that we can solve the climate problem. We can’t.” 
- Reputation Report Producing food used to be about feeding people; today it is about cost savings and production volumes. Farmers we trusted with feeding us have traded biodiversity for monoculture; soils rich with organic matter for chemical-aided continuous production; nutrition for pest resistance. 
Innovative energy technologies are certainly essential if the world is to curb carbon emissions. But in response to a recent e360 article by the co-founders of the Breakthrough Institute, an economist argues we must also cap emissions or put a price on carbon in order to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. 
A British scientist argues that global warming could lead to a future of more intense volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. And while some dismiss his views as preposterous, he points to a body of recent research that shows a troubling link between climate change and the Earth’s most destructive geological events. http://e360.yale.edu/feature/could_a_changing_climate_set_off_volcanoes_and_quakes/2525/ 
Learning from the Octopus - Reviews - The Ecologist Did you know that the humble octopus can teach us how to prevent security threats or deal with natural catastrophes? 
To slow climate change the world will either have to put the brakes on economic growth or change the way the world's economies work, U.S. scientists say. Via SustainOurEarth 
/ IPS Inter Press Service: The legitimacy of climate science is no longer an issue. "Abnormal" weather is becoming the norm in many parts of the world. Average temperatures, precipitation and wind patterns are changing, and non-climate factors - primarily the accumulation of greenhouse gases produced from human activities - are driving this change. Find out more about the forces behind climate change, growing citizen awareness and new climate policies towards sustainable development on IPS News. http://www.ipsnews.net/climate_change/ Greenhouse gases / Kyoto Protocol / Melting glaciers / Biofuels / Species extinction / Weather extremes / Climate migrants / Carbon trading / Nuclear power (a lesser evil? |
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