Posts from ‘septiembre, 2005’

Journalistic Balance as Global Warming Bias: “Despite the consistent assertions of the United Nations-sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that human activities have had a ‘discernible’ influence on the global climate and that global warming is a serious problem that must be addressed immediately, ‘he said/she said’ reporting has allowed a small group of [...]

Reuters AlertNet – EU Commissioner urges U.S. climate change rethink: “The EU approach to climate change — signing up to a cap on carbon dioxide output and allocating emission rights through a market — was lowering emissions, whereas U.S. emissions were rising.”

i-Newswire.com – Press Release And News Distribution – EU Ministers Face Up To The Challenge of Climate Change For Agriculture: “Sustainable agriculture and land-use can play a significant role in addressing climate change and still provide the economic and social benefits rural areas need, Margaret Beckett Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [...]

Foreign Policy news : Prescott attacks US record on climate change: “Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has taken a swipe at the US government for its record on tackling climate change in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans. “

Reuters AlertNet – EU pushes biofuel to fight climate change, high oil: “The European Union must increase the amount of biomass, a green fuel, in its energy mix as concerns about high oil prices and climate change mount, the EU executive said on Sunday.”

Friends of the Earth today (Monday 5th) welcomed the announcement of a new EU and China Partnership on Climate Change. The deal, announced at the bilateral summit in Beijing, China, includes concrete targets on the development and deployment of clean energy technology, and a commitment to the objectives and framework of the Kyoto Protocol.

Warning on damage from climate change: “MALTA’S Ambassador for Environmental Affairs, Michael Zammit Cutajar, has called for an innovative system of global long-term climate change commitments and responsibilities, anchored in existing international agreements”

CHAPTER TWO – CLIMATE CHANGE: THE ULTIMATE WAKE-UP CALL – [Sunday Herald]: For a system as complex as the world’s weather, it is impossible to give a definitive answer. But the evidence that global warming is making extreme storms like hurricane Katrina worse is becoming overwhelming.

Surge coalición contra el cambio climático | 2005-09-02 | La Crónica de Hoy: “Organizaciones ecologistas y humanitarias como Greenpeace, Oxfam, WWF y Amigos de la Tierra, presentaron la coalición Stop Climate Chaos (Parar el Cambio Climático)”

Cambio climático puede influir ciclones: “El recalentamiento de la Tierra puede influir en la intensidad de los ciclones tropicales (huracanes), como el devastador Katrina, y en la frecuencia de los ciclones extratropicales en zonas templadas como el Cono Sur, explicaron expertos meteorólogos mundiales.”