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24.02.2009, 16:13 3 comments

Global warming just an inch away

A much smaller change of mean temperatures may cause disastrous consequences, a new study into global warming said.

21.02.2009, 11:42

Floating Dutchmen tackle global warming

Melting Arctic glaciers, rising sea levels and disappearing land – these are some of the effects of global warming. But it seems that the Dutch have found how to keep afloat.

16.02.2009, 10:16 1 comment

Sleeping Policemen wake up to global warming

They are the bane of Britain’s motorists, but after an environmentally- friendlier makeover, speed bumps look set to be the latest asset in the rush for renewables.

A Russian man walks through downtown Moscow on December 16, 2009. Temperatures in Russia's capital city have dropped to -22 celsius (-11 fahrenheit) (AFP PHOTO / Natalia Kolesnikova) 17.12.2009, 08:57 5 comments

Copenhagen strives to forge climate change agreement

President Dmitry Medvedev is preparing to join over a hundred leaders at the UN Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen, which was stalled for nine-hours on Wednesday due to wrangles over the text to be used for the talks.

08.12.2009, 13:08 4 comments

Skeptics challenge Copenhagen global warming summit

While the UN Secretary General has told the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen that mankind is primarily to blame for global warming, 150 scientists have signed an open letter demanding hard evidence for that.

A page of the British newspaper Financial Times showing (L to R) US President Barack Obama, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (AFP Photo / Attila Kisbenedek) 15.12.2009, 17:02 6 comments

Political theater warms up Copenhagen climate summit

As the UN climate change conference enters its second week, delegates are trying to reduce the heat between representatives of the developed and developing economies, as well as the protesters.

07.12.2009, 21:10 2 comments

Global warning: Greenhouse issue on the table

The United Nations climate change conference has gotten under way in the Danish capital Copenhagen Monday.

Greenpeace demonstration in Parliament Square in Copenhagen (AFP Photo / Adrian Dennis) 15.12.2009, 19:00 2 comments

Climate change talks shouldn’t turn into witch hunt – Medvedev

President Medvedev has said that talks on a new climate treaty that are underway in Copenhagen should not lead to a “witch hunt”. He said there has been unfair pressure put on countries rich in hydrocarbons.

RIA Novosti 21.07.2010, 10:17 2 comments

Putin calls for “firmer control” as Russia's deadly drought continues

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has placed his First Deputy in charge of monitoring progress against a heat wave and drought that has devastated agriculture in the country.

AFP Photo / Leon Neal 29.03.2009, 06:25

London protest sparks fears of riots

Some 35,000 protesters have marched in London prior to next week's G-20 economic summit in the city.

Environmentalists and Captains of Capitalism – allies at last?

Published: 16 March, 2009, 19:42


Last week, thousands of scientists gathered in Copenhagen to prove that their worst-case scenario models for climate change are being realized. Yet there are still those who remain skeptical of the data.

 
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