Global Warming and Climate Change News

Trade, climate change top APEC agenda.
Sunday November 12th 2006, 10:00 pm

Trade, climate change and North Korea will be on the table as leaders from Asia Pacific countries meet in Vietnam this week.



Kids walk to Moon and back in climate campaign.
Sunday November 12th 2006, 10:00 pm

Children in nine countries have walked further than to the Moon and back as part of a campaign to cut the use of cars widely blamed for stoking global warming. [News Source]

How the wrong sort of radio adds to C02 emissions.
Sunday November 12th 2006, 10:00 pm

Digital broadcasting is increasing the threat of global warming by pumping massive amounts of extra carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, official figures suggest. [News Source]

Kenyan nomads facing ‘climate change genocide’.
Sunday November 12th 2006, 8:00 pm

Now facing severe and frequent droughts, Turkana pastoralists are in danger of extinction by global warming. [News Source]

EU eyes new gases, trading periods for CO2 scheme.
Sunday November 12th 2006, 8:00 pm

The European Commission launched on Monday a review of its carbon dioxide emissions trading scheme, the centrepiece of the bloc's efforts to comply with the Kyoto Protocol on combating global warming. [News Source]

Analysis-U.N. climate fight seen more flexible after 2012.
Sunday November 12th 2006, 8:00 pm

A U.N.-led fight against global warming is likely to be more flexible after 2012 in hopes of enlisting outsiders such as the United States and China, delegates at U.N. climate talks say. [News Source]

UK’s PM Blair to unveil law package.
Sunday November 12th 2006, 8:00 pm

Tony Blair will put security and climate change at the top of the last legislative agenda of his premiership this week, seeking to cement a positive legacy that looks set to be eclipsed by Iraq. [News Source]

Bugs boom as climate busts.
Sunday November 12th 2006, 8:00 pm

A new study suggests global warming could bring a boom in bug populations. [News Source]

Government to push for ‘new Kyoto’.
Sunday November 12th 2006, 8:00 pm

Australia's push for its desired "new Kyoto" at a major climate change conference in Africa will be hobbled from the start because it has not ratified the Kyoto Protocol on easing global warming, critics warn. [News Source]

Canada’s waters threatened, report says.
Sunday November 12th 2006, 8:00 pm

A new report warns that even modest global warming will reduce flows in the Great Lakes and the Athabasca River enough to crimp hydro-electricity production in Ontario and oil sands development in Alberta. [News Source]

IEA’s Mandil says post-Kyoto now more important
Sunday November 12th 2006, 8:00 pm

The International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday post-Kyoto efforts have become a more important issue than the current UN-led scheme, as it seeks to persuade governments already struggling to meet current targets to invest in a low carbon future. [News Source]