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Climate Change and Urban Children – IIED Report
This paper discusses the probable impacts for children of different ages from the increasing risk of storms, flooding, landslides, heat waves, drought and water supply constraints that climate change is likely to bring t...
WWF – Climate Change: Faster, Stronger, Sooner
In this report, the WWF presents a range of evidence highlighting that global warming is accelerating at a faster rate than climate change experts had previously predicted.
DfT Consultation on Biofuels
Transport Minister Andrew Adonis is seeking opinions on proposals for taking a more cautious approach to biofuels, as part of the Government's response to concerns about the indirect environmental and social impacts of ...
World is facing a natural resources crisis worse than financial crunch
The world is heading for an "ecological credit crunch" far worse than the current financial crisis because humans are over-using the natural resources of the planet, an international study warns today.
UK unveils CO2 footprint standard
A new standard that allows UK firms to measure the size of their goods' carbon footprints has been launched.
An energy generating democracy – developing successful low carbon economies
The LGA has produced their latest policy paper on climate change, proposing that government set up a national energy loans fund that offers home-owners interest free loans, backed by a second charge on their property re...
Supermarkets come in from cold as part of low carbon revolution
It was a small but chilling symbol of 20th century consumerism. Obsessed with choice and convenience at any cost, supermarkets for years refused to put doors on fridges because they might get in the way of customers reac...
Technology Strategy Board Backs Low Carbon Cars
The Technology Strategy Board aims to have 100 ultra low carbon demonstration vehicles on UK roads by the end of 2009, as part of a �10 million project with the Department of Transport to develop greener cars.
Planning Bill to include climate change amendments
In a last minute u-turn the government has tabled amendments to the Planning Bill outlining a legal duty for national policy statements (NPSs) to consider climate change.
Designing waste facilities : a key guide to modern design
Defra in partnership with the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), have produced guidance on the design of waste facilities: "Designing Waste Facilities, a key guide to modern design in waste".