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Uganda sliding freely to climatic tragedy
In rising seal levels and expanding deserts in ravaged rain forest like Mabira and mushrooming slums Uganda, just like the rest of the world, is already experiencing human and environmental degradation with catastrop...
Renewable energy potential
A new target to generate 50 per cent of Scotland's electricity from renewables by 2020, with an interim target of 31 per cent by 2011, has been set. The Scottish Government's previous renewable target was 40 per cent by ...
Powering your home with renewable energy
For centuries, fossil fuels have been the primary sources supplying most of the energy needs of industrialized society.
Australia's New Prime Minister Commits to Kyoto
Old rockers never die � in Australia they take to running the country. Less than a week after electing a new Labor Prime Minister, the country's cultural and social revolution gathered pace when two children of the Sixti...
Why the climate change wolf is so hard to kill off
Martin Wolf writes in the Financial Times: The point of the story of the boy who cried wolf is that, finally, a wolf did appear. I feel the same way about the intellectual heirs of Thomas Malthus. Malthusians have finall...
New Representative Council
The IEMA has introduced a number of key governance changes during the last 12 months - the aim being to modernise the governance structure and make it more responsive to the Institute's growing organisation. The changes ...
Wooden It Be Good? Challenges for Wood Energy
The use of wood energy can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and can contribute to poverty reduction, FAO said today. But the agency warned that the use of wood for fuel can result in deforestation or forest degradat...
Friends of the Earth Supportive of Clear Report from IPCC
Friends of the Earth International climate campaigner Joseph Zacune said: "The IPCC has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that we are facing an emergency situation and that tackling climate change is critical if we are t...
IPCC Synthesis Report Published
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has published the final part of its Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) 'Climate Change 2007'.
Green Fiscal Commission Launched
On 14th November the Green Fiscal Commission was launched. The objective of the Commission is to prepare the ground for a significant programme of green fiscal reform in the UK.