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Experts Meet on Adaptation
A three-day United Nations-sponsored workshop has concluded after participants exchanged information and policy recommendations on climate change adaptation measures.
First Major Wind Project Approved By New Scottish
ScottishPower Renewables Managing Director, Keith Anderson, said: "We are delighted to have received planning consent. Construction is scheduled to start in spring 2008, with the first turbine scheduled to arrive in earl...
Greens Throw Down Gauntlet in the UK
Politicians should slash the motorway speed limit to just 55mph if they are serious about their commitment to climate change, the Green party said today.
India: Cost of dealing with climate change: 2% of GDP
The development projects India is undertaking to reduce impacts of climate change is already cutting into its GDP. In 2006-07, India used 2.17% of its GDP on projects that will help communities adapt to climate change an...
Cooperation with Civil Society Key to Climate Challenge
Top United Nations officials underscored the necessity of the partnership between the world body and civil society in addressing climate change at a non-governmental organization (NGO) conference which kicked off in New...
FT & CITI Environment Awards Shortlist
The judges of the FT and Citi Private Bank inaugural environmental awards taking place on Wednesday 19 September have today released details of the companies entering the awards.
Timing running out for polar bears
A new report on the fate of polar bears in a world of climate change predicts disaster for one of the world's most charismatic species, the global conservation organization WWF said today.
Sustainability Literacy – The New Skills Set
The three �Rs' are making a comeback in our universities. But far from meaning �reading, writing and arithmetic', they now stand for �reducing, reusing and recycling'. In place of old-fashioned literacy, we have a new go...
Sustainable Consumption Institute – Tesco Backed
Supermarket giant Tesco yesterday officially launched the Sustainable Consumption Institute, a �25 million investment that will bring together researchers to tackle climate change and investigate green consumption.
Met Office Hadley Centre – Integrated Climate Programme
On Tuesday, the UK's Met Office Hadley Centre launched its new five-year Integrated Climate Programme (ICP), which will combine for the first time the requirements of Defra and the MoD for information on climate change.