State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing
Climate Change
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Spain's new national water plan sparks widespread controversy
Spain's newly-presented National Hydrological Plan, which aims to distribute water evenly throughout the country, has met with heavy criticism from water-rich regions and environmentalists. The most
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UK and Germany call on developed nations to face up to their climate control responsibilities
The UK and Germany have set out their common aim to see the Kyoto Protocol enter into force by 2002, and call on developed nations to show leadership by taking domestic action.Michael Meacher, UK
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Conservatives and Lib-Dems would replace Climate Change Levy
According to new policy documents published by both parties in UK, the Conservatives would introduce targeted incentives and tradable emissions permits as a system for protecting air quality, whilst
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Canada's greenhouse gas emissions shoot above target
New government figures show that greenhouse gas emissions in 1998 were 19% above the level set under the Kyoto Protocol, placing Canada's targets in severe doubt. Environment Canada, the federal
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As the Earth's ice cover melts, it brings floods and famine
If any explorers had been hiking to the North Pole this summer, they would have had to swim the last few miles. The discovery of open water in the Ple by an icebreaker cruise ship in mid-August
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El Nino affecting carbon dioxide
The periodic El Nino warming of the Pacific Ocean also reduces the amount of carbon dioxide in the air -- a condition some say contributes to global warming, according to a study being published in
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Seoul resists international pressure to commit to reducing CO2 emissions
As international negotiations on climate change accelerate under the mantle of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, pressure on Seoul, the world's 11th largest emitter of carbon dioxide, is increasing.
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Data suggests long-term warming
An international team of scientists sifting through historical records has found unusual evidence of long-term global warming:Many lakes and rivers in the Northern Hemisphere typically freeze over a
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Forests and warming
As forests fire rage in the American West, a link between forests and global cooling may not be immediately apparent. But limiting the emission of carbon dioxide into the air from fuel burning
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Ford to pull out of global climate group
Ford Motor Co. said it was quitting the Global Climate Coalition because the industry funded lobbying group was standing in the way of the automaker's own efforts to make progress on the environment.