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A report unveiled in London today assesses for the first time the human costs of climate change, both now and in the future. “Human Impact Report: Climate Change — The Anatomy of a Silent Crisis” was produced by the Global Humanitarian Forum. The study was reviewed by international experts including Rajendra
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World business leaders assembled in Denmark today presented “The Copenhagen Call” urging adoption of an “ambitious and effective global climate treaty” at this December’s international climate talks in Copenhagen. The call was released at the end of the World Business Summit on Climate Change. “Sustainable economic progress requires stabilising
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The Climate Group is one of six partners supporting the World Business Summit on Climate Change to be held in Copenhagen starting Saturday. The Climate Group is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that works with government and business leaders to advance smart policies and technologies for cutting global greenhouse gas emissions
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An international project is setting up the world’s first carbon measuring and modelling system to help mitigate the effects of climate change, boost carbon trading and verify whether carbon-offsetting initiatives really work. The two-year “Carbon benefits” project has €6.7 million in funding from the Global Environment Facility and
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England’s most famous lakes such as Windermere and Grasmere are facing serious threats from climate change, non-native species and pollution from farming and sewage, and need urgent action to protect and restore them for future generations, said Lord Chris Smith, Chairman of the Environment Agency. Lord Smith announced that
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Climate change poses the biggest global health threat of the 21st century, according to a new report launched jointly by The Lancet and University College London (UCL). Lead author Anthony Costello of the UCL Institute for Global Health says that failure to act will result in an intergenerational injustice sparking
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US and Canadian researchers say they have laid to rest a controversial hypothesis that said changes in the sun — rather than man-made greenhouse gas emissions — are causing global warming. The finding is based on a model developed by Peter Adams of Carnegie Mellon University and Jeff Pierce from Dalhousie University
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Linguists at The University of Nottingham are undertaking a £190,000, two-year study on the use of climate change-related terms in the tradition media and cyberspace. The research aims to understand how complex scientific concepts such as climate change are communicated to the public, and how media-driven “hype to cynicism”
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Despite rising annual losses from extreme weather, Reuters reports that global reinsurance company Munich Re says it’s still possible — “at the right price” — to insure any region of the world against the catastrophic effects of climate change. According to the firm, losses from natural disasters totaled more than a
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Only 38 per cent of the FTSE 350 companies that report their climate change activity to the Carbon Disclosure Project say they’ve analysed the impact of climate change risks to their investors, according to a new report by Acclimatise. “Building Business Resilience to Inevitable Climate Change,” a report sponsored
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Companies planning to deal with the effects of climate change need to do more than adapt their products and services — they should also consider how a changing climate will affect their staff and the jobs they do, according to a report from the Trades Union Congress (TUC). “Changing Work in
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The Department for Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (Defra) today said it’s launching a five-year, £11 million study into the effects of climate change on Britain’s seas. Scientists have warned that rising ocean acidity driven by increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide could affect has the food chain.