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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Trading filth
Recent extreme weather around the globe may have reminded people of the need to stem climate change. But it is proving very hard to get agreement on filling in the many gaps in the 1997 Kyoto
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Green groups slam Kyoto stance
A row has broken out between environment groups and the Howard Government over its stance on developing countries and the Kyoto agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.Federal Environment
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US emissions trading deal troubles EU
The US and much of Latin America have struck a landmark deal to push for full-scale trading to greenhouse gas emissions as a solution to global warming. The alliance between the developed and the
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Global warming fears over rice
Rice fields are adding gases to the atmosphere that are contributing to global warming and the destruction of the ozone layer, American scientists say. A team of researchers found that the
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A world of difference
As England endured its worst floods for 40 years this week, environmental campaigners were quick to point to a worrying global trend. Recent storms in Taiwan, Brazil and Canada, floods in the Alps,
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Italian environmental groups heavily criticise Government's new transport plan
Italy's first transport plan supplies no targets and favours road transport, the country's two leading environmental groups say.The recently-unveiled 10-year governmental transport plan pledges some
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Paddy fields produce ozone-depleting gases
Rice paddy fields emit a significant amount stratospheric ozone depleting methyl halide gases, say researchers at the University of California, Irvine (UCI).According to the study carried out through
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EU report says global warming could benefit Northwest Europe, but is bad news for southern and eastern areas
The first climate impact assessment report for the European Union has painted a gloomy picture for poorer European regions in the east and south, but cites some positive benefits for the Northwest.
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Ireland commits to reducing livestock numbers by 2010 to cut methane production
The Irish Government has published its Climate Control Strategy, which it describes as ambitious and far-reaching, and includes features such as a substantial cut in the number of livestock by 2010
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US fails to curb CO2 increases
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced that CO2 emissions increased 1.3%, and all greenhouse houses gases by 0.8% in 1999.The Department of Energy has announced that CO2 emissions increased