The EEA report ‘Urban adaptation in Europe’ highlights the urgent need to adapt European cities to climate change and provides an overview of actions they are taking. The report provides a rich source
Downer : Australia has expressed concern for the first time that the international agenda to cut greenhouse gas emissions from 2002 could founder.It fears political resistance in the US due to the
The World Bank is planning to expand its Prototype Carbon Fund, an emissions-trading venture aimed at encouraging investment in projects to reduce greenhouse gases in developing
To celebrate Earth Day today, Mr Bill Clinton announced two new initiatives to combat global warming, warning that if ignored rising temperatures could mean more violent storms and flooding. He also
An early draft of an intently awaited report from the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change contains no surprises about the prospect of continued global warming, and comes to approximately the
For Arctic residents, signs of global warming are everywhere and already threatening the traditional way of life: thinner ice, melting permafrost and ominous visits from robins. "The old-timers . . .
An early draft of an intently awaited report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) contains no surprises about the prospect of continued global warming, and comes to approximately
The National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research in Japan has developed a new catalyst that it says is very efficient at removing nitrogen-oxide contaminants from diesel exhaust. The new
Environment ministers of the Group of Eight major powers who met in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, reaffirmed the Kyoto Protocol to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases but failed to articulate any united
Iridium declares bankruptcy and is forced to destroy its 66 satellites in space
Scientists at the Central Institute for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow, have developed a new technology that allows plants to utilise the urea present in fertilisers more
