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EASAC report warns Europe on extreme weather event increaseBrussels, Belgium (SPX) Dec 05, 2013 Europe needs to plan for future probabilities of extreme weather. Heat waves, floods and storms do not respect national frontiers, so there is a need for action at both national and EU levels. The IPCC has advised that the frequency of many types of extreme weather events will continue to grow globally in coming years. Now the national science academies of EU Member States bring into focus for the first time the scale of the challenge in Europe. Highlighting a 60% rise over the last 30 years in th ... read more |
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 Philippines typhoon survivors determined to hope Japan whaling ships leave for Antarctic hunt Europe winter storm claims 10 lives Airborne Radar Looking Through Thick Ice During NASA Polar Campaigns Hong Kong announces new air pollution index HIV cure hopes dashed for two US cancer patients | .. |
 Underestimated future climate change? New model calculations by ETH researcher Thomas Frolicher show that global warming may continue after a stoppage of CO 2 emissions. We cannot rule out the possibility that climate change is even gre ... more | .. |
 The reality behind Europe's response to climate change British cities - unlike their counterparts on the mainland - are taking the lead in making plans to curb and handle the impact of climate change. So says Diana Reckien, of Columbia University in the ... more | .. |
 Pacific region faces economic risk from climate change: ADB The Pacific region could experience economic losses of as much as 12.7 percent of annual gross domestic product by 2100 as a result of climate change, an Asian Development Bank report warns. ... more | .. |
Even if emissions stop, carbon dioxide could warm Earth for centuries Even if carbon dioxide emissions came to a sudden halt, the carbon dioxide already in Earth's atmosphere could continue to warm our planet for hundreds of years, according to Princeton University-le ... more |
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 New faultlines widen at UN climate talks Fraught UN climate talks revealed growing frustration this week among vulnerable nations and observers with the political stance of emerging economies like China and India in the battle to stave off dangerous Earth warming. ... more | .. |
 Fraught UN talks reach climate deal consensus UN negotiators agreed in fraught overtime talks Saturday on cornerstone issues of an ambitious, global climate pact to stave off dangerous Earth warming. ... more | .. |
Ministers face off on climate finance in Warsaw Rich and poor countries squared off at climate talks in Warsaw on Wednesday as UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for "much bolder" action to stave off an existential peril. ... more | .. |
Climate talks in trouble as green groups walk out Exasperated green groups walked out of faltering UN climate talks in Warsaw on Thursday as rich and poor nations bickered about who must do what to curb planet warming. ... more |
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 Repeal of Australia's carbon tax moves closer A bill to abolish an Australian carbon tax designed to combat climate change cleared parliament's lower house Thursday with the new conservative government saying "it doesn't work". ... more | .. |
 Success of climate talks vital for 2 C target Achieving a global climate agreement soon could be crucial for the objective to keep global mean temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius. The challenges of meeting the long-term target will otherwi ... more | .. |
 Paths out of uncertainty Long-term and average changes are in the focus of the discussion on climate change: globally, as the different scientific climate models all predict, it will be warmer on Earth at the end of the cen ... more | .. |
 Haiyan revives compensation row at UN climate talks The devastation wreaked by Typhoon Haiyan has become a rallying cry at UN climate talks, where the Philippines and other developing nations are demanding aid guarantees for future damage from global warming. ... more |
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Philippines storm spurs passion for poor at climate talks Negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) rarely show on the public's radar, except perhaps in the scenes of bickering over who's to blame for global warming and who will foot the bill for it. ... more | .. |
 'Missing heat' discovery prompts new estimate of global warming An interdisciplinary team of researchers say they have found 'missing heat' in the climate system, casting doubt on suggestions that global warming has slowed or stopped over the past decade. ... more | .. |
 Japan lowers carbon dioxide emissions reduction target Japan has slashed its carbon dioxide emissions reduction target. ... more | .. |
Demonstrators at Warsaw climate summit demand emission cuts Climate change demonstrators took to the streets of Warsaw during the weekend as host Poland comes under fire from critics at the U.N. COP19 climate summit. ... more |
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 Ukrainian, Russian govts looking for joint space projects Explosive growth of young star Supernova Blast Provides Clues to Age of Binary Star System Bolivia unveils ground control station for Chinese-made satellite Gilat Announces the Closing of the Sale of its Spacenet Subsidiary Fledgling supernova remnant reveals neutron star's secrets | .. |
 Japan drastically scales back greenhouse gas reduction target Japan said Friday it was dramatically scaling back its greenhouse gas reduction target after the Fukushima nuclear accident forced the country to turn to fossil-fuel burning energy sources, a move denounced by climate campaigners. ... more | .. |
 Under-fire Japans defends climate goal at UN talks The UN, Europe and the world's small island states reacted with disappointment and green groups voiced fury after Japan on Friday slashed its goal for greenhouse gas emissions. ... more | .. |
 EU, island states bitter at Japan's reduced carbon goal Europe and the world's small island nations reacted with dismay, and green groups with fury, after Japan on Friday slashed its goal for curbing carbon emissions. ... more | .. |
 2013 marked by record sea level, weather extremes: WMO Sea levels this year posted a record high, making low-lying coastal regions ever more vulnerable to extreme weather like super-storm Haiyan, the UN said Wednesday. ... more |
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 World Bank's Kim: End 'silly' debate on climate change World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said Tuesday that the deadly typhoon disaster in the Philippines should put an end to "silly" arguments denying climate change. ... more | .. |
 UN panel issues corrections for climate report UN climate scientists have issued corrections to the summary of a key report on global warming issued in September. ... more | .. |
Climate activists down forks in solidarity with Philippines Ecologists at UN climate talks in Warsaw downed forks Tuesday in a solidarity fast with the typhoon-ravaged Philippines' chief negotiator, demanding "ambitious action" to halt global warming. ... more | .. |
 UN climate talks open amid 'sobering' typhoon Nations launched a new round of talks Monday for a 2015 deal to cut Earth-warming greenhouse gas emissions, in the aftermath of a devastating Philippines typhoon the UN's climate chief labelled "sobering". ... more |
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