On top of driving up food prices and thus exacerbating world hunger, the production of ethanol degrades the soil and requires the use of large amounts of fuel, fertilizer, pesticides and water. Let’s get The Global Warming Policy Forum de-listed as a science website. We conduct high-level research on climate change and related global challenges. [22] Bob Ward said that the graph was contrary to the true measurements, and that by leaving out the temperature trend during the 20th century, the graph obscured the fact that 8 of the 10 hottest years on record have occurred this century. It's a shame that some of the sceptics have had to take this rather shallow attempt to discredit robust science undertaken by some of the world's most respected scientists. The report also stresses the importance of water and land management. These extremes, like the recent droughts in the US and Russia, will be increasingly reoccurring. (, This analysis of the UN's 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report calls the document "remarkably conservative," making its conclusion – that human activity is "very likely" causing global warming – all the more surprising. The United Nations Environmental Programme released a report on investments that will facilitate the transition to a low carbon economy. The aftermath of the storm shows clearly how decisions such as “dirty energy” bring “dirty weather”, and the policy stance taken by the candidates will have considerable impact on the impending election. The recording also reveals how the consensus building mechanisms of the UN process - the IPCC - was disregarded by a handful of state leaders, illustrating the stalemate between industrialized and industrializing nations.

(, The second installment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) study warns that the effects of global warming may range from the "immediate threat" of food and water insecurity to "irreversible and abrupt changes such as the melting of the Greenland ice sheet."

Firstly, leaders should base policies on sound scientific knowledge. The Australian Climate Change Minister, Penny Wong, is going today to Beijing to serve as a "bridge" between developed and developing countries. Although the research is not comprehensive enough to affirm whether the climate change affecting the fisheries was caused by humans, the socio-economic consequences of long term trends in climate change cannot be discounted. Existing spatial…, Coastal flood risk reduction (CFRR) presents a significant public funding challenge, due to its high upfront costs and long-term benefits, and…, A sustainability transition in line with achieving global climate goals requires the implementation of win-win strategies (WWS), i.e.

Uganda and Ethiopia are the only two countries where the UN works with the government to address the impact of climate change. The Arctic’s silent drama should serve as a warning sign for what will happen if “we” – that is, the world’s inhabitants – do not succeed in curbing down our greenhouse-gas emissions decisively.

First, in 2009 US energy industries launched major campaigns casting doubts on the severity of human-induced global warming. Note that this article is adapted from my original Twitter thread on the subject. They are only sceptical about what they don’t want to be true. (, Researchers find that cutting down on the excessive quantities of meat consumed in our daily diets will significantly reduce the amount of harmful greenhouse gases released. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond fair use, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. They also argue that as women possess significant "generational knowledge" on local agriculture and safety, it would be extremely beneficial to include women in community decision making.

The UN is promoting “public-private partnerships” that would also look into adaptation for countries already experiencing the effects of climate change. [24] His report The Climategate Inquiries was published in September 2010.[25]. A solution must not only include better energy technologies, but reduced consumption and energy use. However, in 2014 the Charity Commission rightly stepped in to stop this, explaining that: The (Foundation) website could not be regarded as a comprehensive and structured educational resource sufficient to demonstrate public benefit. (Global Research), This Bank report discusses the consequences of climate change -- especially on developing countries.

The first would tax only wholesale foreign exchange transactions and the other a tax on private financial assets under management of commercial banks, considered "anonymous wealth." Biodiversity loss poses a significant threat to the planet unless immediate action is taken. But critics say that the report lacks a purpose and that governments need to reduce emissions below current levels by 2030. Tuvalu's sustainable development projects include "new solar streetlights, composting toilets, wind projects, a biodiesel plan using coconut palm, and horticultural training to help reduce dependence on imported foods." The studies warn that the IPCC's "dire forecasts" of increased drought and other natural disasters are "likely understating the threat facing the world." In this op-ed piece, Noam Chomsky explains why he believes this to be so. Governments are reluctant to take steps nationally for converting to a low carbon economy from fear of having an unfair competitive advantage compared to countries pursuing “business-as-usual”. Millions of people cannot afford essential foodstuffs, especially in countries such as Eritrea and Sierra Leone, where 85 to 88 percent of income, goes to food. Finance will be key in these talks. (, Supporters of biofuels claim that the fuels allow poorer countries to cut carbon emissions and reduce their dependence on imported oil. It's just going to be a way of pumping material into the debate that hasn't been through scrutiny".

As UN talks on climate change conclude in Bangkok with mixed feelings on financial commitments and an extension of the Kyoto Protocol, Oxfam’s latest report sheds light on just how big an impact climate change is predicted to have on global food prices. (, In the weeks leading up to the 2007 G8 summit – where climate change will be a key issue – a series of authoritative studies have revealed a much faster rate of global warming than that predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 2007 assessment. The peer-review process is as robust as it could possibly be.

Climate models that ignore extreme weather events can have severe consequences. A new report from the Global Warming Policy Foundation reveals that there have been dramatic falls in climate-related mortality over the last 30 years. Capitalist markets, based on inequality and championed by self-interested rent-seekers, do more harm than good. This, As part of Washington's ongoing effort to undermine the June G8 summit declaration on global warming, the US intends to block all references to the urgency of climate change. Peiser said GWPF does not receive funding "from people with links to energy companies or from the companies themselves. Gulf governments have not signed up to binding emissions cuts under the new commitments. See Andrew Harmsworth’s tweet below on how to suggest a change — as far as I know if enough people do this, it will force the change upon the organisation. A WHO assessment of disease and climate change, suggests that warming that has occurred since the 1970s has caused more than 140,000 excess deaths annually. This will require huge investments in infrastructure to ensure that people’s mobility is preserved. (, The idea of funding renewable energy sources or planting trees to offset carbon emissions has become increasingly popular among corporations and consumers. (, The American Enterprise Institute (AEI), an ExxonMobil-funded thinktank with close ties to the Bush administration, offered scientists US$10,000 each to undermine the findings of the UN's 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report. Some hope that this kind of action will influence the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December 2009. "If you look at the emails, there isn't any evidence that the data was falsified and there's no evidence that climate change is a hoax. ", This report argues that biofuels are not the "magic elixir" in the quest for renewable energy sources. The Global Warming Policy Forum (GWPF) UK News; UK News. Arguing that "catastrophes are not democratic" and will do more damage to developing countries near the equator, this, Faced with the increasing threat of climate change, scientists have begun researching geoengineering techniques – such as "space mirrors" that deflect energy from the sun or marine algae that "sucks carbon out of the atmosphere" – to reduce global warming. In order to turn the tide on this issue, an alternate economic system is required.

The activists underscore the link between global warming and poverty, and state that the 2007 G8 summit must address both simultaneously "for there to be real improvement in [the] living conditions" of the world's poorest people. The pact would force all nations to cut emissions of heat-trapping gases starting in 2020. Scientists have found insect metabolism speeds up with heat and they eat more. The authors account for the administrative and political feasibility of their proposed taxes, and argue that on a moral ground, such taxes reflect a polluter pays principle and as well focus on trillions of dollars that sit in off-shore banks almost entirely untaxed. Many of the palm tree farms are receiving subsidies from the UN and other international organizations, as they theoretically reduce carbon emissions. Climate negotiations are in deep trouble. Bob Ward, the policy and communications director at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics, commented: In accounts filed at the beginning of 2011 with the Charities Commission and at Companies House, it was revealed that only £8,168 of the £503,302 the Foundation received as income, from its founding in November 2009 until the end of July 2010, came from membership contributions. (, This article criticizes the effect of industrial agriculture on global food security. Furthermore, critics fear people will view voluntary offsets as permission to continue to pollute. [12] Subsequent investigations did not support this view. The world's largest rain forest soaks up more than one-quarter of the planet's atmospheric carbon.

[8] GWPF states that it is "deeply concerned about the costs and other implications of many of the policies currently being advocated" to address climate change and that it aims to "bring reason, integrity and balance to a debate that has become seriously unbalanced, irrationally alarmist, and all too often depressingly intolerant". German scientists suggest that a special institution, "World Climate Bank," organize and monitor the buying and selling of emissions and emission certificates. (, An international poll reveals "widespread agreement" that "steps should be taken to address climate change." (The Guardian), The 2012 World Energy Outlook report provides a grave depiction of our energy future. She supports Kofi Annan's call for urgent action and the end of weak leadership. The Carterest Islanders of Papua New Guinea may become the world’s first climate refugees as their land could be submerged as early as 2015. The author points out that a few large corporations have patented or genetically modified most of the plants humans rely on for their basic needs. However, large energy companies are not fulfilling their commitments to invest in alternate energy technologies due to the lack of profits in this area. As a result, the Global Warming Policy Forum (as opposed to the Foundation) was created as the “campaigning arm” of the organisation. Billions of people across the world might become refugees as a result of climate change. (May 26, 2009), The Istanbul Water Consensus (March 19, 2009), Subprime Carbon?