Community News Environment newsThe International Energy Agency has recently reported that 2010 was a record year for carbon dioxide emissions. Against this background many are playing down expectation that COP 17 (The UN mediated Conference of the Parties) scheduled for Durban at the end of November will achieve any real progress towards a binding international agreement on emissions. Greg [...]
Read MoreA new analysis commissioned in the wake of the climate gate affair a to review temperature data has concluded that the increase in land temperatures are real. The work was carried out by a group part funded by climate sceptics who have claimed that anomalies such as the heat island effect of large cities had inflated [...]
Read MoreThe Environmental Audit Committee and Energy and Change Committee are calling for evidence on the review of Feed in Tariffs for small-scale Solar Voltaic (PV) renewable energy recently announced by DECC.You can make your submission simply by following this link . Friends of the Earth have threatened to mount a legal challenge but the case for [...]
Read MoreReuters has just reported that EU Finance ministers on Tuesday signed off on more than 4 billion euros in short-term funding to help developing countries adapt to climate change and curb emissions — even as they met to grapple with Europe’s debt crisis. However some suspect a little sleight of hand as it appears that at [...]
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