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Carbon targets pledged at Copenhagen 'fail to keep temperature rise to 2C' (www.guardian.co.uk)
The pledges made by governments resulting from the Copenhagen climate conference are nowhere near enough to hold global temperatures to the summit's agreed goal of no more than a 2C rise, researchers... More
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The IPCC's problems have been compounded by its imperious attitude (www.guardian.co.uk)
The incorrect statement in the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that the Himalayan glaciers could completely disappear by 2035 is remarkable in many... More
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Forest conservation in U.S. climate policy: an interview with Jeff Horowitz (news.mongabay.com)
The Copehangen Accord signed in December is widely seen as a disappointment. The Accord set no binding targets for greenhouse gas emissions targets and did not even commitment to a legally binding... More
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Saving endangered species: it's the economy (www.reuters.com)
In 2010 -- the International Year of Biodiversity -- the United Nations wants efforts to slow the accelerating pace of extinctions to reach beyond nature lovers, to companies and... More
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'Glaciergate' all hot air (www.mg.co.za)
Climate scientists insist that climate change is as much a reality as ever, despite the storm that has erupted over a United Nations climb-down over the rate of glacier melt in the Himalayas. Last... More
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Sacrificing the Environment for Food Security (www.worldpoliticsreview.com)
In the aftermath of Copenhagen, many observers are lamenting the apparent unwillingness of governments to confront climate change. However, this unwillingness simply reflects an essential truth about... More
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Rainforest conservation: a year in review (news.mongabay.com)
2009 may prove to be an important turning point for tropical forests. Lead by Brazil, which had the lowest extent of deforestation since at least the 1980s, global forest loss likely declined to... More
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Climate deal cannot ignore rainforests (news.bbc.co.uk)
Delegates at the Copenhagen summit cannot afford to leave the world's rainforests outside of a global climate agreement, says Daniel Murdiyarso. In this week's Green Room, he sets out how plans to... More
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Sarkozy, African leaders seek help to save Congo rainforest (www.google.com)
rench President Nicolas Sarkozy met here Wednesday with African leaders and appealed for international help for the Congo basin, home to the world's second biggest forest. "These countries cannot on... More
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A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall (www.livingrainforest.org)
COPENHAGEN – Bob Dylan’s 1963 classic about floods and rising oceans is taking on new meaning in Copenhagen. The song has become a bit of a theme song for climate action. For the first time in its... More
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