Climate Change

Low carbon, high growth: Latin American responses to climate change - an overview

In the midst of the most severe global financial crisis in decades, the World Bank today urged the international community to look to Latin America for innovative solutions to avert a climate crisis.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2009
Augusto de la Torre, Pablo Fajnzylber, John Nash
The World Bank
Tags:
Ecosystems, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Climate Impacts, Climate Mitigation, Energy, Fossil Fuels, South America, Developing Countries
Climate Change

Agricultural impact of climate change: a general equilibrium analysis with special reference to Southeast Asia

Capitalizing on the most recent worldwide estimates of the impacts of climate change on agricultural production, this paper assesses the economic effects of climate change for Southeast Asian countries through 2080. The results suggest that the aggregate impacts of agricultural damages caused by climate change on the global economy are moderate.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2009
Fan Zhai, Juzhong Zhuang
Asian Development Bank Institute
Tags:
Agriculture, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Trade, Climate Impacts, Economy, Asia
Climate Change

Chilling facts: the big supermarket refrigeration scandal

Supermarket refrigeration is making a worrying contribution to climate change. About one quarter of the carbon footprint of supermarkets comes from the cooling gases used in their refrigeration systems

Publication Date: 
01/02/2009
F. Walravens, J. Hailes
Environmental Investigation Agency
Tags:
Carbon Dioxide, Ozone Layer, CFCs, Climate Change, Global Warming, Energy Efficiency, United Kingdom (UK)
Transport

Mitigating the risk of climate change by reducing travel by light duty vehicles

From a greenhouse gas point of view, there are numerous chances for implementing measures that both reduce VKT and CO2e emissions, while yielding net increases in consumer utility. These interventions will need to be massively scaled-up, particularly in the cities of the rapidly urbanizing parts

Publication Date: 
01/02/2009
Walter Hook
OECD
Tags:
Carbon Dioxide, Light Duty Vehicle, Climate Mitigation, Transport, Urban Transport, Highways, High Capacity Bus, Parking Policy, Congestion Pricing, OECD
Transport

EU Official Data Show Car CO2 Trends

The average emissions from new cars registered in the EU in 2007 amounted to 158g CO2/km, 15.1% below the 1995 starting point of 186 g CO2/km7. The emission level dropped by 1.23% from 2004 to 2005, by 0.6% from 2005 to 2006 and by 1.25% from 2006 to 2007. The EU25 average mass in 2005 was 1357kg, 1372 kg in 2006 and 1382kg in 2007 (1380kg for the EU-27).

Publication Date: 
01/02/2009
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Air Pollution Control, Vehicular Pollution, Carbon Dioxide, Diesel, Vehicular Standards, Transport, Cars, Statistics, European Union (EU), Vehicles
Climate Change

Rising CO2, climate change, and public health: Exploring the links to plant biology

Although the issue of anthropogenic climate forcing and public health is widely recognized, one fundamental aspect has remained underappreciated: the impact of climatic change on plant biology and the well-being of human systems. The authors aimed to critically evaluate the extant and probable links between plant function and human health, drawing on the pertinent literature.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
01/02/2009
Lewis H. Ziska, Paul R. Epstein, William H. Schlesinger
Environmental Health Perspectives
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Agriculture, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Vector Borne Diseases, Pesticide Use, Toxicology, Food Security, Diseases
Environment

 The great rush

Bush hurries to give industry a parting gift: licence to pollute By the time Barack Obama takes charge as US president on January 20, his predecessor George W Bush would have weakened a number of environmental rules. Bush is known for his anti-environment policies, and his team is working overtime to unbound industry of environmental regulations. According to The Washington Post, 90 new rules

Publication Date: 
30/01/2009
Sunita Dubey
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Thermal Power Plants, Wildlife, Legislation, United States Of America (US)
Climate Change

 With a trace of Molybdenum

Tropical forests can capture carbon FORESTS hold the centrestage in climate change. They can reduce carbon emissions up to 10-20 per cent of what has been projected by 2050. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has said that the greatest potential for carbon capture exists within tropical forests. Based on this assumption, there are plans to offset the build-up of atmospheric

Publication Date: 
30/01/2009
Kirtiman Awasthi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forests, Soil Capability, Chemical Fertilisers, Tropical Forests, Carbon Dioxide, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), Climate Change, Carbon Capture and Storage, Micro Organisms
Climate Change

Drought, Heat Killing Trees In Western N.America

Date: 23-Jan-09
Country: US
Author: Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor

WASHINGTON - Trees in the western United States and Canada are dying twice as quickly as they did just 30 years ago, with rising average temperatures almost certainly to blame, researchers reported on Thursday.

Publication Date: 
23/01/2009
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Forest Fires, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Natural Disasters, Drought, N C America
Climate Change

Changes in the phase of the annual cycle of surface temperature

The annual cycle in the Earth

Publication Date: 
22/01/2009
A. R. Stine, P. Huybers, I. Y. Fung
Nature
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435
Tags:
Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Climate Science

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