ENVIRONMENT
'Ten years' to solve nature crisis, UN meeting hears The UN biodiversity ...
'Ten years' to solve nature crisis, UN meeting hears
The UN biodiversity convention meeting has opened with warnings that the ongoing loss of nature is hurting human societies as well as the natural world.
The two-week gathering aims to set new targets for conserving life on Earth.
Japan's Environment Minister Ryo Matsumoto said biodiversity loss would become irreversible unless curbed soon.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11563513
IPCC aims for clarity and relevance in new report Providing information that...
IPCC aims for clarity and relevance in new report
Providing information that policymakers can use is key to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as workbegins on its next global assessment.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11551943
UN: Efforts to Save Ozone Layer a Success A new report released on Thursday...
UN: Efforts to Save Ozone Layer a Success
A new report released on Thursday says international efforts to protect the ozone layer are a success and have stopped additional ozone losses. The joint World Meteorological Organization and U.N. Environment Program report is the first comprehensive update in four years.
UK biofuels 'falling short' on environmental standards The Renewable Fuels ...
UK biofuels 'falling short' on environmental standards
The Renewable Fuels Agency says it is disappointed that the vast majority of biofuels sold on UK forecourts do not conform to environmental standards.
The body said fuel suppliers were meeting legally binding volume targets but some were falling "well short" on achieving voluntary green standards.
But since biofuels have had to be mixed into forecourt fuel, there had been a reduction in emissions, it added.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11112837
Climate change 'partly to blame' for sweltering Moscow Global climate chan...
Climate change 'partly to blame' for sweltering Moscow
Global climate change is partly to blame for the abnormally hot and dry weather in Moscow, cloaked in a haze of smoke from wildfires, say researchers.
The UK Met Office said there are likely to be more extreme high temperatures in the future.
Experts from the environmental group WWF Russia have also linked climate change and hot weather to raging wildfires around the Russian capital.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10919460
2010 on track to be hottest year The world is experiencing the hottest year o...
2010 on track to be hottest year
The world is experiencing the hottest year on record, the US based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has reported, with large parts of Canada, Africa, Europe and the Middle East facing abnormally warm temperatures.
The figures released by the NOAA suggest that 2010 is on course to be the warmest year since records began in 1880.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/07/2010717132048381555.html
Factbox: Trade decisions by U.N. wildlife talks Following are major decision...
Factbox: Trade decisions by U.N. wildlife talks
Following are major decisions at a conference of the 175-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Doha from March 13-25.
Many proposals to step up protection for commercial species failed to win support, with many delegates saying economic interests won over long-term conservation.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62O3JN20100325
France Abandons Plan for Carbon Tax After months of political rancor and leg...
France Abandons Plan for Carbon Tax
After months of political rancor and legal obstacles, the French government on Tuesday shelved its plan to introduce a tax on carbon emissions that had been a cornerstone of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s enviromental policy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/business/global/24iht-carbon.html