environmentalresearchweb: Sustainable Futures

African economies vulnerable to climate change

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:45:52 GMT

Dependence on rain-fed agriculture leads to impact risk

European climate policy: enforcement too weak

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:39:11 GMT

Evidence of effectiveness also lacking, says study.

Society rejects plea to alter stance on climate change

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:39:40 GMT

American Physical Society maintains view that human activities are causing global warming

Climate-change policy is affordable after all

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:32:23 GMT

Measures cheaper than most economic studies have suggested and cost-benefit analysis inappropriate, says economist

Molasses sweetens the biofuel mix

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:29:09 GMT

Using sugar by-products to make biofuels reduces the carbon emissions per unit of energy

Balancing REDD politics and effectiveness

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:13:55 GMT

The most effective policies for preventing deforestation are likely to be the least politically palatable

Simple household changes could cut US emissions by 7.4%

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:57:40 GMT

National policy could boost behaviour change and cut emissions fast and cheaply.

Of mongooses and men: why aerosol geoengineering could prove risky

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:50:32 GMT

Comparison of climate engineering schemes to introductions of alien predators to keep pest levels down highlights the danger of unforeseen consequences

'High-payoff' energy research receives US cash boost

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:38:15 GMT

Department of Energy funds 37 projects worth a total of $150 million

The road to sustainability

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:00:00 GMT

The materials-science challenges standing between us and clean, long-lasting energy.