Greenpeace New Zealand keeping tabs on the climate

US to lobby for endangered species listing for polar bear | Environment | guardian.co.uk

admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:40:01 +0000

Melting sea ice in the Arctic will kill thousands of bears in coming years, the US says, and continued commercial trade must not be allowed to make the situation worse guardian.co.uk.

Arctic Shelf Leaking Potent Greenhouse Gas

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:05:45 +0000

The frozen cap trapping billions of tonnes of methane under the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean is leaking and venting the powerful greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, new research shows. IPS ipsnews.net

U.N. says emissions vows not enough to avoid rise of 2 degrees C | Reuters

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:59:29 +0000

Emission cuts pledges made by 60 countries will not be enough to keep the average global temperature rise at 2 degrees Celsius or less, modeling released on Tuesday by the United Nations says. Reuters

Bill Gates: the Most Important Climate Speech of the Year

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:43:56 +0000

On Friday, the world's most successful businessperson and most powerful philanthropist did something outstandingly bold, that went almost unremarked: Bill Gates announced that his top priority is getting the world to zero climate emissions. Worldchanging

Skeptical Science: Examining Global Warming Skepticism

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:07:50 +0000

Scientific skepticism is healthy. Scientists should always challenge themselves to expand their knowledge and improve their understanding. Yet this isn’t what happens in global warming skepticism. Skeptics vigorously criticise any evidence that supports man-made global warming and yet eagerly, even blindly embrace any argument, op-ed piece, blog or study that refutes global warming. So this website gets skeptical [...]

10 big questions on climate change answered

admin — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:09:41 +0000

WeatherWatch weather analyst Philip Duncan's blogs on climate change have attracted a lot of reader interest. He took readers' 10 most commonly asked questions and put them to Dr James Renwick, Principal Scientist, Climate Variability & Change at Niwa. NZ Herald

Interview with Tuvalu Climate Negotiator Ian Fry

admin — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:13:14 +0000

an Fry, the chief climate change negotiator for Tuvalu, fought on behalf of low-lying island nations during the United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, last month. °Celsius.

Government declares drought in Northland

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:46:33 +0000

The Government is coming to the aid of drought-stricken farmers in Northland, says Agriculture Minister David Carter. “The Government has declared Northland as a medium-level drought zone, following a recent meeting of the Northland Rural Support Trust, and a drought recovery package is now in place to help affected farmers,” says Mr Carter. Scoop

NZ not ready to meet Accord deadline – Copenhagen Summit 2009

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:05:19 +0000

Prime Minister John Key says New Zealand will not be signing a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the post-2012 period under the Copenhagen Accord's deadline of February 1. NZ Herald News

Counting burps – it’s a gas

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:04:48 +0000

Hundreds of Australian sheep are to have their burp outputs measured by scientists who are hoping to breed a burp-less variety. NZ Herald News.

Beyond Copenhagen: Dialogue, not diktat | Comment is free | The Guardian

admin — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:01:51 +0000

As it drifts from the present into the past, the Copenhagen climate change conference looks both better and worse. Worse, because a considered reading of the accord, which was its only tangible output, reveals that it is not just inadequate but in fact utterly empty. Better, because of the novel manner in which this ultimate [...]

Copenhagen called climate ‘crime scene’

admin — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:16:57 +0000

The United Nations process at Copenhagen was slammed as “appalling” by New Zealand's climate change ambassador yesterday, in comments to international media. NZ Herald News.

NZ near bottom of climate change performance ranking

admin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:59:36 +0000

New Zealand's performance on climate change has been ranked as very poor by European climate groups. via Radio New Zealand

Truce allows Copenhagen talks to resume

admin — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:13:30 +0000

A TENTATIVE truce between rich and poor nations has allowed a resumption of talks at the Copenhagen climate conference after a dramatic intervention by the President of the Maldives. The Age

U.S. media tarnishes message of Copenhagen climate protest | freep.com | Detroit Free Press

admin — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:31:58 +0000

COPENHAGEN — The Global Day of Action began Saturday in the South Pacific where the sun rises. The day of international protest started as an uplifting global demonstration calling for a “Real Deal” to come out of the climate negotiations in Copenhagen. More than 3,000 marches and candlelight vigils in 139 countries occurred yesterday — [...]