EurActiv, January 31, 2012
Europe’s 27 environment ministers will call for a 40% greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 2030 if they follow draft conclusions - seen by EurActiv - prepared by the Danish EU presidency ahead of a meeting on 9 March.
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Denmark puts 2030 emissions target on the agenda
Biodiesels pollute more than crude oil, leaked data show
EurActiv, January 27, 2012
Greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels such as palm oil, soybean and rapeseed are higher than those for fossil fuels when the effects of Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC) are counted, according to leaked EU data seen by EurActiv.
Climate Change Report Shows U.K. Impact By 2080
RedOrbit, January 26, 2012
According to the first U.K. climate impact report, climate change poses both risks and opportunities to Britain by 2080.
EU energy policy drives changes in UK – with mixed results
EurActiv, January 26, 2012
Green groups and the energy industry have embraced many of the changes, but there are grumbles on both sides.
UN conference returns to Rio with new emphasis
Associated Press, January 24, 2012
UNITED NATIONS – Representatives from around the world will be returning to Rio de Janeiro this June — 20 years after the U.N. Earth Summit — but this time the focus will be on sustainable development, not climate change, a Brazilian diplomat said Tuesday.
Weaker sun will not delay global warming: study
Reuters, January 23, 2012
LONDON (Reuters) – A weaker sun over the next 90 years is not likely to significantly delay a rise in global temperature caused by greenhouse gases, a report said Monday.
AVIATION: With a prod from Europe, U.S. moves closer to a commercial jet biofuel facility
ClimateWire, January 23, 2012
Saqib Rahim and Julia Pyper, E&E reporters
The aviation industry and federal government are closing in on deals to build the United States' first commercial-scale sources of jet biofuel, a move considered critical to cutting the sector's emissions.
An acid test for policy
BBC News, January 23, 2012
By Richard Black
There's more this week on the critical but in some ways under-covered issue of ocean acidification.
Huge pool of Arctic water could cool Europe: study
Reuters, January 22, 2012
(Reuters) - A huge pool of fresh water in the Arctic Ocean is expanding and could lower the temperature of Europe by causing an ocean current to slow down, British scientists said Sunday.
Researchers outline food security-climate change road map in Science
Physorg.com, January 19, 2012
While last month's climate negotiations in Durban made incremental progress toward helping farmers adapt to climate change and reduce agriculture's climate footprint, a group of international agriculture experts, writing in the January 20 issue of Science magazine, urges scientists to lay the groundwork for more decisive action on global food security in environmental negotiations in 2012.