Cut greenhouse gas emissions by a fifth, ministers told
The Government's own Climate Change Committee has recommended an interim target if the UK government is to meet its goal ...
Climate change
Climate change is the defining environmental issue for the 21st Century requiring a radical transformation of society’s relationship to energy use and resource consumption. The best science-based estimates of action needed to prevent catastrophic climate change require that greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations in the atmosphere be stabilised. This will require a 80-90% reduction in […]
Background
Climate change is happening now. As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says in their most recent report:
“Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level. Eleven of the […]
Glossary
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Tips
At home...
Indoor composting
If your local council does not collect organic waste, and you don’t have a green space nearby to compost in you can still find indoor solutions. Bokashi offers products that can fit into tight kitchen spaces - see Wiggly Wigglers or The Green Gardener for options.
At work...
Cyclescheme
Provide facilities and financial support for walkers and cyclists, such as showers, storage facilities, expenses and access to tax-reducing schemes such as CycleScheme.
Climate change blog
World urged to agree new formula for cutting greenhouse gases
From the article by Lewis Smith, Environment Reporter, The Times. Attempts to force countries to reduce their carbon emissions per head ...
Gore says action is needed - Now!
As news breaks that the Government of the Maldives are taking a fighteningly pragmatic approach to climate change by looking ...
BP becalmed as economic problems hit green energy projects
Its bad news for the green sector as a number of news stories point to a negative fall out from ...