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Category Archives: climate change
75 months and counting …
Quarter of the way in, we are perhaps further from holding back the warming tide than when we began. But there is still time says Andrew Simms guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 1 September 2010 07.00 BST. Twenty five months ago, working with my … Continue reading
Innovations in eco-packaging to reduce emissions
What are the objectives of eco-packaging initiatives? From an environmental standpoint, eco-packaging avoids depletion of non-renewable resources, minimizes wastage and usage of raw materials, reduces pollution and energy consumption and, consequently, global warming and climate changes resulting from fossil fuel … Continue reading
Posted in Keep Britain Tidy, climate change, consumerism, litter, recycling, reuse, waste
Tagged eco friendly packaging, eco packaging, emerging economies, environmental issues, ITC, packaging and waste
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BBC – Signs of Change with Chris Packham
The Home of Spring Watch – Chris Packham shows us how changes in nature around us provide solid proof that climate change is already happening. Some of the most powerful data has come from amateur naturalists and recorders. Chris investigates … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, climate change, nature
Tagged BBC, climate change, flora and fauna, nature surveys, signs of spring, springwatch, UK wildlife, www.csrplus.co.uk
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UN to review errors made by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The United Nations is to announce an independent review of errors made by its climate change advisory body in an attempt to restore its credibility. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7055999.ece
Posted in climate change
Tagged climate change, climate model, Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change, the times newspaper, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Fury as Amazon rainforest dam approved by Brazil
Brazil has approved the controversial construction of a giant hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Amazon, defying a 20-year protest by indigenous and environmental campaigners who say that the project will devastate the surrounding rainforest and threaten the survival … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, rainforest
Tagged amazon rainforest, Belo Monte Project, brazil, global warming, indigenous tribes, the times newspaper, www.csrplus.co.uk, Xingu river
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Pentagon and global warming: Can armies clean up the earth?
The Pentagon sees global warming as a destabilizing force, adding fuel to conflict and putting US troops at risk around the world, according to The Quadrennial Defense Review, a major strategy review by the US Department of Defense that was … Continue reading
Posted in climate change
Tagged climate change, economic stability, energy security, global warming, www.csrplus.co.uk, www.odemagazine.com
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China and Indonesia welcome Copenhagen summit deal
Asian giants China and Indonesia have hailed the Copenhagen UN climate summit outcome, despite its cool reception from aid agencies and campaigners http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8423097.stm
Posted in climate change, politics
Tagged BBC news, climate change, climate change policy, Copenhagen summit deal, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Copenhagen could lead to increase in intensive farming
All sectors must play their part in a global emissions deal, but could including agriculture in the mix lead to an intensification of farming and money for GM crops? http://www.theecologist.org/
Posted in climate change, the ecologist
Tagged climate change, Climate change summit in Copenhagen, global emissions, http://www.theecologist.org/, intensive farming, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Poor nations threaten climate deal showdown at Copenhagen summit
The Copenhagen climate talks hit trouble tonight as a number of African countries indicated their leaders would refuse to take part in the final summit unless significant progress was made in the next three days. The showdown between rich and … Continue reading
Posted in The guardian newspaper, campaigning, climate change, environment, politics
Tagged climate change, Climate change summit in Copenhagen, the guardian, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Hopenhagen – that’s what we really want!
As the Spice girls once yelled out “tell me what you want, what you really really want” well it’s pretty obvious what the person who wrote Hopenhagen wants… on the 1st day of the Copenhagen summit. Hot stuff hey, doh, … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, politics
Tagged climate change intervention, Climate change summit in Copenhagen, Hopenhagen, the guardian, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Copenhagen climate change summit poised to open
Delegates from 192 countries are gathering in the Danish capital Copenhagen for the opening of the long-awaited UN summit on climate change. The conference has been described by some scientists as the most important the world has ever seen. According … Continue reading
Posted in climate change
Tagged 100 global leaders, China and India, Climate change summit in Copenhagen, United Nations, US, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Copenhagen climate change talks must fail, says top scientist
World’s leading climate change expert says summit talks so flawed that deal would be a disaster. The scientist who convinced the world to take notice of the looming danger of global warming says it would be better for the planet … Continue reading
Posted in The guardian newspaper, climate change
Tagged climate change, Climate change summit in Copenhagen, disaster, the guardian, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Climate ‘is a major cause’ of conflict in Africa
It is being reported that climate has been a major driver of armed conflict in Africa, research shows – and future warming is likely to increase the number of deaths from war. US researchers found that across the continent, conflict … Continue reading
Posted in climate change
Tagged Africa, BBC news, climate change, conflict, National Academy of Sciences, war, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth sequel stresses spiritual argument on climate
Nobel winner adapts fact-based message to reach those who believe they have a moral duty to protect the planet in Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/02/al-gore-our-choice-environment-climate
Posted in The guardian newspaper, climate change
Tagged al gore, An inconvenient truth, climate change, moral duty, solve climate crisis, www.csrplus.co.uk
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What’s your burning issue?
The destruction of the rainforests and seas threatens us all. We depend on these for our climate, our water, our food and the natural systems that keep us healthy. We are all part of the problem! But we can play … Continue reading
Posted in activism, climate change, future
Tagged be the change, climate change, food, natural world, water, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Number of Americans who believe in climate change drops, survey shows
The number of Americans who believe in global warming has plummeted, falling 20% in two years, a survey said today. Only 57% of Americans believe there is solid scientific evidence that the Earth’s atmosphere is warming, said the poll of … Continue reading
Posted in The guardian newspaper, climate change
Tagged climate change, human activity, issue of concern, the guardian, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Can mushrooms save the world?
The potential of fungi for medicine, filtering polluted water, controlling pests and even biofuels is staggering reports The Ecologist http://www.theecologist.org
Posted in climate change, energy, future, the ecologist
Tagged biofules, controlling pests, fungi as medicine, mushrooms, polluted water, the ecologist, www.csrplus.co.uk
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PM warns of climate ‘catastrophe’
The UK faces a “catastrophe” of floods, droughts and killer heatwaves if world leaders fail to agree a deal on climate change, the prime minister will warn. Gordon Brown is to address the Major Economies Forum in London, which brings … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, future, global warming, politics
Tagged climate 'catastrophe', climate chage, Gordon Brown, no plan B, politics, UN summit in Copenhagen, www.csrplus.co.uk
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What happened to global warming?
This headline may come as a bit of a surprise, so too might that fact that the warmest year recorded globally was not in 2008 or 2007, but in 1998. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8299079.stm
Posted in Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change, carbon dioxide, climate change, global warming
Tagged carbon dioxide, climate change, climate models, global warming, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Pacific decadal oscillation (PDO), solar variation and ocean cycles, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Downturn is ‘climate opportunity’
The global recession provides a window of opportunity to curb climate change and build a low-carbon future, says the International Energy Agency (IEA). It calculates that global greenhouse gas emissions will fall by 3% this year – an increase on … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, economics
Tagged climate opportunity, G8, global greenhouse gas emissions, International Energy Agency, recession, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Climate Change: government policies and the impact on the ground
Napoleon Bonaparte once said, “There are only two forces that unite men – fear and interest”. There are still many speakers and experts out there who try to instill fear over climate change, the need for action, “act or die” … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, future
Tagged Centre for Biological Diversity, climate change, Energy Islands, fear and interest, solar tidal and wave power, The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, wind, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Inspire change on climate change…
Got an idea to encourage people to act on climate change? Enter a new competition to see it made into a TV advert. Friends of the Earths Executive Director Andy Atkins and Climate Change Minister Ed Miliband are judging a … Continue reading
Posted in Friends of the Earth, climate change
Tagged climate change, Friends of the Earth, innovation, Sky news, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Last chance to change our behaviour
There is growing awareness of the damage we are doing to the planet and the natural resources on which we depend, says David Hillyard. Yet, he argues in this week’s BBC Green Room, we still carry on along the same … Continue reading
Posted in Deforestation, biodiversity, business, climate change, communications, conservation, consumerism, economics, education, environment, future, global warming, happiness, health, leadership, lifestyle, oceans, overfishing, quality of life, social responsibility, water shortage
Tagged attitude and habits, behavioural change, climate change, ecosystems and business, environmental destruction, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8242410.stm, human life, quality of life, species loss, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Rainforest destruction and climate change
Did you know that the global meat and dairy industry is causing rainforest destruction and speeding up climate change? Find out more and press politicians to support organic, locally produced food by taking part in an online campaign at … Continue reading
Posted in Deforestation, Friends of the Earth, climate change, social responsibility
Tagged climate change, Friends of the Earth, rainforest destruction, www.csrplus.co.uk, www.fixthefoodchain.com
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Tread lightly – walking is the way forward
Walking has the lowest impact on the environment of any form of transport. It can also be an obesity intervention, a climate change intervention, a safety intervention, a diabetes intervention. A win win if you ask me. If walking does … Continue reading
Posted in Walking, climate change, health
Tagged carbon footprint, climate change, climate change intervention, diabetes intervention, health and exercise, safety intervention, Walking, www.walkit.com
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