The atmosphere is to the earth as a layer of varnish is to a desktop globe. It is thin, fragile and essential for preserving the items on the surface.150 years of burning fossil fuel have overloaded the atmosphere to the point where the earth is ill. It now has a fever. Read the detailed article, Soothing Gaia’s Fever for an evocative account of that analogy. The items listed here detail progress on coordinating 6.5 billion people in the most critical project undertaken by humanity.Â
PM won’t be drawn on climate change refugees Suited up . . . Mr Rudd poses with other leaders at the Pacific Forum in Cairns yesterday. Photo: Glen McCurtayne Brendan Nicholson, Foreign Affairs Correspondent, in CairnsAugust 6, 2009 AS PACIFIC nations plead for help dealing with rising sea levels and savage storms brought by climate Continue Reading →
Don’t desert us, say sinking Pacific islands Rowan Callick, Asia-Pacific editor | July 30, 2009 Article from: The Australian THREE of Australia’s biggest non-government organisations are hosting competing visits by Pacific Islanders to urge Kevin Rudd to do more to combat climate change – and especially rising sea levels. The delegations’ visits ahead of next Continue Reading →
Pacific nations push for emissions cut Updated: 15:16, Tuesday August 4, 2009 Pacific nations among the most at risk from climate change will lobby Australia and New Zealand to almost halve their greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. Leaders and representatives from the Pacific’s smallest island nations met in Cairns on Tuesday at the start of Continue Reading →
Chinese to launch first ever green lawsuit against government ‘Breakthrough’ hailed as Chinese judge says residents may prosecute government over pollution claims Tania Branigan in Beijing and agencies guardian.co.uk, Friday 31 July 2009 16.07 BST Article history Benxi steel mills blowing smoke over residential buildings. China should see its first lawsuit by an environmental Continue Reading →
Climate change poised to feed on itself August 1, 2009 SMH Fifteen of Australia’s top climate experts explain how we know humans are altering the atmosphere and why we must act now. Around the world, thousands of scientists have devoted their professional lives to studying the climate. Not centrally organised, they sometimes build temporary affiliations Continue Reading →
UN boss says ETS delays ‘don’t matter’ July 31, 2009 Article from: Australian Associated Press THE INTERNATIONAL community will care little if Australia skips its target date for finalising an emissions trading scheme (ETS), the head of the UN’s climate change office Yvo de Boer says. Asked whether it mattered if Australia arrived in Continue Reading →