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In Gabura global warming is a bleak reality as villagers face rising sea levels, failed crops and devastating cyclone
A Bangladeshi woman rests in the rain in Shayamnagar as cattle graze. Photograph: Abir Abdullah/EPA/Oxfam
What would your world look like if it were devastated by climate change? In the small, impoverished community of Gabura in Bangladesh, the concept of global warming, often only words on a screen or in a newspaper to us, is an all too bleak reality. The inhabitants face danger from rising sea levels, devastation of crops and the increased likelihood of devastating cyclones.
Are your emissions ‘survival’ or ‘luxury’? Daniel Scharf 11th November, 2009 A runner-up in the Ecologist/nef essay competition, Daniel Scharf suggests that the whole concept of a carbon ‘market’ is radically flawed… How do you price the extra tonne of carbon that, once burned, tips the balance and triggers potentially catastrophic, irreversible global warming? The Continue Reading →
Antarctic iceberg found floating near Macquarie island Australian biologist spots ‘huge floating island of ice’ halfway between New Zealand and Antarctica Mark Tran guardian.co.uk, Thursday 12 November 2009 13.59 GMT Article history A large iceberg spotted off Macquarie Island. Photograph: Murray Potter/AP Dean Miller, an Australian fur seal biologist, was the first person to Continue Reading →
Lord of the Rings country trades on its natural beauty, but emissions have risen 22% since it signed up to Kyoto
Milford Sound in New Zealand. Photograph: José Fuste Raga/zefa/Corbis
As the world prepares for the Copenhagen climate negotiations next month, it is worth checking out the greenwash that has followed the promises made 12 years ago when the Kyoto protocol was signed.
A surprising number of countries have succeeded in raising their emissions from 1990 levels despite signing up to reduce them. They include a bundle of countries in the European Union, which collectively agreed to let some nations increase their emissions while others (mainly Britain and Germany) cut theirs. Step forward Spain, Portugal, Ireland and Greece — all with emissions up by more than a quarter.
Revealed: polluters’ fear tactics on climate
November 6, 2009
“Older, well-capitalised and deeply entrenched industries” are dominating the debate on climate climate change, the report has found. Photo: Peter Braig
BIG greenhouse polluting companies around the world, employing thousands of lobbyists, are exerting heavy pressure on governments to weaken climate change laws at home and slow progress on an international climate agreement in Copenhagen, a global investigation reveals.
