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Liquid granite and the hunt for a carbon-neutral cement

admin /5 November, 2009

Liquid Granite and the hunt for a carbon-neutral cement

Cement is responsible for 5% of the world’s carbon emissions, and the race is on to find an alternative

What do you do with a problem like cement? Around 2bn tonnes are used every year, each tonne a source of 0.4 tonnes of carbon dioxide as it is made. The cement industry is responsible for 5% of the world’s carbon emissions – more than the entire aviation industry.

Copenhagen is an opportunity for ethics to trump economics

admin /4 November, 2009

Copenhagen is an opportunity for ethics to trump economics

Avoiding action on climate change because it might be too expensive is on a moral par with harming other people for money

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Women in the village of Loboro in Turkana, Kenya, where nomads have been reduced to sacrificing their animals to survive drought. Photograph: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images

How should humanity share the cost of action on climate change? Without an answer to this question, the world will not secure a strong and binding deal on the climate at Copenhagen next month, and we will continue on a path towards an increasingly inhospitable world. As many key players have warned, there is a real chance of failure. The Swedish prime minister, Fredrik Reinfeldt, warns that negotiations are faltering because the west is unwilling to offer financing to emerging economies, and the developing world won’t budge without the promise of cash.

A melted arctic: gold mine or honey trap ?

admin /4 November, 2009

A melted Arctic: gold mine or honey trap? Andrew Marszal 3rd November, 2009 As the melting Arctic ice cap opens a new ocean to the world, governments and private speculators are rushing to cash in on lucrative resource deposits and shipping lanes. But they may find these virgin waters a dangerous place to do business… Continue Reading →

Obama to push harder for climate change deal at Copenhagen

admin /4 November, 2009

Obama to push harder for climate change deal at Copenhagen

 

November 04, 2009

Article from:  Agence France-Presse

THE US and Europe had agreed to “redouble” their efforts to combat global warming, President Obama said today, as European leaders pressed Washington to take action on climate change ahead of next month’s summit.

Mr Obama met top European leaders for an EU-US summit in Washington, shortly after German Chancellor Angela Merkel offered a heart-felt appeal for a climate protocol in a rare address to a joint session of the US Congress.

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