Mexico Underlines Transformation in Global Climate Change Debate
Numerous national economies have passed landmark climate and energy-related legislation over the last few years. This is a fundamental repositioning of the centre of gravity of the global climate change debate towards domestic climate change legislation. This is nothing less than game changing.
EPA: First Guidelines to Cut Carbon Pollution from Existing Power Plants
The Obama administration unveiled historic environment rules cutting carbon pollution from power plants by 30%, spurring prospects for a global deal to end climate change.
Melding Science And Tradition To Tackle Climate Change
In the latest of several partnerships between tradition and modern science aimed at improving resilience to climate change, pastoralists and meteorologists in Tanzania are working together to produce weather forecasts better suited to farmers.
Micronesia Climate Law Seeks to Inspire Global Action
The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), a western Pacific Island state located north of Papua New Guinea and east of Palau, has become a regional pioneer in drafting national legislation centred on climate change.
Rules To Cut carbon Emissions: A First-Of-Its-Kind Study
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is slated to release the nation’s first-ever carbon pollution standards for existing power plants on June 2, 2014. Syracuse and Harvard Universities teamed up to analyze how carbon pollution standards for existing power plants will decrease the emission of several co-pollutants, improve local air quality, decrease atmospheric deposition, and benefit people and ecosystems.
The Evolution of Climate Legislation in Three Infographs
The global canon of climate legislation has undergone significant changes over the last four decades.
Carbon Dioxide Passes Global 400 ppm Milestone
The world passed a threshold “of symbolic and scientific significance” last month, with carbon dioxide levels exceeding 400 parts per million in the northern hemisphere for the first time in human history…
Fiji Leads Pacific Region on Climate Adaptation Efforts
Still a long way off in many parts of the world, climate displacement is already a reality in the Pacific Islands, where rising seas are contaminating fresh water and agricultural land, and rendering some coastal areas uninhabitable.
Caribbean Forced to Choose Between Climate Change Impact and Development Goals
The Caribbean is one of the most disaster-prone regions in the world but we tend to ignore the threat that could occur as a result of the impact of climate change. Already there is accelerated erosion taking place because of the rise in sea levels and it’s estimated that if this continues, a third of the island could be lost.