LONDON (Reuters) – Britain needs to focus on more than just carbon dioxide emission cuts and manage its water, waste and food resources better to remain competitive, a report by the Aldersgate Group said on Monday. The group is a coalition of businesse…
Chair of IPCC facing allegations that claims made in key reports did not have required standard of scientific reviewDamian Carrington Rajendra Pachauri, who has faced criticism as chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change following allegations of inaccurate statements in panel reports, suffered a fresh blow last night when he failed to get the [...]
Development minister Gareth Thomas hits back at claims in a report that his department is not paying enough attention to agriculture in its poverty reduction plansA report that called for the government to allocate at least 10% of its aid budget to agriculture and food security has been dismissed as “out of date” and [...]
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. farmers grew record-large corn and soy crops in 2009 but production in 2010 could be even bigger, aided by an El Nino weather pattern that is typically a boon to the Midwest but less so for growers in Australia and southeast As…
Why no thought for food? report criticises the Department for International Development for neglecting agriculture and recommends it doubles its current aid budget in this areaAgriculture should be placed at the heart of the Department for International Development’s (DfID) plans to fight poverty, with at least 10% of its overseas aid budget being channelled into [...]
LONDON, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — According to an Acclimatise report, backed by IBM (NYSE: IBM), over 80% of global mining companies surveyed claim their physical assets would be affected by extreme weather events, yet only 13% report taking ac…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia faces a possible 300 percent increase in extreme bushfires by 2050 unless world leaders can agree to dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions, a new report said on Thursday.
Consumers are finding it hard to buy fuel-efficient vehicles because car makers are burying CO2 figures for their models online, report claimsCar makers are making the process of searching for a fuel-efficient car “like looking for a needle in a haystack” by burying CO2 figures for their models online, experts and campaigners claimed today.A report [...]
VANCOUVER, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Carbon Friendly Solutions Inc. (TSX Venture Exchange: CFQ) (“CFS” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce its participation in the recently published Ecosystem Marketplace report titled “State of the Forest …
UN body rebutts Sunday Times allegation that it exaggerated link between costs of natural disasters and climate changeThe UN body that summarises climate science for governments has condemned as “misleading and baseless” claims that it overstated the effect of global warming on natural disasters.A newspaper report alleged a section in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate [...]