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Governments are not acting fast enough to reduce carbon emissions, a climate change rally in Melbourne has heard.Wearing red, members of more than 60 environmental groups rallied in the city centre and marched to the Alexandra Gardens where they formed a human “sign” 140 metres long, spelling “Climate Emergency”.
The demonstration followed yesterday’s release of economist […]

An ice climber based in the Highlands has warned warming temperatures threaten the future of the winter pursuit in Scotland.Neil Smith, of Kyle of Lochalsh, is one of a number of a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) climate change witnesses.
The conservation charity has published new research showing the UK is leading the G8 nations in meeting […]

Global warming legislation will be enacted for the first time in Pennsylvania when Governor Ed Rendell signs the Pennsylvania Climate Change Act as he is expected to do. The measure was overwhelmingly approved today by both houses of the Pennsylvania General Assembly.A coal-rich state, Pennsylvania emits one percent of the world’s greenhouse gases responsible for […]

Floods like those that inundated the U.S. Midwest are supposed to occur once every 500 years but this is the second since 1993, suggesting flawed forecasts that do not take global warming into account, conservation experts said on Tuesday.”Although no single weather event can be attributed to global warming, it’s critical to understand that a […]

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda Saturday urged all major greenhouse gas emitters to tackle climate change as he sought to galvanise efforts ahead of July’s G8 summit.”It is necessary for all major emitters to participate in efforts” to fight climate change, he said, speaking in front of lawmakers from the world’s eight most industrialised nations […]

UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Thursday he would press Group of Eight (G8) leaders at their summit in Japan next month to tackle the world food crisis, climate change and the flagging fight against global poverty.On the eve of his departure on a two-week, three-nation Asian tour, the secretary general said the July 7-9 summit […]

G8 rich nations and major emerging economies probably won’t achieve a big breakthrough in talks on global warming in Japan next month, Britain’s climate envoy said on Thursday, echoing other forecasts for modest progress at best.Climate change is a key topic for the July 8 Group of Eight leaders’ summit as well as an expanded […]

Two-thirds of California’s unique plants, some 2,300 species that grow nowhere else in the world, could be wiped out across much of their current geographic ranges by the end of the century because of rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns, according to a new study.The species that cannot migrate fast enough to higher altitudes or […]

The world’s major cities are also among the planet’s worst polluters but they have the solutions to most of their problems at their fingertips, a leading environmental consultancy said on Monday.To make the case more compelling, consultancy McKinsey said that most of the available solutions would save more than they cost so made economic sense […]

The Astralian Federal Government is offering $500,000 for water providers in the Murray-Darling Basin to modernise their systems to cope with climate change.

But any water saved appears to be earmarked to improve the health of rivers and waterways.
Water Minister Senator Penny Wong has encouraged Riverina irrigation corporations to apply for the funds to prepare plans […]