environmentalleader.com - 12/11/2008
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U.S. Climate Change Ambassador Paula Dobriansky told more than 100 foreign ministers that “the United States will agree to reductions in greenhouse gases by at least 50 percent by 2050.” She emphasized the words, “at least.”
Her remarks received tepid applause from ...
Welcome to GHG Photos
ghgphotos.com 11/6/2008 — GHG is the scientific shorthand for Greenhouse Gases, the gases whose build up in the upper atmosphere is the cause of anthropogenic climate change. GHG Photos is a coalition of science, environmental, nature, and documentary photographers who have ...
BaPress: Pledge to cut net CO2 by 50 per cent by 2050
bapress.custhelp.com 1/26/2009 — British Airways today unveiled a radical new environmental target of halving net CO2 emissions by 2050. The target, the most ambitious set by any airline, means that British Airways will reduce its net carbon output from 16 million tonnes in 2005 to ...
World's Airlines Pledge to Cut Emissions 50% by 2050
treehugger.com 10/13/2009 —
photo: Mike Powell via flickr.
Aviation accounts for only 3% of carbon emissions from the global transport sector, but it's a number that's growing. Not to mention that those emissions often have a higher warming potential than ones emitted ...
U.K. Introduces Legally-Binding Framework to Cut GHG Emissions
environmentalleader.com 12/2/2008 — Last week, the U.K. became the first country in the world to introduce a legally-binding framework to cut GHG emissions, while executing other policies to spur the adoption of clean technologies, Red Herring reports.
Of the three energy bills, the ...
Carbon cuts 'only give 50/50 chance of saving planet'
independent.co.uk 3/9/2009 — The world's best efforts at combating climate change are likely to offer no more than a 50-50 chance of keeping temperature rises below the threshold of disaster, according to research from the UK Met Office. > >
GHG Photos: Climate Change Photography Shapes Debate
treehugger.com 11/20/2008 —
New Photo Agency Focuses on Climate Change
From polar bears on thin ice to killer smog clouds smothering Asia , pictures play a hugely important role in shaping our understanding of the world and the threats posed to it. That’s why it's so great ...
Domtar Joins CCX, Pledges To Cut GHG Emissions
environmentalleader.com 12/6/2008 — Domtar Corp. has joined the Chicago Climate Exchange. The company has made a voluntary, legally-binding commitment to cut its absolute GHG emissions by 6 percent below its 2000 level over the next two years.
The company says it has reduced its use ...
U.N. says food production may fall 25 percent by 2050
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reuters.com 2/18/2009 — NAIROBI (Reuters) - Up to a quarter of global food production could be lost by 2050 due to the combined impact of climate change, land degradation and loss, water scarcity and species infestation, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The fall-off will ...
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