climate change News

CoolCalifornia.org and the California Air Resources Board recently presented Three Squares Inc. with the CoolCalifornia Climate Leader Award for its role as a front-runner in climate change management practices and sustainability in California.

Businesses in Greater Manchester are being asked to take part in a cutting-edge energy trial - the first of its kind in the country....

Earth Fever, a book about social, personal and spiritual dimensions of climate change— released by Cosimo Books, a New York-based independent publisher— receives prestigious award for “Environment and Green Values”

Mira Sound Germany releases Michel Montecrossa's admonishing New-Topical-Song prayer ‘Land Under Water‘ dedicated to all flood victims from Pakistan to the Mississippi and more.

Houston attorney Richard Faulk will speak on “Sustainable Development Reforms and Climate Change Litigation Affecting Business and Real Estate Transactions in California and Beyond" at the May 18-20 Sustainable Property Transactions conference.

Teen Fights for Equality in Power-Packed Novel

National Center for Sustainable Development in cooperation with the China CDM Fund and China Central Television launch the production of a documentary on global climate change “Warm and Cold, We Share Together, A Civilization Journey of Climate”

Tread Lightly and Staples Foundation for Learning announce the winners of the Imprints Art Contest. A youth initiative provided by Tread Lightly, the winners were announced in a video conference connecting schools together to discuss eco-art.

Award-winning documentary reveaks most realistic and cost-effective solutions that can stop global warming now.

pixelfountain have launched a new games based learning product entitled The Climate Game under its games-ED brand. The Climate Game is a resource management game and looks at the issue of climate change and be used in education (KS2 to degree level).

Energy saving specialist invited to join Government mission to North America.

Servolve is proud to take part in the global "Earth Hour event -2011" to be conducted on the 26th of March 2011 at 8.30 PM, Singapore time.

The Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership Hosts Bertrand Collomb, ClimateWorks Foundation Board Leader

Initiated by Groundwork San Diego-Chollas Creek, the Chollas Creek Climate Change Ambassadors collaborative will involve residents and students in southeast San Diego.

The Center for International Environmental Law today released a report, “Fossilized Thinking: The World Bank, Eskom & the Real Costs of Coal-Based Power Projects,” which examines the Bank‟s $3 billion loan to support a South African project.

The Berkeley-based nonprofit, Darfur Stoves Project, and the international development organization, Plan Canada, announce the launch of a new partnership to provide fuel-efficient cookstoves to women in Sudan’s war-torn region of Darfur.

Staff at the Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority (PAHSMA) have been working to reduce overall environmental impacts across the organisation, with very positive early results.

Shift2Neutral announced today it congratulates the Australian Government on putting a price on carbon and welcomes open discussion on the CARBON PRICE FRAMEWORK

VPhase, regional winners and national finalists of Shell Springboard programme for its eco device, which cuts electricity bills by around 10%, will be holding a Voltage Optimisation seminar at Ecobuild (Thursday 3rd March 2011 between 15:15-15:45).

VPhase plc has been named runner-up in the national Shell Springboard programme, after winning the regional heats and being awarded £30,000, for its pioneering eco device for the home, which cuts electricity bills by around 10%.

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Climate Action, in partnership with the UNEP, will showcase the latest green technology at the UNEP’s 2011 Global Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC/GMEF) on the 21st - 24th February 2011 in Nairobi, Kenya.

Co-chairs of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP’s Climate Change Task Force to speak at the University of California Hastings College of the Law’s “A Public Nuisance: Tort Law's Response to Global Warming” symposium.

Greenpeace termed the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) consultation paper on “Green Telecommunication” as insubstantial and without a clear roadmap, especially in addressing the Telecommunication sector’s role in climate change

Richard O. Faulk and John S. Gray have filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on the merits of the highly controversial case of American Electric Power Company, Inc. v. Connecticut.

Daniel Bloom's "Be Resourceful, Protect the Earth: A Virtual Graduation Speech to the Class of 2099" eBook single released by Sunbury Press. Profits will be donated to leading climate change charities.

Transition Initiatives start when a small group of motivated individuals within a community come together with a shared concern: how can the community respond to the challenges and opportunities of peak oil, climate change and the economic crisis?

World Centric Presents, Community by Design, Friday, February 4, 7pm. Join us at the World Centric Community Center for our winter film series on the environment.

World Centric Presents, Save our Land, Save our Towns, Friday, January 28, 7pm. Join us at the World Centric Community Center for our winter film series on the environment.

In April 2009 the Los Angeles Times ran the headline: “What will global warming look like? Scientists point to Australia”. Nearly two years on - the events unfolding in Australia – gave a snapshot of our future in a globally warmed world.

Eco-Musician Michel Montecrossa releases the video that announces his 'Future World & Climate Change Concert Tour 2011'.

Of Fire, Floods and Oil - The Environmental Chaos of 2010: Year 2010 was filled with environmental chaos as governments found themselves helpless and at odds while facing Nature’s wrath.

Businesses are increasingly under pressure to present a united front on tackling climate change.

Transition Initiatives start when a small group of motivated individuals within a community come together with a shared concern: how can the community respond to the challenges and opportunities of peak oil, climate change and the economic crisis?

Energy charity Practical Action publishes London 2100 Tube Map To Show Effects of Climate Change

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) today launches a new course – Understanding Carbon Management - to support carbon reduction.

The ultimate global way of accumulating and storing water, solving global warming and climate change issue

December 3- 10, Niyanta Spelman, Rainforest Partnership Executive Director, and Maurine Winkley, Director of Operations, will be in Cancun to attend COP16 conferences. They will be available over Skype for video interviews throughout their trip.

At 12 noon on December 12th, 2010 in Lima, Peru, 40,000 people will attempt to shatter the Guinness Book World Record for planting trees. The goal: 20,000 trees in ONE MINUTE!

The fourth edition of Climate Action with be officially launched next Friday in Cancun, Mexico during the 16th Conference of Parties (COP16) during a prestigious cocktail reception.

“Cut carbon now! We can’t bail out the climate” Zero Carbon Britain 2030 Rally In London

The UK’s negotiating team for Cancun summit remarks the private sector is vital if progress towards an international deal is to be delivered.

Will Cancun create history? What direction would the talks take? What do you expect?ThinktoSustain.com launched a snap-survey to collect opinions. The survey is open till 28th November and every climate-concerned individual is invited to participate.

Preliminary Scientific Trials using LiDAR technology to Calculate Forest Carbon Stocks in REDD projects in Indonesia look Promising.

Npower has commissioned a new white paper that reveals many businesses need to form effective plans now to reduce their exposure to future energy risks.

Free buildings energy analysis and energy reviews that can potentially save businesses 40% off their energy bills, from the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford

ThinktoSustain.com - a knowledge portal for sustainable development initiatives enters into partnership associations with leading institutions to promote knowledge events related to sustainable development.

Strategies to combat climate change were presented to the participants, Vice-Chair Heherson Alvarez was the keynote Speaker

International Energy Agency predicts price per oil barrel can rise to $135 by 2035 without agreement on global climate change policies.

Carbon Disclosure Project has launched a new carbon report initiative for city governments to cut carbon emissions and tackle climate change.