Climate change could spell the end for our coastal railways, warns expert March 24, 2015 Scenic train rides along Britain's coastline could soon come to an abrupt halt, an expert on climate change has warned. Professor Robert Duck from the University of Dundee told The Guardian that hundreds of miles of coastal tracks are now vulnerable to being ruined by waves, landslides and storms caused by climate change. Parts [...]
Asda fears £370m is at risk if it ignores climate change February 16, 2015 Asda bosses today urged companies to prepare for the effects of climate change, warning that it can see at least £370m of value at risk across its business. “Only five per cent of our fresh produce supply chain is not at risk from climate change impacts,” said Chris Brown from the supermarket. “For businesses, the [...]
UN members reach climate change deal after last-minute compromise December 14, 2014 United Nations member have come to an agreement on how to tackle climate change, after slow negotiations at the Lima Call for Climate Action ran almost two days over time. For the first time every country will be committed to drawing up a national pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions, yet the deal has [...]
UK third best country in the world for battling climate change, says report December 9, 2014 The UK has been one of the best countries in the world at combating the effects of climate change in 2014, according to the latest Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI). The report was put together by think tank Germanwatch and non-governmental organisation CAN Europe. It looked into the attempts by the world's 58 biggest [...]
Church of England urges Shell and BP to act over climate change through shareholder resolution December 4, 2014 The Church of England has submitted a shareholder resolution to Shell and BP, urging them to take more responsibility for their contribution towards climate change. The Church, which has a £9bn investment portfolio, challenged the companies to cut their carbon footprint. It wants to see the businesses run in a way that will aid the [...]
Climate change: Greenland’s ice sheet is melting faster than we realised September 29, 2014 Greenland's ice sheet – the second largest in the world – is more sensitive to climate change than was previously thought. The huge expanse of ice, which covers 1.7 million square kilometres, is roughly eight times the size of the United Kingdom. If all of it melted, it would raise the world's sea levels [...]
UN climate change summit: Cameron to focus on shale gas extraction September 23, 2014 Today, world leaders including Prime Minister David Cameron have gathered in New York for the UN climate change summit. UN leader Ban Ki-moon, who is hosting the event, said the talks are ‘not to talk, but to make history’. He has asked more than 100 global leaders to make pledges for cutting greenhouse gas [...]
How to stop climate change: Drop the hamburger September 1, 2014 Bad news, hamburger fans. New research shows that if we are going to have any chance of slowing down climate change, we must eat less meat. We tend to concentrate on practices such as fracking and emissions from coal-based power stations when we consider the prevention of climate change, but a paper published today [...]
Climate change increases risk of global food demand outstripping supply, study finds July 26, 2014 Researchers at Stanford University have found that global warming will significantly increase the risk of a major slowdown in the production of wheat and corn over the next two decades. By putting data about crops and weather into computerised climate models, they set out to estimate the chance that climate change would interfere with [...]
Climate change conference calls for an end to capitalism July 23, 2014 A climate change conference held in Venezuela involving roughly 130 green groups has ended with a call to end capitalism and reject carbon markets, reports RTCC. The UN-backed conference included organisations such as the World Wildlife Fund, Christian Aid and the Third World Network. Ending with the Margarita declaration, the conference was the largest of [...]