Arctic Shelf Leaking Potent Greenhouse Gas
The frozen cap trapping billions of tonnes of methane under the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean is leaking and venting the powerful greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, new research shows.
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U.N. says emissions vows not enough to avoid rise of 2 degrees C | Reuters
Emission cuts pledges made by 60 countries will not be enough to keep the average global temperature rise at 2 degrees Celsius or less, modeling released on Tuesday by the United Nations says.
Bill Gates: the Most Important Climate Speech of the Year
On Friday, the world's most successful businessperson and most powerful philanthropist did something outstandingly bold, that went almost unremarked: Bill Gates announced that his top priority is getting the world to zero climate emissions.
Skeptical Science: Examining Global Warming Skepticism
Scientific skepticism is healthy. Scientists should always challenge themselves to expand their knowledge and improve their understanding. Yet this isn’t what happens in global warming skepticism. Skeptics vigorously criticise any evidence that supports man-made global warming and yet eagerly, even blindly embrace any argument, op-ed piece, blog or study that refutes global warming.
So this website gets skeptical about global warming skepticism. Do their arguments have any scientific basis? What does the peer reviewed scientific literature say?
10 big questions on climate change answered
WeatherWatch weather analyst Philip Duncan's blogs on climate change have attracted a lot of reader interest. He took readers' 10 most commonly asked questions and put them to Dr James Renwick, Principal Scientist, Climate Variability & Change at Niwa.
Interview with Tuvalu Climate Negotiator Ian Fry
an Fry, the chief climate change negotiator for Tuvalu, fought on behalf of low-lying island nations during the United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, last month.
Government declares drought in Northland
The Government is coming to the aid of drought-stricken farmers in Northland, says Agriculture Minister David Carter.
“The Government has declared Northland as a medium-level drought zone, following a recent meeting of the Northland Rural Support Trust, and a drought recovery package is now in place to help affected farmers,” says Mr Carter.
NZ not ready to meet Accord deadline – Copenhagen Summit 2009
Prime Minister John Key says New Zealand will not be signing a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the post-2012 period under the Copenhagen Accord's deadline of February 1.
Counting burps – it’s a gas
Hundreds of Australian sheep are to have their burp outputs measured by scientists who are hoping to breed a burp-less variety.
Beyond Copenhagen: Dialogue, not diktat | Comment is free | The Guardian
As it drifts from the present into the past, the Copenhagen climate change conference looks both better and worse. Worse, because a considered reading of the accord, which was its only tangible output, reveals that it is not just inadequate but in fact utterly empty. Better, because of the novel manner in which this ultimate failure was reached. As the sight of the daily chaos drops out of view, it becomes easier to appreciate that the rich world was forced to haggle with the bigger emerging economies on more equal terms than ever before.
Copenhagen called climate ‘crime scene’
The United Nations process at Copenhagen was slammed as “appalling” by New Zealand's climate change ambassador yesterday, in comments to international media.
NZ near bottom of climate change performance ranking
New Zealand's performance on climate change has been ranked as very poor by European climate groups.
Truce allows Copenhagen talks to resume
A TENTATIVE truce between rich and poor nations has allowed a resumption of talks at the Copenhagen climate conference after a dramatic intervention by the President of the Maldives.
U.S. media tarnishes message of Copenhagen climate protest | freep.com | Detroit Free Press
COPENHAGEN — The Global Day of Action began Saturday in the South Pacific where the sun rises. The day of international protest started as an uplifting global demonstration calling for a “Real Deal” to come out of the climate negotiations in Copenhagen. More than 3,000 marches and candlelight vigils in 139 countries occurred yesterday — some yielding as many as 50,000 protesters — all with the intent of spreading this one common, unified message to policy makers.
Copenhagen climate summit negotiations ’suspended’
Negotiations at the UN climate summit have been suspended after developing countries withdrew their co-operation.
Call for NZ to lift game at Copenhagen
Opposition parties say New Zealand is looking increasingly isolated at the United Nations climate change talks in Copenhagen.
Science not faked, but not pretty
E-mails stolen from climate scientists show they stonewalled skeptics and discussed hiding data — but the messages don't support claims that the science of global warming was faked, according to an exhaustive review by The Associated Press.
World swelters in record heat – world | Stuff.co.nz
This year is likely to be the fifth warmest on record and the first decade of this century the hottest since records began, the World Meteorological Organisation says.
Opening speeches unwavering on warming threat
The Copenhagen Climate Conference opened with a robust and angry defence of the science of global warming by two of the world's leading climate science figures.
Copenhagen opens and pressure already on US
COPENHAGEN – The United States came under renewed pressure on Monday to take stronger action on greenhouse gases as delegates from almost 200 nations gathered at a historic climate conference in search of common ground in the struggle against global warming.
