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Chemistry World November 5, 2014 |
Emissions must hit zero by 2100, says IPCC The International Panel on Climate Change says that carbon emissions will have to fall to zero by 2100, but that the means to achieve this are economically affordable. |
Chemistry World May 24, 2011 Andrew Turley |
Chemical industry fears over UK emissions plans Government plans to cut UK greenhouse gas emissions risk crippling the chemical sector and thereby harming chances of moving to a low emissions future |
Chemistry World July 22, 2014 Angeli Mehta |
Australia scraps its carbon tax Climate campaigners say some form of carbon pricing is inevitable if the country is to meet its climate change targets. |
Chemistry World December 14, 2015 Emma Stoye |
World leaders agree climate deal at COP21 talks Nearly 200 countries have come to an agreement at the UN's COP21 climate conference in Paris, Frances, where world leaders have been discussing how to tackle climate change. |
Chemistry World February 5, 2010 Leila Sattary |
Emission reduction pledges pour in Dozens of countries, including the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitters, have met a 31 January deadline and submitted emission reduction targets to the United Nations in line with the Copenhagen Accord signed during the climate summit in December. |
Chemistry World January 24, 2008 Arthur Rogers |
EU Extends Emissions Trading Scheme to Petrochemicals Proposals for reform of the EU emissions trading system (ETS) will impact the chemicals sector by extending the system to nitrous oxide (N 2O) emissions. |
Chemistry World October 9, 2013 Angeli Mehta |
Australian climate body saved by crowd sourced donations Backing from the Australian public has helped resurrect a body set up to provide independent information on climate change to government and citizens. |
Chemistry World October 6, 2008 Richard Van Noorden |
New science minister in UK reshuffle UK scientists have welcomed the appointment of multi-millionaire businessman Paul Drayson (Lord Drayson) as the country's next science minister. |
Chemistry World September 16, 2013 Ned Stafford |
Battle over carbon tax looms As newly elected Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott prepares to be sworn into office this week, opponents of his plan to abolish the so-called carbon tax on greenhouse gas emissions are preparing for political battle. |
Chemistry World April 29, 2010 Karen Harries-Rees |
Australian emissions trading scheme on hold The Australian government has shelved plans for an emissions trading scheme until at least 2013, blaming the opposition's determination to block the legislation and slow international progress on a new climate change deal. |
Chemistry World July 21, 2009 Anna Lewcock |
Degrees of freedom The global nature of the climate change offers both opportunities and challenges. The US, for example, is keen to establish international cooperation and collaboration in climate change research |
Chemistry World January 4, 2010 Hayley Birch |
Copenhagen: after the circus In an agreement forged overnight following fraught negotiations at the end of the Copenhagen climate conference, countries agreed to act to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius. |
Chemistry World June 20, 2008 Richard Van Noorden |
Global industries call for carbon cuts Business leaders from more than 90 of the world's largest companies, including major chemical companies, have endorsed a policy framework for tackling climate change ahead of July's G8 summit in Japan. |
Chemistry World October 9, 2012 Paul Fennell |
Carbon capture Clean Energy, Climate and Carbon by Peter Cook, is an excellent introduction to many topics in the field of climate change, with a particular focus on carbon capture and storage technologies. |
Finance & Development December 2009 Bjorn Lomborg |
Technology, Not Talks, Will Save the Planet There are smarter alternatives to fighting climate change than cutting CO 2 emissions. |
Chemistry World May 4, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Cutting the Cost of Climate Change Scientists have welcomed a UN climate change report released on Friday that sets out a range of affordable options for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. |
Chemistry World October 30, 2006 Richard Van Noorden |
Economist's Review Marks Turning Point Scientists have welcomed an economist's review into the costs of climate change, which warns of global recession if greenhouse gas emissions are not stabilized. |
IEEE Spectrum December 2009 William Sweet |
What to Expect From the Copenhagen Climate Confab Success or at least a perception of success may be critical, but how is success to be measured? |
Chemistry World February 2007 Helen Pilcher |
Living on Credits Carbon rationing isn't just a personal fancy. A growing band of UK politicians and scientists are touting it as the fairest and most practical way to cut emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane. |
Chemistry World August 21, 2009 Hepeng Jia |
China's emissions to peak early A new report suggests that China's carbon emissions could peak in 2030, twenty years earlier than previously estimated. |
Chemistry World August 2006 Mark Peplow |
Editorial: Action Please, Not Reviews of Reviews Whether developing new materials for fuel cells, or contributing to the Council for Science and Technology's nano-review, chemists' voices in the UK must be heard by policy-makers. Given the current pause for further thought, now is the perfect time to chip in. |
Chemistry World November 17, 2014 Hepeng Jia |
Hopes Sino -- US climate deal will spur global action in 2015 A historic announcement by Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Barack Obama has injected new momentum into the global fight against climate change. |
Chemistry World December 2009 Bibiana Campos Seijo |
Editorial: High hopes Comments from the editor on the Copenhagen climate negotiations, the role of the United States energy policy, and the dismissal of British science adviser, David Nutt. |
Chemistry World May 7, 2009 Karen Harries-Rees |
Australia delays carbon trading scheme The Australian government has delayed the start of its proposed emissions trading scheme by a year and introduced the possibility of tougher reduction targets, in a bid to ease pressure on companies during the global financial crisis. |
Chemistry World November 11, 2010 Mike Brown |
Europe to plough billions into green energy The world's largest program of investment in projects that demonstrate low carbon and renewable energy technology on a commercial scale has been launched by the European Commission, with a call for proposals from companies. |
Geotimes July 2007 Megan Sever |
Affording the Costs of Climate Change Taking immediate action to try to mitigate climate change is not only necessary, it is affordable, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. |
Chemistry World December 2009 Chris Reynolds |
Regulatory Burden A new carbon emissions scheme will unwittingly hit the chemical industry. The UK risks being at a disadvantage if industry is overburdened with regulation. |
Finance & Development December 2009 Jones & Keen |
Climate Policy in Hard Times Restoring economic growth after the global financial crisis need not thwart the fight against climate change |
Chemistry World December 12, 2012 Yan Yan |
China's emissions may peak as soon as 2025 New research suggests that China's carbon emissions could peak as soon as 2025. But not everyone is convinced by these projections. |
HBS Working Knowledge April 15, 2014 Carmen Nobel |
Calderon: Economic Arguments Needed to Fight Climate Change Former President of Mexico Felipe Calderon says the United States Congress and Chinese coal plants are the biggest obstacles to fixing climate change. |
Finance & Development March 2008 Natalia Tamirisa |
Climate Change and the Economy Policies to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases need not hobble the economy. |
Chemistry World October 2007 Jeff Hardy |
Mind the Gap The technology to plug the UK's energy gap is already here. But where is the political will? |
Chemistry World April 3, 2014 Maria Burke |
Latest climate report sees a bigger role for adaptation The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says that science can offer ways to adapt to climate change and reduce risk -- something that should be used in combination with cutting emissions. |
Chemistry World January 14, 2008 Richard Van Noorden |
Flawed Policies Encourage Damaging Biofuels, Says Royal Society Simplistic policies are encouraging biofuels that don't cut greenhouse gases. |
Chemistry World April 24, 2009 Nina Notman |
UK carbon capture and storage gets government boost The UK will lead the way in the development and use of carbon capture and storage technology for coal-fired power stations, the country's minister for energy and climate change has declared. |
Chemistry World October 21, 2009 Ned Stafford |
Trillions for CCS to fight climate change Without carbon capture and storage, the International Energy Agency says that costs associated with cutting greenhouse gas emissions to 2005 levels by 2050 are likely to be 70 per cent higher. |
National Defense August 2009 Frodl & Manoyan |
Cap-and-Trade: The Triumph of Politics Over Economics, Science The cap-and-trade bill currently in Congress has not been designed to address the challenge of climate change or even put a good economic model in place to solve emissions reductions, but rather to overcome political resistance. |
Chemistry World October 6, 2015 Angeli Mehta |
China launches nationwide emissions trading scheme China has announced that it will implement a national emissions trading scheme in 2017, and encourage more power generation from renewables. |
Chemistry World November 4, 2013 Rebecca Trager |
Pacific Coast climate alignment A new climate pact, signed by leaders of British Columbia, California, Oregon and Washington on 28 October, aims to harmonize the West coast greenhouse gas emission targets and set a path toward long-term reductions. |
Finance & Development March 2008 Jones et al. |
Paying for Climate Change Governments must manage the incentives for households and firms to counter and adapt to climate change. |
Science News January 3, 2009 R.K. Pachauri |
Obama Administration Should Lead Energy Transition The director-general of The Energy and Resources Institute in New Delhi speaks about the changes he hopes to see from the Obama administration. |
BusinessWeek December 3, 2009 John Carey |
Why Copenhagen Will Be Good for Business A deal at the climate conference would tip the balance toward renewables, and offer huge opportunities for companies ranging from Alstom to IBM |
Chemistry World February 2010 |
Solar surge The sun is the only non-polluting energy source available to humankind on a huge scale and there is an urgent need to drive forward the science to exploit this fact and put into place clever technological solutions for reducing CO 2 emissions. |
Geotimes March 2007 Linda Rowan |
A Change in Climate in Congress: To Act or Not To Act Because some state and local governments are taking action, Congress will need to set some federal standards in the near term. The nation can ill-afford a hodge-podge of regulations and policies on climate change across the country. |
Chemistry World October 21, 2015 Mark Peplow |
The carbon capture challenge Attention is shifting toward carbon capture and utilization, which aims to use CO 2 as a feedstock to make fuels, chemicals and other useful products. |
Finance & Development December 2009 |
Response to "Viewpoint: Technology, not Talks, Will Save the Planet" A response to Bjorn Lomborg's article on investment in R&D of low-carbon energy technologies. |
BusinessWeek August 16, 2004 John Carey |
Global Warming Consensus is growing among scientists, governments, and business that they must act fast to combat climate change. This has already sparked efforts to limit CO2 emissions. Many companies are now preparing for a carbon-constrained world. |
Chemistry World November 23, 2012 Nuala Moran |
Can the UK fund CCS? After several false dawns, two recent announcements suggest commercial-scale carbon capture and storage could finally be getting the go-ahead in the UK. |
Chemistry World July 21, 2009 Rebecca Trager |
Nobel winners call for energy R&D funding Thirty-four Nobel Prize winners are urging US President Obama to make good on his pledge to provide increased, stable funding for energy research and development. |
Science News April 11, 2009 Michel Jarraud |
Bracing For Global Climate Change Is A Local Challenge The secretary-general of the U.N. World Meteorological Organization discusses whether global climate change is real. |