Archive for July, 2008
World leaders at the G8 summit aim to set a target to halve carbon emissions by 2050 in an effort to tackle global warming.
Tags: Asia-Pacific
London Mayor Boris Johnson quashes the proposed rise in congestion charge for vehicles deemed high polluters.
Tags: London
The UK is to cut the rate of growth of biofuels because of “increasing questions” over their impact.
Tags: UK Politics
The Gallagher Review pours caution on the pace of biofuel development.
Tags: Science & Environment
Japan says it will not negotiate on CO2 emissions until it sees what the new US president offers on climate change.
Tags: Science & Environment
An Australian government advisor calls for a national emissions trading scheme to combat global warming.
Tags: Asia-Pacific
Last week James Hansen (NASA’s chief climate scientists) spoke to members of Congress about global warming. It wasn’t his first communication with politicians about the subject, rather
Tags: global warming