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A new release from the Yale University Project on Climate Change Communication shows widespread belief among Americans that extreme weather is linked with climate change. ... Read more »
This disturbing video documents global warming from 1800 up through the present time... Read more »
Climate change targets can be highly confusing. There are various types of targets, and lots of uncertainty about how each target could be met and what would happen if it was. Let's look at the three main types of target in turn.... Read more »
Farmers are already actively experimenting with changing agricultural practices, and looking for ways to diversify their livelihoods in response climate and other stresses, within their resource constraints. ... Read more »
The world is likely to build so many fossil-fuelled power stations, energy-guzzling factories and inefficient buildings in the next five years that it will become impossible to hold global warming to safe levels, and the last chance of combating dangerous climate change will be "... Read more »
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Recent Climate Quick Facts
Worldwide use of biochar could cut CO2 levels by 8 parts per million within 50 years, according to NASA scientist James Hansen. – CNN
Chinese investments of $912 billion in clean energy and environmental protection will create 10.6 million jobs, boost GDP by $1.3 trillion and save an additional $220 billion in energy savings. — CCICED
Heat is already the leading cause of weather-related deaths in the United States, with more than 6,300 deaths resulting from exposure to extremely hot weather between 1979 and 2006. — EPA, 2010
High temperatures raise the levels of ozone and other pollutants in the air, exacerbating cardiovascular and respiratory disease. Urban air pollution causes about 1.2 million deaths each year. – World Health Organization, 2010
Wind could meet 12% of global power demand by 2020, and 22% percent by 2030. 2010 saw the global wind industry install two wind turbines an hour — a total of 36,000 MW. – Global Wind Energy Council
Despite a global financial recession, wind energy capacity grew in 2009 by over 30 per cent. — IPCC
