Climate change

Whatever concerns Climate change goes here…

UK government approved the building of nuclear plants

According to several sources, including the Financial Times and the International Herald Tribune, the British government approved the building of new nuclear plants. This occurs as nuclear energy is becoming more and more interesting as it is the second lowest greenhouse gases energy solution behind hydro. This might be for this country the beginning of …

UK government approved the building of nuclear plants Read More »

How I easily avoided 76 kg of CO2 emissions

Albeit the fact I consider myself as an ecologist and took various actions to decrease my greenhouse gases emissions, I never really did any calculations of my impact. But the New year’s day brought me an opportunity to have a look at my CO2 emissions as I went to Nancy by train and I avoided …

How I easily avoided 76 kg of CO2 emissions Read More »

Arctic is melting faster than forecast

This is perhaps the most serious and most worrying news of the beginning of the year as Canada reported last year the most important ice melting ever witnessed. According to the WWF, summer sea ice in the arctic could disappear within six years, much faster than previously thought about. Temperatures at the poles rise much …

Arctic is melting faster than forecast Read More »

The Revenge of Gaïa by James Lovelock

I read this month The Revenge of Gaïa, the latest book from one of the major ecological thinkers of our time, Dr. James Lovelock. This book is not optimistic as the author believes it is already too late to work on sustainable development and that we have to operate a sustainable retreat. I truly enjoyed …

The Revenge of Gaïa by James Lovelock Read More »

A minimal agreement on climate change in Bali

As the Bali Conference of Parties within the IPCC finished on December 14th, it is time for me to sum up the situation with what took place during those days. The least I can say is that the official position from the United States seriously endangered the negotiations and led to an agreement with minimum …

A minimal agreement on climate change in Bali Read More »

Toward a new world war because of climate change?

This is the question asked by Le Figaro [Fr] as the United Nations released a report that should urge ALL world leaders to make climate change mitigation their top priority. According to the UN, many countries in Africa, Asia and Americas might be seriously threatened by wars as their environments deteriorate in many ways. But …

Toward a new world war because of climate change? Read More »

A major Asian utility to decrease its CO2 emissions

According to the IHT, one of the major electricity producers in Asia – The CLP Group – committed itself to decreasing its carbon dioxide emissions by up to 75 percent by 2050. The company will use each and every necessary means to do so : renewable energies, carbon capture and storage, clean coal technologies and …

A major Asian utility to decrease its CO2 emissions Read More »

EU can meet and go beyond its Kyoto targets

According to the European Environment Agency, the fifteen first members of the EU “can meet, and may even over-shoot, (their) 2012 Kyoto target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 8 % below 1990 levels”. This is an excellent news as according to the report, the cut of emissions could reach 11.4 percent. The EU wants …

EU can meet and go beyond its Kyoto targets Read More »

Climate change: a huge threat for developing countries

Just days before the Bali talks that will prepare the future of the Kyoto Protocol, the United Nations released a report on the human toll climate change would have. According to it, a full scale global warming would have dramatic consequences for hundreds of million people and the most struck would be located in developing …

Climate change: a huge threat for developing countries Read More »

Australia to ratify Kyoto, will partake in Bali talks

I don’t talk about politics as opinions are personal, but when politics include climate change mitigation, I have to do so. The victory yesterday of the Labour Party in Australia is very good news. The country will ratify the Kyoto Protocol and will also be present at the Bali talks in December to prepare the …

Australia to ratify Kyoto, will partake in Bali talks Read More »

%d bloggers like this: