Photo credit: dmytrok via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen It was not the news anyone expected to receive on Friday the 13th of March 2015 but, nevertheless, that was the day on which […]
CO2 emissions stalls for the first time in 40 years
COP20 final day updates
Photo credit: Anthony Quintano, 2013. By Anders Lorenzen Today the 195 member countries of the UN could potentially agree a draft global deal on climate change, which would be signed at COP21 […]
UN says science has spoken on climate change
Photo credit: United Nations Photo / Mark Garten via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen On Sunday, the world’s climate eyes were focused again on the Danish capital, Copenhagen, as the Intergovernmental Panel on […]
Increased hope of a Paris climate deal next year, as China could introduce a total emissions cap in 2016
A Chinese woman wearing an air pollution mask in Beijing during severe air pollution levels in February. Photo credit: Reuters / Barry Huang. By Anders Lorenzen Hot on the heels of […]
World Meteorological Organization in climate warning
Greenhouse gasses recorded in the atmosphere reached an all time high in 2012. By Anders Lorenzen The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Wednesday warned that greenhouse gasses (GHG) in the atmosphere have […]
IPCC delivers darkest warning yet on man made climate change
Rajendra Pachauri and Thomas Stocker during Friday’s press conference. By Anders Lorenzen In a long awaited report on climate change which was unveiled Friday by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), […]
Denmark: largest offshore wind farm opened
Anholt offshore wind farm. By Anders Lorenzen The Queen of Denmark, her holiness Queen Magrethe II, Denmark’s Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and climate and energy minister Martin Lidegaard Wednesday opened Anholt offshore […]
Guest blog: House hunting, energy & a happy economy
By Charlotte Webster Source: Wikimedia Commons ‘London property market based on people pretending grim places are great’ reported the Daily Mash last week. ‘A s*** flat in London now costs £500,000 thanks […]
Statoil’s tar sands involvement to be addressed at AGM
Greenpeace action at last year’s Statoil AGM. By Anders Lorenzen Today in Stavanger, Norway, the Norwegian oil and gas company Statoil are having it’s yearly AGM. In recent years there have been […]
Editorial: 400 PPM, we know what we have to do
As we hit 400 PPM, CO2 emissions are showing no signs of declining. Yesterday, we wrote about the fact that CO2 levels in the atmosphere were about to hit 400 parts per […]
A greener life, a greener world 