Archive for IPCC
Do our leaders care about the environment?
Posted by: on December 3, 2008 in Tags: Climate change, IPCC, Sustainable development
Rajendra Pachauri, the head of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is not satisfied by the lack of attention given to environmental and social issues at the current Poznan talks.
I was right in my article on sustainable development, our leaders only think about the economy, the economy and the economy. Climate change is a HUGE threat, it should have their attention.
Governing is all about foreseeing the future problems and acting proactively to avoid them. In this regard, not many of our leaders are doing their job. Continue reading »
Seven years left to reverse the CO2 emissions trend
Posted by: on July 8, 2008 in Tags: Climate change, Europe, IPCC
Carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases emissions have been increasing continuously since the beginning of the industrial revolution at the end of the 18th century.
According to the IPCC experts who met the EU environment ministries today, this trend have to be reversed and emissions have to start decreasing within the next seven years.
To these experts, the European Union can lead the way and set an example. This meeting took place as the G8 representatives are meeting on climate change. Continue reading »
EU’s climate change scheme is a disappointment
Posted by: on January 28, 2008 in Tags: Climate change, Europe, IPCC
The European Union presented last week its climate change mitigation and energy plan, and I am somehow disappointed by it.
The final plan states a measure to decrease by a mere 20 percent greenhouse gases emissions by 2020 compared to 1990 levels.
This is in total contradiction with what was mentioned in Bail (minimum of 25 percent of reduction) and what was proposed by the EU last year. Continue reading »
Final part of AR4 released. We have to act NOW !
Posted by: on November 19, 2007 in Tags: Climate change, IPCC, Sciences, UN
The last part of the Fourth Assessment report (AR4) of the IPCC was released Friday in Valencia, Spain.
The main news is that the situation is worse than forecast during the writing of the report. Mankind thus have to act quick and in a massive way if it wants to avoid global warming and can’t wait for the end of Kyoto in 2012.
In this article, you will be able to get the latest data and statements on this very bad news.
Nobel Peace Prize 2007 goes to the IPCC and Al Gore
Posted by: on October 12, 2007 in Tags: Climate change, IPCC, UN, USA, Video
Today’s major event is the Nobel Peace Prize, which goes to the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and to Al Gore, for their tireless work on raising the public awareness on man-made climate change.
This recognizes in perhaps the best possible way that global warming has to be fought against.
The Nobel Committee was particularly struck by (t)heir efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change.
UN prepare the negotiations of after Kyoto
Posted by: on September 3, 2007 in Tags: Climate change, IPCC, UN
The United Nations met last week in Vienna and agreed on recognizing the target set by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). They thus made the first step toward action.
The target agreed upon mentions a decrease of 25 to 40 percent of global greenhouse gases by 2020.
This meeting was preparing the Bali discussions of December where the United Nations will begin talks for the Kyoto Protocol successor.
The IPCC paper shows the existence of numerous solutions to mitigate and even stop climate change. Here are some of them that can, and have to, be putted in place before 2030.
Conclusions of Working Group III of AR4
Posted by: on May 7, 2007 in Tags: Climate change, IPCC, SciencesAs I wrote here on Friday, below is a short version of the Summary of Policymakers of the third Working Group of AR4. Those pages concern the mitigation of climate change. We will see it is still time to act and hope remains.
The International Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) released the third Summary for Policy-makers of their Fourth Assessment Report. It is available there. I haven’t read it yet but will do a article I will publish on Monday.
Third part of AR4 to be released on friday
Posted by: on May 2, 2007 in Tags: Climate change, IPCC, SciencesThe third part of the fourth assessment report of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is to be released on Friday. This one will tackle the responses that can be brought to mitigate climate change.
