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Copenhagen Accord Pledges Fall Short of Climate Goals

By | Published: March 1, 2010
Pledges by 60 countries to cut their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions over the next 10 years will not be sufficient to hold global temperature rises to 2°C above pre-industrial levels, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The report notes that an emissions path with a medium likelihood of keeping [...]
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Landmark Climate Change Report

By | Published: February 8, 2010
United Nations — The great weight of science still supports the findings in a landmark 2007 report from a United Nations-backed panel of experts that global warming is man-made, the head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said today following recent attacks from climate change sceptics over a mistake in the assessment. Defending the Intergovernmental [...]
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Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009

By | Published: May 24, 2009
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon and Nobel prize winner Al Gore pleaded to top CEOs of companies, such as, PepsiCo, Nestle, BP, to take action against climate change. “We have to do it this year. Not next year. This year,” Gore said. “The clock is ticking, because Mother Nature does not do bailouts.” “Continuing to pour [...]
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