London: A
website tipped to be the world's premier online news resource
for climate change is to be launched by Responding to Climate
Change (RTCC) this December. The news portal, called ClimateWire,
will draw together all the climate change news stories from across
the globe, providing a daily updated snap-shot of world climate
change news.
The portal will be focussed specifically on climate change and
relevant sustainable development news, covering stories from
environmental activism and research through to corporate policy
and emissions markets information. 'There are some websites that
cover environmental news, and there are some that cover parts
of the climate change debate, but there is no one-stop-shop where
you can go to update yourself on all new climate change stories
every morning - ClimateWire aims to fill that gap,' stated Sarah
Peake, Editor at RTCC. 'In addition to news stories, we will
also run press releases
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to communicate solutions
and initiatives from companies and governments and NGOs - this
is going to be an integral part of our worldwide communications
effort to promote action to combat climate change.'
This website will
be officially launched at the United Nations climate change
meeting, COP10, in order to engage the top decision makers in
government and the private sectors. 'This meeting is the most important
forum in the climate change calendar for decision makers,' said
Sarah, 'by launching ClimateWire here we hope each of these
people will see the importance of up to date information on
an issue that develops every day.'
The service will be international and free to anybody who accesses
the site. It will also provide a resource for previous news items
and press releases in an archive that can be searched by country,
subject, date and source. 'We envisage the site being used by
government
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officials, corporate
policy makers, journalists following hot issues, students doing
research - really by anyone who wants to know what's going on now in
climate change', noted Sarah. A pilot of the site is due to be
online in November.
RTCC is an official
observer to the UN climate change negotiations, and is responsible
to communicating and showcasing solutions and initiatives in
climate change. They are based in London and Cambridge, but have
a fully global reach in brining companies and government together
to communicate issues on climate change and sustainable development. Contact:
Adam Bumpus
Programme Director
Responding to Climate Change
Victoria Chambers
16 - 18 Strutton Ground
London SW1P 2HP, UK.
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