Climate science
India’s fight against climate change starts at home
The headlines will be made at COP17, but Susannah Fisher from the LSE’s Grantham Research Institute argues that if you dig below the surface, a real move to a low carbon economy is already underway in India.
Respond Daily: Antarctica Iceberg
An iceberg the size of Berlin could breakaway in Antarctica as early as the end of the year. RTCC takes a look at what this could mean…
Iceberg the size of Berlin developing in Antarctica
Experts say giant iceberg is part of natural 10 year cycle and is not linked to climate change
Karachi kid wins $5000 climate change film award
Pakistani graduate Danish Khan wins the inaugural Climate Change TV award, picking up a prize of $5000.
Keystone XL protesters encircle Whitehouse
12,000 protesters descend on Washington DC in opposition of oil sand pipeline as Obama delays decision till after US elections
Mapping carbon could boost REDD investment
New forestry mapping technology from the University of Edinburgh has the potential to track the carbon stored within forests, taking away one of the barriers to private investment in REDD
UNDP warn climate change could reverse global prosperity by 2050
The economic progress of the world’s developing countries could stall or even reverse by 2050 if swift and drastic measures are not taken to combat the effects of climate change.
Climate Change ‘shrinking’ animals
Rising temperatures and disruptive weather patterns linked with climate change could be causing many animal and plant species to shrink, according to new research
Shale gas: clean fossil fuel or unwanted distraction?
Billed by some as the energy of the future and an environmental time bomb by others, RTCC speaks to those on both sides of the shale gas debate to find out more
Dangerous levels of climate change possible in this lifetime
Dangerous levels of climate change could be seen within the lifetime of people living today, unless a steep reduction in global emissions are put in place, according to two reports published in Nature Climate Change
Off the menu: The climate change food crises
Climate change will threaten a number of crops including coffee, chocolate and rice, according to a number of agricultural research institutes
Emerging economies most vulnerable to climate change
New map shows emerging economies in the global south will be most at risk of climate change, but globalisation will mean all countries will be impacted
Putting children at the heart of climate change risk reduction
Children and young people across the world are being put at the heart of climate change adaptation and risk reduction schemes, for International Disaster Reduction Day 2011
Migration from climate change underestimated
With 42 million people were displaced by natural disasters in 2010, policy makers and aid agencies must consider planned migration in the face of global climate change, making it part of the ‘solution’, says a new report from the Foresight Group
17 per cent savings for energy smart households
As domestic energy deals rise above £1000 a year, “smart home” technologies could provide customers with a vital aid to tackling energy efficiency