The Earth’s oceans, which have absorbed carbon dioxide from fuel emissions since the dawn of the industrial era, have recently grown less efficient at sopping it up, new research suggests. Emissions from the burning of fossil fuels began soaring in the 1950s, and oceans largely kept up, scientists say. But the growth in the intake [...]

Degraded peatlands in Indonesia unleash vast amounts of carbon TARUNA JAYA, INDONESIA — Across a patch of pineapples shrouded in smoke, Idris Hadrianyani battled a menace that has left his family sleepless and sick — and has wrought as much damage on the planet as has exhaust from all the cars and trucks in the [...]

Well it’s about 12:45 am;………. 45 minutes after the end of my 120 hour (5 day) hunger strike, as a protest in the lead up to the Copenhagen Climate Change conference starting on December 7th 2009. This is the second of my personal hunger strike protests and you can see the personal revelations I underwent [...]

This is a recorded introduction chapter to the book ‘ZERO Greenhouse Emissions – The Day the Lights Went Out – Our Future World’ I have recorded it from my home in Perth Western Australia in the lead up to the Copenhagen Climate Change talks commencing on December 7th. Much of what is in the book [...]

“The ultimate solutions to climate change are workable, cost-effective technologies which permit society to improve living standards while limiting and adapting to changes in the climate. Yet scientific, engineering, and organizational solutions are not enough. Societies must be motivated and empowered to adopt the needed changes. For that, the public must be able to interpret [...]

What’s on, who’s there and where to stay. Click here for a calendar of actions during the conference Oxfam members wearing masks of world leaders offer a Copenhagen menu to other members representing poor countries last month in Barcelona. Photograph: Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty Images Never mind the boring old delegates at next month’s climate talks in [...]

  Thousands of activists from all over the world will soon descend on Copenhagen with one message: that world leaders must agree a deal that will be effective in reducing global emissions, and be fair for the people most vulnerable to climate change. Hundreds of mainstream NGOs, such as Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth, [...]

In Indonesia, foreign activists with the environmental group Greenpeace and two foreign journalists are being deported. The activists were involved in conservation efforts and protests to publicize the environmental damage caused by deforestation. The Indonesian government says they misused their visas. Tom Keunen, a Belgian activist with the environmental group Greenpeace, says the Indonesian police [...]

Mark Lynas lays out the future – but with recent reports that we are heading for 6 degrees his book dedication holds even more significance “To my wife, Maria, and son, Tom, in the hope that most of the predictions here need not come true.” One Degree Deserts invade the High Plains of the United [...]