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Least Developed Countries to cut their emissions

Climate change is becoming so scary and could be so disruptive and destructive that even nations that are the least responsible for it are ready to cut their own emissions. The group of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), comprising 49 of the poorest nations of the Planet and accounting for twelve percent of the world …

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Is global warming causing a cold spring ?

Temperatures in northern Europe and parts of the United States are currently colder than average – see these articles from The Independant, Der Spiegel and the Washington Post. Given this, one can reasonably ask : Did the record Arctic melt triggered this cold winter ? To climatologists, it seems likely as previous studies have shown. …

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Global fossil fuels subsidies total $1.9 Trillion

Yes, you read that right. According to a new report from the International Monetary Fund, governments around the world are giving in direct and indirect aids up to 1,900 billion USD ( 1,500 billion euros ) to fossil fuels subsidies each year. This total to 2.5 percent of global GDP. More importantly, ending those subsidies …

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South Africa to tax carbon by 2015

Will we have a global carbon tax by 2015 ? Even if it is way too early to tell, here are some news in that direction. After China, South Africa plans to enact a carbon tax by this year. Reuters, Bloomberg and All Africa brings us more details. The tax would be of around $14 …

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Worth an article – my February 2013 tweets

I have been committed since January 2007 to bring you each month a selection of the latest headlines and best researches on sustainable development, climate change and the world energy sector. However, I don’t blog as much as I would like to and generally write around 25 posts per month. But many more news are …

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A great infographic on climate change

I already wrote a few times on infographics and how they can be amazing. Indeed, with some of them, a single image is indeed worth a thousand words ( or more ). Here is the latest example I found. It’s explains exactly what has to be done regarding carbon dioxide emissions. And what would be …

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Feeling down about climate ? Read this

Given how climate change is VERY serious and how little we are currently working on it, it’s easy to feel a bit under the weather. No wonder more and more people are feeling anxious about their near future or what world they will leave to their children. This week I came across two posts on …

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Further evidence on how climate change is VERY serious

Readers be advised, this post is a collection of the latest climate change news I have collected the past week. And to tell the truth, the more science on global warming is published, the more alarming it is. First thing first, concentrations of carbon dioxide have increased in 2012 by no less than 2.67 parts …

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A 1.5°C temperature rise could be game over for our civilization

Oooops ! According to Cleantechies, a 1.5°C temperature rise ” could unleash more than 1,000 gigatons of carbon and methane currently trapped beneath Siberian permafrost and accelerate global climate change. “ 1.5°C is considered as the low level of potential climate warming to date. This is even more worrying as such quantities of greenhouse gases …

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More on the Chinese carbon tax

A year ago I was relating how China, the largest greenhouse gases emitter, was willing to tax carbon by 2015. It seems the local government is pretty serious about it as last week’s news show. To the Clean Revolution : ” China’s Finance Ministry has announced a new set of green taxation policies, including a …

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