Green Times this week signed The Trillion Tonne Communiqué, a global call to arms from businesses who take the science of climate change seriously and are demanding a proactive policy response. The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sets out the link between the cumulative total of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and the resultant … [Read more...]
Climate Change Is Real: Just Ask the World Bank
Time is running out. This week, government officials and climate scientists from all over the world are meeting in Berlin, Germany, to finalize a U.N. study on climate change and its solutions. While the study hasn't been released yet, a draft of it has, and it's pretty stunning. The draft report from the International Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, says that time is … [Read more...]
UN Climate Experts: new food crisis looming due to chemical farming
The so-called "green revolution" (read chemical farming) is leaving agriculture vulnerable to climate change. New approaches are urgently needed to enable food systems to adapt, said the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Japan. Speaking during the release of the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) in Yokohama, a panel of the world's most … [Read more...]
IPCC statement: warming is unequivocal
Human influence on the climate system is clear. This is evident in most regions of the globe, a new assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes. It is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century. The evidence for this has grown, thanks to more and better observations, an … [Read more...]
