As nations from around the world meet in Copenhagen from December 7–18 for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, researchers from the University of Delaware are taking a leading role. A special day co-sponsored by the Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands, housed at UD, is being set aside during the negotiations to draw attention to the world’s oceans.
Temporary structures specialist, Neptunus has been chosen to supply 14,000 sq m of additional space at the much-publicised United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP15).
Bjorn Lomborg, Director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, unveiled two billboards in central Copenhagen on 7 December, 2009 the first day of the global climate summit. These two billboards designed to contradict the views of delegates and politicians highlight that the existing measures used in solving global warming issues are imperfect.
The Nature Conservancy in collaboration with Blue Source launched a unique forest conservation program. The conservation program, Working Woodlands, aspires to fight climate change and protect forests. This program aims to reward landowners who show good ability to manage their forest effectively with market-based incentives.
Anheuser-Busch, a leading American brewer, has promised to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Leaders program to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions at its operations and breweries by 5% from the year, 2005 through the year 2010. Anheuser-Busch had given this commitment in the year 2007 at the time of joining EPA’s Climate Leaders program. Anheuser-Busch has met its goal to reduce the emissions one year ahead of schedule. This achievement was commended at the Climate Leaders Partners’ annual meeting on December 2, 2008.
Royal DSM N.V., the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company headquartered in the Netherlands, scores highest in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) of the fifty largest companies listed at Euronext Amsterdam for its approach to climate change disclosure. The CDP represents 475 global institutional investors with USD 55 trillion in assets under management.
In the long term, the Earth’s temperature may be 30-50% more sensitive to atmospheric carbon dioxide than has previously been estimated, reports a new study published in Nature Geoscience this week.
The FTTH Council Europe has stated that Green Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Technologies will help in connecting the UN Climate Change Conference to the world. The Highest FTTH Penetration Rates are found in Denmark, which is considered as a Leading European Country in terms of its Sustainable Innovation. The Climate Change conference will offer the possibilities of remote participation besides being connected by the fiber-to-the-home technology. Efficient developments and high-speed access will be obtained from the Copenhagen Bella Conference Center and from the broadband connections in Denmark.
Harris Interactive has conducted an online survey of 2,303 adults, between November 2 and 11, 2009, which revealed a sharp reduction of people who believe that emission of carbon-di-oxide and other gases will lead to global warming. Two years ago, 71% of people believed that global warming is due to emission of greenhouse gases and that percentage has dropped to 51% according the poll. The poll results also reveal an increase of people from 23% to 29% who do not believe that global warming is due to carbon-di-oxide emissions since 2007.
Grameen Foundation and Oxfam America have released a report that analyzes the role played by Microfinance institutions in controlling the impacts brought about by climate change on the poor people. The report titled “Climate Change and Microfinance” was written by Asif Dowla, a Professor of Economics and an expert in Microfinance from St. Mary’s College. This report highlights the most important poverty related issues that are to be discussed at the United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held in Copenhagen next week.
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