More than 80 per cent of people believe climate change is a serious threat and are willing to make sacrifices to combat it, a survey by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) showed today.
Just 17 per cent of the 1,000 people polled were not prepared to change their travel habits to tackle the climate...
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Archive for November, 2009
Climate change survey says 83% willing to make sacrifices
Saffron Flowers and Sunken Gardens
This publication, a Drynet initiative, presents successful initiatives happening in differents regions affected by desertication. Examples to show that positive change is possible and can inspire many people working in Drylands.
For more information download :Drynet_Saffron_flowers_and_sunken_gardens_english (PDF)
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Concours artistique Empreintes : les jeunes font entendre leur voix à la COP15
Date limite :
3 décembre 2009
Secteur(s) d’intervention
Environnement, Arts / Culture
Description
TakingITGlobal organise un concours artistique à l’occasion de la COP15. Le Concours Empreintes explore les thèmes suivants :
• L’empreinte écologique – une mesure de la pression exercée par les êtres humains sur la planète, et / ou
• Le nombre 350– le niveau...
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Continent Rejects New Climate Change Pact
As the clock ticks towards the climate change talks in Copenhagen, Africa has now declared that it will not accept a new pact to replace the Kyoto Protocol.
The African negotiators have also stated that neither will they accept a merger of the protocol that is currently in use, with a new agreement.
In a statement...
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East Antarctic ice sheet may be losing mass
The East Antarctic ice sheet has been losing mass for the last three years, according to an analysis of data from a gravity-measuring satellite mission.
The scientists involved say they are “surprised” by the finding, because the giant East Antarctic sheet, unlike the west, has been thought to be stable.
Other scientists say ice loss could...
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