Soaring population growth, climate change and greater demands for food are placing increasing demands on Earth’s water resources, requiring an integrated approach for sustainable water management, according to a new World Bank report.
“We can’t properly …

Russia submitted for registration its first carbon emissions reduction project under a special United Nations procedure, a step the UNFCCC has said can signal “a substantial increase” of followers, Bloomberg reported. 
The joint implementation (JI) project will …

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) should adjust the way it communicates scientific uncertainty about climate change and reform its management structure, according to a report presented UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and IPCC Chair …

Africa is turning into a major source of premium carbon projects, according to the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA).

The world’s least developed region accounts for about 3 percent of the project pipeline under the Clean Development …

Australia’s new Green Party MP Adam Bandt joined with independents – Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott – in a call for action on climate change.
Speaking at the Press Club on Wednesday, Bandt reiterated the Green …

Climate change is increasingly being blamed for weather disasters leading to disease, hunger and homelessness. This is a short summary of recent disasters and other unfortunate developments blamed on climate change.

In Latin America, diseases like …

The first carbon credits in Tokyo’s new cap-and-trade scheme traded hands on Monday at a price of  US$142 per tonne, well above market rates for carbon elsewhere, PointCarbon News reported.
Carbon credits traded were generated from an …

Independents now have the power to influence Australia’s climate change policy for years to come. Here is a review of their positions, as extracted from public statements during the past two years and debates around …

During the election campaign, the Federal government announced some revamped climate change policy.  The one that stole most headlines was Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s announcement that if re-elected, her government would establish a “citizen’s assembly” …

– from the Climate Spectator website; 16 August 2010
The Heart of the Matter
by Dr Mark Dangerfield, technical director, GCS
Recently the NSW Natural Resources Commissioner, Dr John Williams, hosted a workshop in Canberra on resilience thinking …