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Action point

Jim Salinger describes his priority for action on global warming. You can play the low bandwidth or the high bandwidth version

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Featured sites

Plan B, from the Earth Policy Institute, details how to rescue a planet under stress by cutting carbon emissions 80 per cent by 2020.

The e-newsletter from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat provides a comprehensive overview of major news and announcements regarding the climate negotiations.

The OzoneAction Education Pack provides primary school teachers with practical, hands-on and entertaining curricula material to educate their students about ozone depletion.

The Youth Climate Pledge is a collaborative plan of action that young people can sign on to and get others to commit to.

And finally,

The United Nations Paint for the Planet exhibition features paintings by child artists on the theme of climate change.

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About Newswatch

Tiempo Climate Newswatch is a weekly on-line magazine with news, features and comment on global warming, climate change, sea-level rise and development issues. It is edited by Mick Kelly and Sarah Granich and maintained by Mick Kelly and Mike Salmon. The cartoons are created by Lawrence Moore.

The news stories carried by Newswatch are updated weekly. Comment, features, interviews and other sections of the magazine are updated on a weekly to monthly basis.

Newswatch automatically scans a number of news sites once an hour, searching for a set of keyphrases. The raw news feed can be accessed in standard or PDA format.

Part of the Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary, Tiempo Climate Newswatch is hosted by the Climatic Research Unit, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia.

The Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary is a co-production of the Stockholm Environment Institute and the International Institute for Environment and Development, sponsored by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency.

While every effort is made to ensure that information on this site, and on other sites that are referenced here, is accurate, no liability for loss or damage resulting from use of this information can be accepted.

Gaunt, Lawrence Moore, is Tiempo Climate Newswatch's resident cartoonist. Please contact Lawrence for terms and conditions if you wish to reproduce any of these cartoons.


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Bright Ideas

Offsetting air travel with atmosfair buys solar mirrors that provide energy for the preparation of thousands of meals daily in India

Dow Building Solutions has prepared a short information sheet covering the construction of green roofs

The fabric in Asics Commitment range of sportswear is woven from bamboo yarn

SolidNav has developed electric propulsion units for small water craft and sailboats

WATT, a nightclub in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, has a dancefloor that generates electricity and toilets that flush with rainwater

During play, the Energy Merry-go-round generates electricity that is transferred to a battery and 220V invertor for use in the classroom

Waste Management provides home recycling kits for compact fluorescent bulbs, batteries and electronics

Norwegian music festivals, Canal Street and Hove, have joined the Climate Neutral Network

The PlayPump water system doubles as a water pump and a merry-go-round for children

Honda is leasing the hydrogen-powered fuel cell FCX Clarity to private individuals in southern California

TIDE, in southern India, markets energy-efficient stoves that reduce fuelwood use by as much as 30 per cent

Curitiba's BioCity Program (0.3Mb download) aims to halt the rapid rate at which cities develop and reduce biodiversity loss

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Tiempo Climate Newswatch
Updated: November 16th 2008