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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
Featured sites
The Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA) project provides access to documents, data, photos, maps and other resources concerning this critical issue.
The World Ocean Observatory provides a place of exchange for ocean information, education and public discourse about the future of the ocean and its implication for human survival.
AdaptNet is a community of adaptation specialists, sharing the latest information on adaptation strategies, measures, tools, research and analysis, and highlighting best practice and implementation. The network focuses on cities in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region, but nested within the global network of cities.
In the Morning of a Day provides activists and event organizers with an opportunity to announce and promote their events and actions about global warming.
And finally,
Children from Uganda, Bangladesh and Mozambique have drawn pictures for Oxfam of their impression of climate change (video) and what it means to their lives.
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.
Issue 67 - April 2008
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Issues 51 onwards
Issues 51 onwards of Tiempo are available in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format:
- Issue 66, low resolution (1.2Mb)
- Issue 66, high resolution (4.4Mb)
- Issue 65, low resolution (1.1Mb)
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- Issue 64, low resolution (1.6Mb)
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- Issue 63, low resolution (0.9Mb)
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- Issue 52, low resolution (0.8Mb)
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Issues 24 to 50
Issues 24 to 50 of Tiempo are available in HTML format:
- Issue 50 - December 2003
- Issue 49 - September 2003
- Issue 48 - June 2003
- Issue 47 - March 2003
- Issue 46 - January 2003
- Issue 44/45 - September 2002
- Issue 43 - March 2002
- Issue 42 - December 2001
- Issue 40/41 - September 2001
- Issue 38/39 - June 2001
- Issue 36/37 - September 2000
- Issue 35 - March 2000
- Issue 34 - December 1999
- Issue 33 - September 1999
- Issue 32 - June 1999
- Issue 31 - March 1999
- Issue 30 - December 1998
- Issue 29 - September 1998
- Issue 28 - June 1998
- Issue 27 - March 1998
- Issue 26 - December 1997
- Issue 25 - September 1997
Issues 24 to 50 can also be downloaded for offline reading (file sizes 100-400kb).
- Issue 50, December 2003
- Issue 49, September 2003
- Issue 48, June 2003
- Issue 47, March 2003
- Issue 46, December 2002
- Issue 44/45, September 2002
- Issue 43, March 2002
- Issue 42, December 2001
- Issue 40/41, September 2001
- Issue 38/39, June 2001
- Issue 36/37, September 2000
- Issue 35, March 2000
- Issue 34, December 1999
- Issue 33, September 1999
- Issue 32, June 1999
- Issue 31, March 1999
- Issue 30, December 1998
- Issue 29, September 1998
- Issue 28, June 1998
- Issue 27, March 1998
- Issue 26, December 1997
- Issue 25, September 1997
- Issue 24, June 1997
Instructions: Download the file into a new directory, uncompress the file, then point your web browser at the file index.htm.
Bright Ideas
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
The CooKit is an inexpensive, lightweight solar cooker that can save scarce fuel in poor communities and be swiftly deployed in emergencies (video)
Kungsbrohuset, a new building to be built by Jernhusen in Stockholm, will be heated partly by body heat from the people who pass through the nearby Central Station
Petrotec produces biodiesel from multiple feedstocks, including waste frying oils, animal fats and virgin vegetable fats and oils
Over 90 per cent of waste materials generated during construction of the eco-friendly Del Sur Ranch House were diverted from landfills
New Belgium's brew kettle is up to 70 per cent more efficient than standard brew kettles because it only heats thin sheets of wort
The Kinsale Energy Descent Action Plan presents a community-based strategy for coming down from the oil peak
The Efficiencity virtual world shows how decentralized energy production leads to lower emissions, more secure supply and reduced bills
Climate Savers corporations are partnering with WWF to establish ambitious targets to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions voluntarily
Energy collected from an asphalt road and parking lot heats an apartment building in Avenhorn, The Netherlands (further information from Ooms Avenhorn Holding BV, 0.3Mb download)
Tiempo Climate Newswatch
Updated: July 20th 2008