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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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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.
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.
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The International Energy Agency and British Petroleum have released their latest annual reports on current trends in energy consumption. Newswatch editor Mick Kelly reports. |
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), global greenhouse gas emissions could rise by 52 per cent by the year 2030 unless action is taken to reduce energy consumption. The IEA's World Energy Outlook for 2005 predicts that, if current trends continue, energy demand is set to rise by over 50 per cent over the next 25 years. Without extra investment in oil facilities, oil prices will rise substantially. "These projected trends have important implications and lead to a future that is not sustainable," according to IEA head Claude Mandil.
The IEA's medium- to long-term energy projections are generated using the World Energy Model. The model has been run under three different scenarios - the Reference Scenario, the World Alternative Policy Scenario (where importing nations take action to cut demand and change the pattern of fuel use) and the Deferred Investment Scenario (where producers delay spending, inadvertently or deliberately). The model analyses global and regional energy demand and supply prospects, the environmental impact of energy use and energy sector investment needs through to 2030.
Commenting on the projections, Klaus Toepfer, head of the United Nations Environment Programme, said that "this is a grim prognosis based on business as usual. So it must be a clear signal that, in order to avoid such a disaster, we must deploy technologies and adopt economic measures that are already available and feasible."
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Primary energy consumption, China Data from 54th Statistical Review of World Energy |
British Petroleum (BP) has published the 54th Statistical Review of World Energy. As in last year's report, growing energy demand and developments in China dominate the 2005 review.
During 2004, global energy consumption grew by 4.3 per cent, the largest ever annual increase in global consumption in volume terms. Energy demand in China rose by 15.1 per cent during 2004 and, over the past three years, Chinese energy demand has increased by 65 per cent. China now consumes 13.6 per cent of the world's energy.
Global carbon emissions rose by 4.5 per cent during 2004. Disturbingly, this is the highest annual percentage increase since 1976 and the highest absolute increase on record.
Further information
The BP
Statistical Review of World Energy can be downloaded. There is
also a facility to generate custom
graphs of energy trends.
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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
Tiempo Climate Newswatch
Updated: November 16th 2008