Richer countries like Brazil fall short when combating climate change Source: Scientific American Climatewire Tropical forest giants Brazil and Indonesia made less ambitious climate commitments than the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo and other smaller, poorer countries, an analysis released yesterday by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) found. That discovery is consistent with […]
Source: Huffington Post We are only a few weeks away from the COP21 climate summit in Paris. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 11 per cent of global carbon emissions come from deforestation. That is about the same amount as the emissions from all the world’s cars. Efforts to stop deforestation are […]
Published on Sep 23, 2014 United Nations – Statement by Mr. Leonardo DiCaprio, UN Messenger of Peace with a special focus on climate change, at the opening of the Climate Summit 2014.
Published on Jul 22, 2015 Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger told a meeting of religious leaders and others in France Tuesday that “climate change is not science-fiction,” adding, “this is bigger than any movie. This is the challenge of our time.” Daily Caller: NOAA Fiddles With Climate Data To Erase 15-Year Global Warming ‘Hiatus’http://dailycaller.com/2015/06/04/noa… Breitbart: […]
Entrepreneur Richard Branson discusses the need for immediate global action against climate change to ensure a prosperous future. Learn more at http://www.conservation.org/climate