Climate change
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Seoul City Government Secures CERs for 28 Years by Registering Solar Photovoltaic Power Programs
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The Seoul City authority registered its ‘plan of installing solar photovoltaic power generation facilities’ as the CDM project of the UNFCCC. It aims at securing CERs for 306,000 tons of greenhouse...
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Jun.19.2013
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The News > Korea
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Economist: Climate change a financial threat to oil companies
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Energy companies are facing the prospect of physical and financial losses because of climate change, and the oil industry needs to take the threat more seriously, the chief economist of the Interna...
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Jun.18.2013
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HFCs to be reduced?
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Emitters of the world unite. Presidents Obama and Xi Jinping lead the 2 biggest polluting nations (40% of the total)on the planet, as far as greenhouse gases are concerned. With all the carbon foot...
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Jun.17.2013
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New York’s Sea-Level Plan: Will It Play in Miami?
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Rising seas threaten other cities more than New York. Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s announcement yesterday of a $19.5 billion, multidecade plan to defend New York City against rising seas and sev...
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Jun.14.2013
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‘God’s Bathtub:’ Ancient Lake In Australia Found To Be Unaffected By Climate Ch...
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Scientists from Australia’s University of Adelaide have identified a lake so pristine that they’re calling it “God’s bathtub.” Although typical freshwater ecosystems v...
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Jun.11.2013
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Climate change causing US wildfire season to last longer, Congress told
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US forest service chief says hotter, drier conditions mean wildfire season lasts two months longer than it did 40 years ago America’s wildfire season lasts two months longer than it did 40 ye...
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Jun.7.2013
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Ice going, humanity: Arctic melting at alarming rates
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It’s no surprise to regular readers I am quite concerned about climate change. My concern on this issue is twofold: One consists of the actual global consequences of the reality of global warming, ...
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Jun.5.2013
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Where will the polar bears go as the Arctic ice melts under their feet
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The polar bear is the top predator of the Arctic marine ecosystem. It feeds mainly on seals, but also includes walruses, and belugas in their diet. As one can see, it also overwhelms with its enorm...
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Jun.4.2013
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Energy Efficiency Can Make Billions While Fighting Climate Change
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Energy efficiency could be a several hundred billion dollar investment opportunity in the United States, but better policies are required to unlock broad-based financing from institutional investor...
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Jun.3.2013
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Microsoft Helps Expose Mt. Everest’s Vanishing Glaciers
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Sixty years after Sir Edmund Hillary and and Tenzing Norgay became the first men to summit Mount Everest, Microsoft and GlacierWorks have teamed up to honor their achievement in a unique way. Using...
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May.31.2013
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Seoul City and Germany-based Fraunhofer Institute Seal MOU for Cooperation for Energy Efficiency ...
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The two organizations will cooperate for 3 years, including exchange of technologies for developing ‘energy-zero building’. The Seoul City government said that it concluded on May 28 an MOU with Ge...
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May.31.2013
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The News > Korea
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Quiet Climate Milestones
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“All we are not stares back at what we are.” —“The Sea and the Mirror” W.H. Auden Throughout my life, there have been poets and poems I’ve carried with me everywhere, like a briefcase that’s always...
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May.29.2013
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Alien Planets May Shed Light On Climate Change On Earth, Scientists Say
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A Comparative Climatology Symposium held at NASA Headquarters on May 7 focused on new approaches to climate research by highlighting the similarities and contrasts between the environments of the r...
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May.28.2013
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Climate refugees? Where’s the dignity in that?
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We need a new narrative in which we frame migration as a way for people to adapt to climate change This week the Guardian has been running a major series on “climate refugees” about the...
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May.23.2013
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How to Invest in Energy Efficiency to Combat Climate Change
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Energy efficiency is estimated to be a multi-hundred-billion dollar investment opportunity in the U.S., but better policies are required to unlock broad-based financing from institutional investors...
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May.23.2013
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Manhattan Heat Deaths Seen Rising 20% in 2020s as Climate Warms
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Manhattan may see deaths from heat rise by as much as 20 percent in the 2020s and 90 percent by the 2080s in a worst-case scenario, a study found. The study, published this week in the journal Natu...
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May.22.2013
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Arctic Council: John Kerry steps into Arctic diplomacy
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Three and half a months into his tenure as US secretary of state, John Kerry is grappling with war in Syria, tensions on the Korean peninsula and other crises. But on Tuesday, he takes a short brea...
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May.22.2013
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Is tornado intensity increasing?
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A writer for a climate change awareness non-profit weighs in on the recent rash of tornadoes in the U.S. With at least 10 tornadoes ripping through North Texas in one night this week — leveling nei...
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May.22.2013
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Not too late to reverse dramatic declines in biodiversity
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Take a look around you. If you have been worrying about pandas, elephants, or other endangered species, it is time to start looking closer to home…because things could look quite different wi...
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May.16.2013
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Cambridge scientist Joe Farman who helped find ozone ‘hole’ dies
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The British Antarctic Survey scientist Joe Farman, who helped identify the “hole” in the ozone layer over the southern pole, has died. Dr Farman published the discovery with Brian Gardi...
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May.15.2013
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