The Green Files

Party Like There IS A Tomorrow: Eco-Party Packs

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:01:51 +0000

[TreeHugger] Image source: Eco My Party We totally agree that carrying your own tupperware is better than those styrofoam clam shells, and that reusing is important. But what if you are holding a party and don't have 40 sets of tableware?

Illinois will get eco-friendly BMW-MINI dealership

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:01:36 +0000

[AutoblogGreen] The dealer's website features a countdown timer and a whole heap of information about how Bill Jacobs' crew hopes to make the building a way to "discuss the importance of eco-friendly initiatives in the automotive industry, .

The Truth About Global Warming

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:31:58 +0000

[Digg / upcoming] I found this guys site by accident, but the more I read the more I started to like what he had to say - should spark a few debates about global warming. He also has interesting views on some other topics, go check it out for yourself!

Republican Platform to Include Global Warming Plank

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:31:06 +0000

[Wake Up America] This liberal infestation in the Republican party must stop, perhaps losing big in November is what the Republicans need in order to knock some sense into them. Maybe then they will re-evaluate themselves and realized that they have abandoned the conservative values that got them elected in the first place.

Agriculture and climate change in South Asia

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:32:55 +0000

[World Meteorological Organization News] The IPCC was established by WMO and the United Nations Environment Programme in 1988 to assess, on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis, the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human-induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.

Announcing Nature Climate Change

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:31:44 +0000

[Nautilus] Nature Climate Change will bring together scientific observation and models with work reporting on our understanding of how human society affects climate change, and vice versa. The journal's coverage will extend into socio-economic research as well as the natural sciences, with the aim of putting the research it publishes into a wider scientific, economic and political context.

Accra Climate Change Talks 2008

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:33:14 +0000

[Biodun Iginla's Weblog] The latest round of UN-sponsored global climate change negotiations got underway Thursday in Accra, Ghana. More than 1600 participants, including government delegates from 160 countries and representatives from business and industry, environmental organizations and research institutions are attending the one-week meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Icelandic president to discuss climate change in Bangladesh

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:32:21 +0000

[IceNews - Daily News] The six-day conference on climate change and food security in South Asia is jointly organised by Dhaka University and the Ohio State University and will take place between 25 and 30 August.

Creative climate change containment

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:02:44 +0000

[Environmental Economics] Developing countries with high emissions, such as China, would receive easy-to-meet caps through 2020, granting them tradable pollution rights up to the emissions levels currently projected for them by the International Energy Agency. After 2020, each heavily industrialized developing country would be required to freeze its cap at its currently projected 2020 emissions level.

FRBSF: Regional Variation in the Potential Economic Effects of ...

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:02:03 +0000

[Economist's View] The geographic variability discussed here suggests the need for state and local policies in some areas, rather than purely national policies, to prepare for the potential effects of climate change. Moreover, looking beyond U.S. borders, these economic effects are likely to be more challenging for less advanced economies in Africa and Asia, due to their heavier reliance on resource-based economic activity (especially agriculture), more limited economic infrastructure, and lower incomes, all of which intensify the severity of the economic tradeoffs involved (Dell, Jones, and Olken 2008).

Global Warming: Why We're Not 100% Doomed

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:03:38 +0000

[A Tiny Revolution] What concerns me is not just the climate changes in and of themselves, because I think we could partially adapt to those if humans were sane. But because we're crazy, the added stress will almost certainly cause lots of conflicts and war, which will in turn diminish our ability to cooperate on a large scale, which will in turn cause more conflict, etc.

Global warming messes with Peru's coffee harvest

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:02:47 +0000

[Green Daily] I think I just passed into a new level of global warming fervor when I heard this news: global warming is throwing Peru's coffee production into disarray. You can mess with lots of things, but don't mess with my coffee.

FAO/UNECE Workshop to Discuss Harvested Wood Products and Climate ...

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:03:27 +0000

[CLIMATE-L.ORG] August 2008: The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)and the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) have announced a workshop onHarvested Wood Products in the Context of Climate Change, to be held from 9-10September 2008, in Geneva, Switzerland.

UN to Assist in Establishment of Inter-Agency Climate Change ...

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:02:16 +0000

[CLIMATE-L.ORG] Secretary-General Ban referred to the collaboration between various UN bodies and the Pacific Island Forum, and welcomed the fact that the region is making its voice heard on the subject of climate change. Noting that climate change .

Greenpeace: Asteridae

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:36:35 +0000

[Ads of the World: Creative Advertising Archive & Community - Your Daily Dose of Creativity from Around the World] Every signature helps save our seas. Advertising Agency: Ogilvy Johannesburg, South Africa Creative Director: Jonathan Beggs Art Directors: Mike Martin, Jen Maestre Copywriter: Alison Hingle .