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Agriculture's greenhouse gas emissions on the rise, warns UN agency

-The United Nations   From farming to forestry and fisheries, agriculture greenhouse emissions have nearly doubled over the past 50 years and may increase by another 30 per cent by 2050, according to new estimates out today from the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). "FAO's new data represent the most comprehensive source of information on agriculture's contribution to global warming made to date," said Francesco Tubiello of the agecny's Climate, Energy and...

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Hijack cry on climate report-Jayanta Basu

-The Telegraph   Experts from developing countries directly involved with preparing the just-published assessment of a global panel on climate change today claimed the synopsis for policymakers had been "watered down" compared with the detailed technical report. They also said scientists from developed countries had "hijacked" the report to shift the climate-change onus more on developing nations. In its fifth assessment report released in Berlin yesterday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (ipcc) had...

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Climate change pill: pool cars, eat local and save energy -GS Mudur

-The Telegraph   New Delhi: An international panel today warned that the world hadn't done enough to curb greenhouse gas emissions but said that changes in lifestyles and energy technologies could yet help avert the most devastating impacts of global warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (ipcc), in a report released in Berlin, said greenhouse gas emissions had climbed to unprecedented levels over the past decade despite emission-curbing policies and actions by...

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The quiet ipcc warning

-The Hindu The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (ipcc) has given its starkest warning of the likely impact of climate change. The ipcc's March 31 report, the most comprehensive yet, states that the evidence of global warming is now overwhelming, and warns that all countries and all social classes of people will be affected by changes which are likely to be "severe, pervasive and irreversible." All animal species...

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World not ready for climate change -Brian Clark Howard

-Deccan Herald The world is not ready for climate change, which poses a number of serious risks, says the planet's leading body of climate scientists. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (ipcc) at its conference in Yokohama, Japan recently released a major report on the impact of climate change, with the goal of spurring world leaders to act more decisively to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The report warns of serious impacts...

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