Blog: Climate

Video: A global warning for global warming

Posted by jamie — 29 July 2009 at 10:58am - Comments

If you're missing Flight Of The Conchords after the recent series finished, this video might help ease the pain. Our colleagues in New Zealand have recruited Rhys Darby - otherwise know as Murray the hapless manager - to their Sign On campaign, creating pressure for deep emissions cuts from the NZ government, and Rhys has written a little poem to mark the occasion.

Nick from the office in Auckland says they're keen to hear from New Zealanders based overseas as well, so if that's you head on over to the website and, erm, sign on.

Article tagged as: climate change, new zealand, rhys darby, videos

1 minute to save the world?

Posted by jossc — 23 July 2009 at 11:57am - Comments
1 minute to save the world?

Lights, camera, action! Fancy making a film? 

Got a story to tell about climate change? About what's happening your area, perhaps - how you're neigbourhood is being impacted and how you're adapting, or what you think needs to be done? Can you tell that story in one minute?

1 Minute to Save the World is an international short film competition, and it's open to anyone who has something to say about climate change.

So send in your points of view, ideas or solutions. Films can be made in any format – video, animation or even on a mobile phone. Amateurs, professionals and under 18s from all over the world are encouraged to send in entries, and your films will be shown on the 1 Minute To Save The World website and also on Guardian Unlimited.  Greenpeace,  UNICEF, World Development Movement , New Economics Foundation and Stop Climate Chaos are all supporting the project. 

Article tagged as: climate change, competitions, videos

Miliband's energy blueprint: more hot air or full steam ahead?

Posted by jamie — 15 July 2009 at 6:20pm - Comments

While today is unlikely to go down in the annals of history as Green Wednesday, it's still a significant day for those of us concerned about climate change as climate and energy secretary Ed Miliband unveils his big energy strategy.

The strategy - the Low Carbon Transition Plan, no less - comes in the form of not one but a whole ream of papers (including an energy white paper) covering renewable energy, transport, industry and carbon budgets. Together, they form a blueprint explaining how the government hopes to achieve the emissions reductions it's legally obliged to deliver, thanks to the EU renewable energy targets and the UK's own Climate Change Act.

Was it a red letter day for green energy? Let's see.

Article tagged as: aviation, biofuels, climate change, climate change act, ed miliband, emissions, energy, renewable energy, transport

Glaciers and ice bridges: images from the Greenland ice sheet

Posted by jamie — 15 July 2009 at 2:37pm - Comments

The Arctic Sunrise is still in Greenland where the crew (including leading climate scientists and other ice experts) have been monitoring the ongoing disintegration of the Petermann glacier.

Photographer Nick Cobbing is on board, and we've all been oohing and aahing over his stunning images as they come in to the office. They're all the more poignant as the portion of the glacier they depict may soon cease to exist. 

You can view a larger version of this slideshow, and follow updates from the Arctic Sunrise on the Climate Rescue blog.

Article tagged as: arctic, arctic sunrise, climate change, greenland, ice, images, photography, ships, slideshows

Video: Mili-band at Kingsnorth power station

Posted by reto — 15 July 2009 at 2:23pm - Comments

Article tagged as: climate change, coal, kingsnorth, miliband, videos
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