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Chief Scientist: we need immediate action on climate change

Posted by bex — 14 October 2004 at 8:00am - Comments

Sir David King

According to the government's chief scientist, Sir David King, while the evidence continues to grow, what we really need to see is action to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

"Action is affordable, inaction is certainly not," said Sir David at the Greenpeace Business lecture on global warming in London.

As scientists around the world study the changes in our climate going back almost a million years, they confirm what many of us know, climate change is already here.

Article tagged as: climate change, government, greenpeace business, impacts, lecture, renewable energy, science, sir david king

Pledge action against airport expansion

Posted by bex — 8 October 2004 at 8:00am - Comments

airport expansion pledge logo

Article tagged as: aviation, climate change, get active, hachette, impacts, transport

Climate change: how it affects Britain

Last edited 4 August 2004 at 8:00am

Flooding in the UK is on the increase due to climate change

Climate change has serious and long-lasting implications for us all. Listed below are some specific impacts of climate change that are affecting Britain right now, and links to more information about them.

Article tagged as: climate change, flooding, impacts, renewable energy, UK, wind power

Global Warming Kills - the real cost of fuel

Last edited 15 June 2004 at 8:00am

15 June, 2004

Greenpeace today took a message about the real cost of fuel to lorry drivers protesting in Edinburgh about fuel prices by sending vans emblazoned with 'GLOBAL WARMING KILLS - KEEP THE FUEL TAX' to join the convoy.

According to the World Health Organisation, 160,000 people are already dying every year as a result of floods, droughts, storms and disease caused by climate change. If our dependence on oil is not reduced the figures are set to increase dramatically.

Rob Gueterbock, Greenpeace climate campaigner, said:

Article tagged as: climate change, fuel tax, impacts, press releases, road transport, transport

The day after tomorrow: who will you blame?

Last edited 7 May 2004 at 8:00am

7 May, 2004

Environmental campaigners have taken up a challenge from the producers of the upcoming blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow, by launching a new website.

www.thedayaftertomorrow.org is a spoof on the dot com website of the same name. The movie, to be launched on 28 May, recounts a fictional disaster in which climate change brings about a new ice age. The producers have stated that campaigners should take advantage of the film.

Article tagged as: climate change, impacts, kyoto protocol, press releases, science, stop esso

Pentagon predicts climate chaos

Posted by bex — 25 February 2004 at 9:00am - Comments

Wasting energy - power station cooling towers are grossly inefficient

Article tagged as: climate change, development, drought, flooding, impacts, sea levels, stop esso, USA

Pictures of climate change from the disappearing glaciers of Patagonia

Last edited 10 February 2004 at 9:00am

10 February, 2004

Greenpeace today released new visual evidence of the impacts of climate change. Dramatic new photos of Patagonian glaciers taken by a research team on board the Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise show the extent of glacier retreat this century, when compared to photos of the same glaciers taken from the same point in 1928.

Article tagged as: arctic sunrise, climate change, expeditions, glaciers, impacts, press releases, ships, south america

World Climate Change Conference 2003

Posted by bex — 4 October 2003 at 8:00am - Comments

Greenpeace activists launch a banner at the World Climate Change Conference in Moscow

Article tagged as: climate change, esso, hachette, impacts, IPCC, kyoto protocol, russia, stop esso, UN

Exxon's weapons of mass deception

Last edited 25 October 2002 at 8:00am

Publication date:

10 July, 2009

Foreword by Bianca Jagger

Download the report:

Exxon's weapons of mass deception

Article tagged as: climate change, impacts, junk science, reports, stop esso

Earth Summit delivers nothing for the poor or the climate

Posted by bex — 4 September 2002 at 8:00am - Comments

A dried up river bed in Mozambique

The Johannesburg Earth Summit will go down in history - as a missed opportunity to deliver energy to the 2 billion people on this planet with no access to energy services, and as a failure to kick-start the renewable energy revolution that is required to protect the climate.

Article tagged as: business and political unit, climate change, impacts, renewable energy, worldwide

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