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Lovelock Warns Against Putting Too Much Faith in Engineering Solutions to Climate Change
By on September 01st, 2008

Lovelock Warns Against Putting Too Much Faith in Engineering Solutions to Climate Change

Engineering solutions to modify the Earth’s environment and climate may be necessary if humanity is to adapt to global warming, a group of influential scientists announced today. Technological fixes such as encouraging cloud formation and increasing the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by the oceans have the potential to limit climate change, according to papers [...]

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New Recommendations from Nicholas Stern Present Way Forward on Mitigation and Adaptation
By on June 12th, 2008

New Recommendations from Nicholas Stern Present Way Forward on Mitigation and Adaptation

A new document, Key Elements of a Global Deal on Climate Change, prepared by Lord Nicholas Stern propose a plan on moving forward both in mitigation and adaptation. Stern, best known within the realm of climate change for the production of the Stern Review for the British Government, is the IG Patel Professor of Economics [...]

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By on May 15th, 2008

Firms Look to Patent Climate-Ready Crops

Several of the world’s largest agricultural biotechnology companies are seeking hundreds of patents on gene-altered crops designed to withstand drought and other environmental stresses, part of a race for dominance in the potentially lucrative market for crops that can handle global warming, according to a report produced by the ETC Group, Patenting the “Climate Genes” [...]

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By on May 02nd, 2008

New Report Aims at Helping Home Owners Adapt to Climate Change

A new report, Your Home in a Changing Climate: Retrofitting Existing Homes for Climate Change Impacts, produced by the Three Regions Climate Change Group composed of the Climate Change Steering Group East of England Sustainable Development Roundtable, the South East Climate Change Partnership, and the London Climate Change Partnership, informs and promotes the adaptation of [...]

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By on April 05th, 2008

Adaptation and Mitigation Must Join Forces

Living in British Columbia provides many stark examples of the impacts of climate change. Impacts ranging from the retreat of glaciers throughout the Coast Mountains to the devastating impact of the pine beetle in huge swaths of our forests speak to an ever-more-urgent need to address climate change.Traditionally, efforts surrounding climate change have taken one [...]

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