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Climate News Roundup: Week of 1/22

January 27, 2012

Signs of New Life as U.N. Searches for a Climate Accord, New York Times, Jan 24 The recently concluded meeting in Durban, South Africa, which established a new mandate for concluding a binding agreement of some sort by 2015, has given the process new life and hushed many of its critics. Christina Figueres, the Costa…
African Forests, Threatened, but Resilient

January 20, 2012

Forests and climate change are fundamentally interrelated. Forests play a role in mitigating climate change by trapping and storing carbon in their trees. Currently, the world’s forests and forest soils store more than one trillion tons of carbon – twice the amount in the atmosphere. The African continent is home to 30% of the world’s…
Scientists Make Progress in Assessing Tornado Seasons

January 19, 2012

Study Offers First Step in Short-Term Forecasting
Does La Niña Lead to Flu Pandemics?

January 18, 2012

Four major flu pandemics of the last century, including the deadly 1918 flu, were all proceeded by La Niña conditions in the Pacific, according to a recent paper.
Building NYC’s Resilience to Climate Change With Green Infrastructure

January 13, 2012

Climate change will impact New York City through more frequent heavy precipitation, sea level rise and rising temperatures. To strengthen its resilience, the city is planting trees and mini-parks, restoring wetlands and installing more permeable surfaces.
Fast & Cheap: Shortcuts to Curb Global Warming

January 12, 2012

Relatively cheap, simple steps using existing technologies could cut projected global warming by one degree Fahrenheit – a substantial amount — by focusing on sources of methane and soot, concludes a new study by an international team of scientists.
Cuts in Non-CO2 Pollutants May Slow Climate Change

January 12, 2012

Reducing Soot and Methane Would Bring Fast Results, Says Study
Enabling Change: Training Development Practitioners in Jordan

January 11, 2012

The citizens of Jordan, and elsewhere in the Middle East, must confront challenges of rapid population growth, climate change, poverty, inequality and environmental degradation. A new program run jointly by the Earth Institute and the Institute of Sustainable Development Practice in Amman is helping policymakers and others involved learn the techniques of sustainable development to…
Climate News Roundup: Week of 1/01

January 9, 2012

Police Inquiry Prompts New Speculation on Who Leaked Climate-Change E-mails, Jan 1, New York Times Speculation has revived about the identity of the hacker responsible for releasing more than 1,000 private e-mails on the Internet in an attempt to discredit climate scientists. In November, another round of e-mails between scientists were distributed online before the…

Climate News Roundup: Week of 1/22

January 27, 2012

Signs of New Life as U.N. Searches for a Climate Accord, New York Times, Jan 24 The recently concluded meeting in Durban, South Africa, which established a new mandate for concluding a binding agreement of some sort by 2015, has given the process new life and hushed many of its critics. Christina Figueres, the Costa…
African Forests, Threatened, but Resilient

January 20, 2012

Forests and climate change are fundamentally interrelated. Forests play a role in mitigating climate change by trapping and storing carbon in their trees. Currently, the world’s forests and forest soils store more than one trillion tons of carbon – twice the amount in the atmosphere. The African continent is home to 30% of the world’s…
Scientists Make Progress in Assessing Tornado Seasons

January 19, 2012

Study Offers First Step in Short-Term Forecasting
Does La Niña Lead to Flu Pandemics?

January 18, 2012

Four major flu pandemics of the last century, including the deadly 1918 flu, were all proceeded by La Niña conditions in the Pacific, according to a recent paper.
Building NYC’s Resilience to Climate Change With Green Infrastructure

January 13, 2012

Climate change will impact New York City through more frequent heavy precipitation, sea level rise and rising temperatures. To strengthen its resilience, the city is planting trees and mini-parks, restoring wetlands and installing more permeable surfaces.
Fast & Cheap: Shortcuts to Curb Global Warming

January 12, 2012

Relatively cheap, simple steps using existing technologies could cut projected global warming by one degree Fahrenheit – a substantial amount — by focusing on sources of methane and soot, concludes a new study by an international team of scientists.
Cuts in Non-CO2 Pollutants May Slow Climate Change

January 12, 2012

Reducing Soot and Methane Would Bring Fast Results, Says Study
Enabling Change: Training Development Practitioners in Jordan

January 11, 2012

The citizens of Jordan, and elsewhere in the Middle East, must confront challenges of rapid population growth, climate change, poverty, inequality and environmental degradation. A new program run jointly by the Earth Institute and the Institute of Sustainable Development Practice in Amman is helping policymakers and others involved learn the techniques of sustainable development to…
Climate News Roundup: Week of 1/01

January 9, 2012

Police Inquiry Prompts New Speculation on Who Leaked Climate-Change E-mails, Jan 1, New York Times Speculation has revived about the identity of the hacker responsible for releasing more than 1,000 private e-mails on the Internet in an attempt to discredit climate scientists. In November, another round of e-mails between scientists were distributed online before the…