Climate Pulse

Photo via FreeSpeech Ban Ki-moon has announced that a comprehensive, independent review of the IPCC is to be carried out, after calls from world governments were made to do so. The Secretary General for the UN said that scientists from academies around the world will take part in the review, which... [continue]

photo: Kartikeya Kaul via flickr. India, the world's last major emitter to formally back the Copenhagen Accord, has done so. Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said the decision reflected India's contributions in shaping the Accord. Ramesh went on to list the three conditions under which India will... [continue]

Filipina beauty queen Miriam Quiambao speaks at a Bangkok, Thailand, rally for gender and climate justice. Photo by ~MVI~ via Flickr. It's already well known that climate change is not an equal-opportunity threat, with its impacts on food production, severe storms, and drought, among others,... [continue]

Photo via France 24 It appears many of the world's nations are ready to cautiously dip their toes back into the realm of international talks--additional climate negotiations have just been added in Bonn, Germany. And what's on the agenda? Well, pretty much the agenda. The agenda's on the agenda.... [continue]

Photo via L'Echo Yvo de Boer Resigns from Top Climate Position Yvo de Boer, the head of the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat, has formally announced he'll be leaving the post this July. The decision is widely thought to come from de Boer's deep disappointment with the results of the... [continue]

Photo via Orange Smile I think I want to move to Norway. The Scandinavian nation announced some of the boldest goals for curbing carbon emissions during the run-up to Copenhagen. And today, it released its plans outlining exactly how it will cut 30% of its emissions by 2020--some of the deepest... [continue]

Image credit: Fashioning Tech It's well known by now that much of the action at the failed climate talks in Copenhagen happened outside the convention center. From clashes with police to activists being banned from talks, some of the action was confrontational. But there was also a gigantic... [continue]

Why should companies worry about carbon management given the lack of a definitive outcome from climate talks in Copenhagen? Panelists from UPS and Motorola shared their firms’ motivations at the State of Green Business Forum in Chicago. [continue]

Only one month after the Copenhagen conference failed to give the world a clear picture of what the future holds, this year's World Economic Forum may do just that. [continue]

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