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Jul 21, 2010 1 comment
Since its inception in 1988, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been a giant experiment in the creation of authoritative public knowledge, says Mike Hulme, while the recent furore about errors in its Fourth Assessment Report has parallels to Climategate
'Climategate' shows the need for openness by scientists
Jul 13, 2010
In the age of the blogosphere, blocking facts means science is damaged and public trust lost (from the Guardian)
Presence of world leaders 'paralysed' climate summit, UN letter claims
Jun 2, 2010
United Nations climate chief says Danish presidency's backing for US also derailed Copenhagen negotiations (from the Guardian)
Eyjafjallajökull: new climate for air travel, but not for Europe?
Apr 23, 2010 1 comment
Current eruption too small to have widespread effect on climate but atmospheric transport modellers could benefit
Climate change talks yield small chance of global treaty
Apr 14, 2010
Head of UN environmental agency says talks divided between the west and developing nations over emissions targets (from the Guardian)
Climate wars damage the scientists but we all stand to lose in the battle
Mar 1, 2010
It is open season on climate scientists, but such hand-wringing has allowed the creeping rehabilitation of climate scepticism (from the Guardian)
How to reform the IPCC
Feb 19, 2010
The Guardian asks experts around the world what needs to change to enable the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to continue to play a central and positive role in enabling the world's governments to take the right action against climate change (from the Guardian)
Testing times for geoengineering
Feb 8, 2010
Solar-radiation measurement techniques would be impossible to trial on small scale, say scientists
Copenhagen: what next?
Jan 27, 2010
UNFCC mandarin Yvo de Boer and climate scientist Stefan Rahmstorf give their views
Irrational fears give nuclear power a bad name, says Oxford scientist
Jan 12, 2010 2 comments
Wade Allison says misplaced health stigma has prevented the full benefits of nuclear energy being explored. (From the Guardian)
Copenhagen: why I believe all is not lost – yet
Dec 21, 2009 1 comment
If the world can acknowledge what went wrong at Copenhagen and learn from it, then we can still step back from the brink of disaster, says Robin McKie. (From the Guardian.)
All eyes turn to Copenhagen
Dec 2, 2009
The spotlight is soon to fall on climate negotiators but recent weeks have raised a number of "tricky" issues for climate scientists.
Climate change: how to win hearts and minds
Nov 13, 2009 5 comments
With climate scepticism on the rise in the US and elsewhere, Columbia University has issued a guide on how to breakdown misperceptions and communicate about climate science effectively
Publicize or perish
Oct 7, 2009 1 comment
Joseph Romm urges scientists to do much more to warn the public of the dangers of climate change
Fragile China: environmental policy comes to the fore
Sep 21, 2009
A projected significant decrease in food production in China under global warming has brought about a sea change in government policy on the environment, says Robin Porter
Engineering the climate
Sep 2, 2009
Peter Cox and Hazel Jeffery call for the taboo on geoengineering to be lifted.
Tomorrow's cities: a carbon jungle?
Jul 14, 2009 1 comment
The cities of the future could provide essential carbon storage, says Galina Churkina, especially if we use more wood, wool, cotton and other carbon-rich materials in our houses
Biochar – a burning issue
Jun 10, 2009 2 comments
Success of carbon-fixing technique depends on understanding how it works and perhaps even creating designer biochars, reports Vanessa Spedding
Climate change negotiations kick off in Bonn
Jun 3, 2009
Concerns raised over contradictory statements in negotiating text
Climate scientists debate with prime minister
May 19, 2009
Dan Kammen, editor-in-chief of ERL, details the dialogue at the final session of the Copenhagen Climate Congress.