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Global Environmental Change Report archives from July 2003
Kyoto blurring focus on climate change?(Focus Report)
July 1, 2003... The World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) formed the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 1988 "to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific,...
Biodiversity receives broad attention.(Policy and Economics)
July 1, 2003... In his message for the International Day for Biological Diversity (available at www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/sgsm8698.doc.htm), United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Kofi Annan stated that reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) by...
Kyoto: the price of Britain's support in Iraq?(Policy and Economics)
July 1, 2003... British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been US President George W. Bush's best friend in the US-led war in Iraq, and very nearly lost his own political life in the process. But selfless political sacrifice is rare. After the dust settles,...
UNEP Global 500 Awards.(Policy and Economics)
July 1, 2003... Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), presented eight UNEP Global 500 Awards at the 5 June 2003 international World Environment Day (WED) celebration. An annual event, WED is sponsored by the...
Helping Caribbean nations stay high and dry.(Policy and Economics)
July 1, 2003... If global warming results in rising sea levels, paradise could get a whole lot smaller. With shrinking land masses, some Caribbean islands and low-lying areas could be in danger of finding that the entire place has become "beach front...
SB-18 meeting concludes.(Policy and Economics)
July 1, 2003... The eighteenth sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB-18) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) were held in Bonn, Germany in June 2003. The meetings continued discussions of a variety of issues that have been...
NASA AIMs to study mysteries of noctilucent clouds.(Science Update)
July 1, 2003... Located in the mesosphere 50 to 80 km above the earth's surface, noctilucent or night-shining clouds are making more frequent appearances, and at lower latitudes. Scientists are unsure whether noctilucent clouds (NLCs) are indicators of...
Feeling the pressure from greenhouse gases.(Science Update)
July 1, 2003... Widespread regional changes in barometric pressure during the past 50 years may be linked to emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and sulfate aerosols, according to a report in the journal Nature (20 March 2003, Vol. 422, p. 292). This...
Is hydrogen fuel really good for the environment?(Science Update)
July 1, 2003... Much has been talked about when it comes to the benefits of hydrogen fuel. Hydrogen has the highest energy content per unit weight of any known fuel. When burned in an engine, it produces effectively zero emissions of the usual pollutants....
Climate Leaders volunteer.(Industry Watch)
July 1, 2003... In a continuation of the Bush Administration's emphasis on voluntary greenhouse gas reductions (GHG) for US industries, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Christie Whitman recently announced that 14 more companies had...
BP Solar shines.(Industry Watch)
July 1, 2003... On 28 May 2003, BP Solar (BP Solar International LLC--a BP Group company) announced that it had completed the installation of a 1-megawatt (MW) solar project on the Del Mar (California, USA) Fairgrounds. BP Solar installed over 9,000 solar...
Fuel Cell Airplane on the horizon.(Industry Watch)
July 1, 2003... In May, Intelligent Energy Limited (UK) announced its partnership with the Boeing Company to develop the first fuel-cell-powered airplane for manned flight (www.intelligentenergy.com,...
Final "filthy five" followup.(Industry Watch)
July 1, 2003... As reported in last month's GECR (June 2003, p. 8), shareholder resolutions on climate change at American Electric Power and TXU received 26.7% and 24% support, respectively. Since that time, Southern Company has also held its annual meeting,...
Emissions trading standard agreement available.(Emissions Trading)
July 1, 2003... A standard agreement for the sale and purchase of emission allowances under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme is now available from the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA). The 40-page document is available for downloading at...
