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Articles and ResearchClimate change in the news : The Montreal Gazette, August 2008 Developers in China are plotting out a city for up to 400,000 people that they hope will be a model of ecological harmony, powered entirely by renewable energy. The Guardian, August 2008 Andrew Simms commentary on the warning by scientists that there are only one hundred months to act to avoid irreversable climate change. The Independent, August 2008 According to two new reports Britain's CO2 emissions are increasing, contrary to government claims. The reports by the Stockholm Environment Institute show that instead of falling since the 1990s, as ministers claim, Britain's greenhouse gas emissions have been growing in line with the economy. The Financial Times, June 2008 In the first of a three part series on climate change the FT looks at the science behind the topic. Time Magazine, May 2008 Ban Ki-Moon states that as the UN's mandate is to "end the scourge of war" it must take a leading role in the fight against climate change. The UN Secretary General asserts that as the basic building block of peace and security for all peoples is economic and social security, anchored in sustainable development, fighting climate change must be at the top of the UN's priorities. UNICEF, April 2008 The Guardian, April 2008 Rajendra Pachauri, head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, says that too many rich countries, including the US, have failed to take the action needed to convince the developing nations to sign up to a deal in Copenhagen next year that could help to stabilise global emissions.
The latest in climate change philanthropy Philanthropy News Digest, July 2008 Google.org, the philanthropic arm of the internet search giant, has announced the first grants made through its RechargeIT initiatives, which is designed to accelerate the adoption of plug-in electric vehicles. Philanthropy News Digest, May 2008 As part of its $100 million climate change initiative, the Doris Duke Foundation has announced a grant of $1.5 million to the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PI). Working in close collaboration with the World Resources Institute, the PI will undertake a comprehensive analysis of the connections between international trade and climate change policies and make recommendations for how these policies can be mutually supportive. Philanthropy News Digest, May 2008 The Barr Foundation, in collaboration with the Cambridge Energy Alliance and InnoCentive Inc., a leader in prize-based open innovation sourcing, have announced a $30,000 prize for the design of a radically energy-efficient method of cooling and dehumidifying residential and small commercial spaces. Spring 2008 The current issue of the EGA Journal is dedicated to climate change and includes a number of articles on how environmental grantmakers are responding to the crisis.
N. Stern, 2008 Stern argues that market mechanisms should be used to encourage action on climate change. Economic instruments and discretionary policy should be used to provide incentives for behavioural change. J. Hansen et al, 2008 The authors state that the IPCC's recommendation that the earth's temperature should not increase by 2-3 degrees is too weak. The NASA team argue for a limit of 1 degree centigrade global warming to prevent irreversible catastrophic effects. C. Abbott, Oxford Research Group, April 2008 J. Pouliotte, N. Islam, B. Smit and S. Islam, Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary, April 2006 D.G. Cogan; RiskMetrics Group, Ceres, January 2008
Green philanthropy research: J. Cracknell and H. Godwin for the Environmental Funders Network, May 2007 California Environmental Associates, August 2007 The study, funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Energy Foundation, the Joyce Foundation and the Oak Foundation, explores how philanthropic investment can turn the tide against global warming. |