Local Issue | Contact Councillors on the Idling Recommendation

Dear Citizens,
As citizens of London, you have an opportunity to voice your concern for our shared natural environment.  The startling stats can be found below.
The City of London will be making changes to our idling bylaw which was introduced in 1999.  City staff have recommended a one minute anti-idling bylaw [...]

Humanity’s carbon budget set at one trillion tonnes

If emissions keep growing at the present rate, the carbon emissions budget for the 2 degrees target will run out in 2021.
Humanity’s carbon budget set at one trillion tonnes

18:00 29 April 2009 by Catherine Brahic
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No more [...]

The Declaration of Cumaná, Venezuela | This is a Brilliant Read Based on How We are Currently Functioning as a Society

The Declaration of Cumaná
April 23rd 2009, by ALBA Member Countries
ALBA
Cumaná, Venezuela
We, the Heads of State and Government of Bolivia, Cuba, Dominica, Honduras, Nicaragua and Venezuela, member countries of ALBA, consider that the Draft Declaration of the 5th Summit of the Americas is insufficient and unacceptable for [...]

Canada’s greenhouse emissions soaring: UN report

1) Canada’s Report to the UN attached.  Canada has the worst record of any G-8 country and one of the worst of all countries who signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol.  Spain actually is even worse but it signed through the EU agreement.
greenhouse-gas-emissions-2007
2) Unfortunately the global picture is also [...]

From Ricardo Navarro | GAIA’s Steering Committee member for Latin America

Dear Friends:
In addition to Neil’s report that some members of GAIA were in Poznan  and we held a session to denounce some of the false solutions to climate  change, such as waste incineration, I also want to share with you my  impressions about certain themes in the meeting.
The first impression that I have is that, [...]

Greenhouse Gas Bulletin

WMO Greenhouse gas bulletin
Courtesy of World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Originally published Nov. 2008
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[Note: On the PDF above - Page 9.  We are actually at 288 PPMV and not 281 as the report states.  This is due to the fact their reference date is 2006 and now we are 2009.  A 7 [...]

WMO Greenhouse gas bulletin

WMO Greenhouse gas bulletin
Courtesy of World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Originally published Nov. 2008
The latest analysis of data from the WMO-GAW Global Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Network, a comprehensive network of the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), shows that the globally averaged mixing ratios of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) have reached new highs [...]

One Shot Left | Monbiot

By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 25th November 2008
George Bush is behaving like a furious defaulter whose home is about to be repossessed. Smashing the porcelain, ripping the doors off their hinges, he is determined that there will be nothing worth owning by the time the bastards kick him out. [...]

Hot off the Press | Human Health in a Changing Climate: A Canadian Assessment of Vulnerabilities and Adaptive Capacity

Released July 31st, 2008
Climate change is expected to increase risks to the health of
Canadians through many pathways: the food they eat, the
air they breathe, the water they drink, and their exposure
to extreme weather events and infectious diseases found
in nature. Adaptation helps us prepare now for the expected
changes by taking proactive actions to minimize risks.
Understanding existing [...]

Annual tons of CO2 per person

Annual tons of CO2 per person
Check this out for reflection:
Annual tons of CO2 per person:
Ethiopia: .01
India: 1.1
China: 3.2
Sweden: 5.6
France: 6.2
UK: 9.4
Japan: 9.7
Germany: 9.8
CANADA: 17.9
USA: 19.8

It’s us, the one billion affluent people of the world whose footprints are crushing the planet.  [...]