Posts Tagged ‘COP15’
Climate Accord loopholes could spell 4.2 ºC rise in temperature and end of coral reefs by 2100
A global temperature increase of up to 4.2 º C and the end of coral reefs could become reality by 2100 if national targets are not revised in the Copenhagen Accord, the international pledge which was agreed at last year’s Copenhagen’s COP15 climate change conference. Just ahead of the next United Nations Climate Change Conference, [...]
Today’s physics news: Wednesday, 4 November
Universities, universities, universities….. All of the papers cover Lord Mandelson’s launch yesterday of his new framework for higher education. Most papers lead with slant on widening access and consumer rights of students. A timely study from Universities UK is also making headlines today as their research shows that the UK’s universities generate £60 billion a [...]
Today’s physics news: Thursday, 3 September
India could be deal maker at Copenhagen Climate Conference Ed Miliband has praised India’s renewable energy targets ahead of the COP15 conference this December The Guardian BBC News Head of Ofqual rejects calls to make A-levels harder The head of exams watchdog Ofqual is not planning a review of the A-levels grading system The Independent [...]
Climate change poker: the barriers which are preventing a global agreement
As the world’s environment ministers, government officials, diplomats and campaigners prepare to attend the COP15 conference in Copenhagen in December 2009 to unite in the battle against climate change in one of the most complicated political deals the world has ever seen, the increasingly complex territory of climate negotiations is being revealed in an article [...]
