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Regional CO2 Emissions Results Released Today New climate change stats revealing the carbon footprint of every single part of the UK are published today. The statistics calculate the climate impact of the energy used by homes, businesses and road transport in each local authority area throughout England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. ...

New European Environment Agency (EEA) estimates indicate that EU greenhouse gas emissions decreased in 2008 for the fourth consecutive year. Compared to the 2007 official emissions published earlier this year, the annual reduction is estimated to be about 1.3 % for the EU-15 and 1.5 % for the EU-27. Based on these estimates, the greenhouse gas emis...

Ground-level ozone is among the most harmful air pollutants in Europe today. Elevated ozone levels cause health problems, premature deaths, reduced agricultural crop yields, damage to plants in semi-natural ecosystems and corrosion of physical infrastructure and cultural heritage. Troublingly, efforts to combat European ozone levels are achieving o...

The UK Low Carbon Transition Plan plots out how the UK will meet the cut in emissions set out in the budget of 34% on 1990 levels by 2020. A 21% reduction has already been delivered -equivalent to cutting emissions entirely from four cities the size of London. Transforming the country into a cleaner, greener and more prosperous place to live is ...

A global carbon trading network will be vital to preventing dangerous climate change, a new report commissioned by the Prime Minister Gordon Brown concluded today. The report makes clear that without a global system for carbon trading, the ability of countries to avoid dangerous climate change will be limited and the costs of action increased. ...

The 2009 G8 Summit was held in L'Aquila, Italy -- the country that currently holds the G8 Presidency -- from 8 to 10 July. The G8 group's member countries are Canada, the Russian Federation, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States, together with the European Union represented by the European Council's du...

We are pleased to announce that our selection process is completed and we have recruited our 15 Advocates. We would like to thank to all applicants who have applied for the Climate Change Project. Please meet Turkish Advocates İlke Gülseren, İzmir Merve Titiz, İstanbul Çağrı Öner, Ankara Çoskun Şerefoğlu, Ankara Isın...

"Developing Turkey's Climate Change National Action Plan" is underway. The inaugural meeting of the project will be held on Friday 3 July 2009 at Britsh Embassy Residance. With this project, Turkey will draw-up its national road map to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The project is implemented by the Turkish Ministry of Environment and For...