The Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative (SRMGI) is a partnership between the Royal Society and the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). The project report, launched on 1 December 2011, reviews the progress made by the Initiative to date, covering the international SRMGI conference held in March 2011. [...]
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Here Brian McFarland, project manager at Carbon Fund, tells Sierra Club Green Home some of the most promising carbon reduction projects in the works. Learn how Carbon Fund plants trees while offering local communities recreation and employment, and about its upcoming projects to conserve rainforests worldwide. Duration : 0:1:52 addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.carbonneutralaustralia.com%2Fblog%2Fcarbon-offset%2Fcarbon-offset-projects-m4v’; addthis_title = ‘Carbon+Offset+Projects.m4v’; [...]
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The carbon footprint concept has resulted in the EPA proposal that carbon dioxide (CO2) is a pollutant. It is not a pollutant, but is essential for life on earth. The current level of 380 ppm is nearly the lowest level it has ever been in geologic history. Carbon dioxide levels have been 10 times higher [...]
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CIGI experts Kathryn Hochstettler, Thomas Homer-Dixon and David Runnalls discuss their predictions for COP 17 in Durban, South Africa. Duration : 0:5:39 addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.carbonneutralaustralia.com%2Fblog%2Fcarbon-reduction%2Fcigi-predictions-for-cop-17′; addthis_title = ‘CIGI+Predictions+for+COP+17′; addthis_pub = ”; Technorati Tags: carbon reduction, CIGI, Climate Change, COP 17, COP17, David Runnalls, global warming, Greenhouse Gas, Kathryn Hochstettler, major emitters, Thomas Homer-Dixon, UNFCC
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The UN’s flagship carbon offset scheme, known as the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), is being criticised amid claims it is ruining livelihoods and failing to tackle climate change. The Ecologist Film Unit met villagers in central India who are being displaced to make way for the Reliance coal power project, which will generate millions of [...]
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Welcome to The Carbon Lottery Draw held on the 22 November 2011. The Carbon Lottery is the first “green lottery” of its kind in the world where your £2 ticket buys you 100 kilograms for a carbon offset and a chance to win €4,000,000! By purchasing a ticket you are helping us reduce the impact [...]
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Trees help slow the rate of climate change by pulling in excessive atmospheric carbon through photosynthesis. Http://www.TreesAreGreen.com/ForestCarbon helps the earth and provides the opportunity for members to follow their passions and make an income. Visit Http://www.TreesAreGreen.com/ForestCarbon today. Duration : 0:3:11 addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.carbonneutralaustralia.com%2Fblog%2Fcarbon-offset%2Ftreesaregreen-comforestcarbon-saves-the-earth-with-carbon-offset-credits’; addthis_title = ‘Treesaregreen.com%2Fforestcarbon+Saves+the+Earth+with+Carbon+Offset+Credits’; addthis_pub = ”; Technorati Tags: carbon offset credits, global [...]
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Voluntary carbon offsets are a ‘Wild West’ market ripe for fraud, exaggeration, and poorly run projects that probably do little to ease global warming. Duration : 0:6:31 addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.carbonneutralaustralia.com%2Fblog%2Fcarbon-offset%2Fearth-day-2010-the-untold-truth-of-voluntary-carbon-offsets’; addthis_title = ‘Earth+Day+2010%3A+The+untold+truth+of+voluntary+carbon+offsets’; addthis_pub = ”; Technorati Tags: Al Gore, carbon offsets, Earth Day, global warming
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Animal agriculture is directly or partially responsible for many of the worlds most serious environmental problems- global warming, water use and pollution, massive energy consumption, deforestation, loss of biodiversity and species, as well as the deep impact of fishing on our oceans. Reducing or eliminating the consumption of animal products is one of the most [...]
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Mary Ann Piette speaks at the Carbon Cycle 2.0 kick-off symposium Feb. 2, 2010. We emit more carbon into the atmosphere than natural processes are able to remove – an imbalance with negative consequences. Carbon Cycle 2.0 is a Berkeley Lab initiative to provide the science needed to restore this balance by integrating the Labs [...]
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