Climate change global news 2008 Jan-Jun

May 2008

 * Scientists say atmospheric CO2 levels now stand at 387 parts per million, May 12


 * 1.5 million Chinese children take part in painting competition on climate change, May 8 place

April 2008

 * Carbon dioxide, methane rise sharply in 2007, April 23


 * Stern warns that climate change is far worse than 2006 estimate, April 17


 * Carbon dioxide emissions accelerating rapidly, April 10


 * Scientists have high hopes for a new system of mapping carbon dioxide emissions in the United States, April 8

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March 2008

 * Record glacier thinning, March 16

February 2008

 * Involve local communities who are particularly vulnerable to climate change and have valuable local knowledge, say IIED, February 18


 * UK’s Department for International Development expands its climate change research funding to £100 million over the next five years. February 5. The funding will be spent on research into the impacts of climate change on the poorest and most vulnerable people, and on helping their communities, governments and the private sector take action to help prepare for these impacts. DFID also announced it will work with interested parties to establish a climate change centre. topic

January 2008

 * European Commission publishes proposals to tackle climate change and legally binding renewable energy targets for Member States in 2020, January 23


 * Stop climate-killing agriculture new report demands, January 8

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