AP/Nanet Poulsen Evaporation blamed on global warming has reduced Bolivian Lake Titicaca, one of the world’s highest navigable lakes, to its lowest level since 1949, authorities say. . Diminished rainfall and a rise in solar radiation have in the past four years led to critically low water levels that now threaten fish spawning areas and [...]
AP/Nanet Poulsen COP15 Analysis of satellite imagery by the National Institute for Space Research shows an estimated 7,008 square kilometers (2,705 square miles) of forest were cleared during the 12-month period, the lowest rate since the government started monitoring deforestation in 1988. “The new deforestation data represents an extraordinary and significant reduction for Brazil,” President [...]
Morten Andersen COP15 Trying to avoid “having Copenhagen failure laid at its doorstep”, the US administration is reported to be considering patching up a limited short-term climate deal. . Even if the USA – short of national climate change legislation – cannot commit to a legally binding global deal at the UN conference in Copenhagen [...]
Maurício Savarese / UOL Notícias O Brasil levará para a convenção do clima das Nações Unidas em Copenhague, na Dinamarca, o compromisso “voluntário” de reduzir as emissões de gás carbônico em até 38,9% até 2020. A decisão foi tomada nesta sexta-feira (13), em São Paulo, após reunião do presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva com [...]
