Global warming
Union must reconsider its carbon emissions policy
IPN Opinion article
IT HAS been a tumultuous year for Europe's climate policy. In May, European Environment Commissioner Margot Wallstrˆm announced that ten EU countries are not meeting their targets for emissions reduction under the Kyoto Protocol.
With both Australia and the US having chosen not to ratify Kyoto, the fate of the treaty now depends solely on Russia. And with the Russian announcement in October that it will not ratify, Kyoto's future looks bleak. Next month, at the 9th Conference of Parties (COP-9) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Milan, the Protocol may see the final nails in its coffin.
The European Union should let Kyoto ërest in peace', using its demise as an opportunity to reconsider its strategy towards climate change.
Should Russia Ratify Kyoto?
IPN Press release
Experts say that the Kyoto Protocol would not prevent global warming but would undermine Russia’s economic growth.
Should Russia Ratify Kyoto?
IPN Opinion article
Experts say that the Kyoto Protocol would not prevent global warming but would undermine Russia's economic growth.
Fossil fuels and rock-star fools
IPN Opinion article
Today, President Bush is expected to announce measures to mitigate climate change. Tonight, internationally renowned climate experts will gather at Staples Center to present their years of academic research on the issue of global warming.
Just who are these experts, you ask? The Rolling Stones, who will give a much-ballyhooed free concert on behalf of the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), along with fellow climate authorities Bill Clinton, starlet Cameron Diaz, Pierce \"007\" Brosnan and heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio.
Who is afraid of climate change? Perpetuating poverty through doomsday predictions
IPN Opinion article
A paper examining various aspects of climate change and the global warming debate, including analysis of the claims that these phenomena will exacerbate disease and extreme weather events.
Flips, Flops and Facts about Global Warming
IPN Opinion article
The problem is that the core of the Climate Action Report was produced by the wrong administration. Chapter 6, the section on climate change effects on the U.S., is largely an outtake from the "U.S. National Assessment" (USNA) of global warming, a politically inspired document rushed to publication some 10 days before the 2000 presidential election.
