News tagged with climate change policy

Americans support national clean-energy standard: study

The average U.S. citizen is willing to pay 13 percent more for electricity in support of a national clean-energy standard (NCES), according to Yale and Harvard researchers in Nature Climate Change.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 13, 2012 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (9) | comments 34 | with audio podcast

Support for climate change action drops, poll finds

Americans' support for government action on global warming remains high but has dropped during the past two years, according to a new survey by Stanford researchers in collaboration with Ipsos Public Affairs. Political rhetoric ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 11

International scientific community issues first 'State of the Planet Declaration'

Scientists issued the first "State of the Planet" declaration at a major gathering of experts on global environmental and social issues in advance of the major UN Summit Rio+20 in June.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 2

Cultural inertia is slowing effective action to address climate-change

Resistance at individual and societal levels must be recognized and treated before real action can be taken to effectively address threats facing the planet from human-caused contributions to climate change.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Strengthening the bond between policy and science

One only has to be reminded of the BSE crisis and the MMR vaccine scare to recognise the importance of having policy informed by the best available science. Now, a collaboration of over fifty academics and policy makers from ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

2C warming goal now 'optimistic' - French scientists

French scientists unveiling new estimates for global warming said on Thursday the 2 C (3.6 F) goal enshrined by the United Nations was "the most optimistic" scenario left for greenhouse-gas emissions.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

The biodiversity crisis: Worse than climate change

Biodiversity is declining rapidly throughout the world. The challenges of conserving the world's species are perhaps even larger than mitigating the negative effects of global climate change. Dealing with the biodiversity ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Managing private and public adaptation to climate change

New research has found that individuals and the private sector have an important role to play in the provision of public policies to help society adapt to the impacts of climate change.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Newspapers lose their balance on climate coverage

The first of a two-part analysis of Australian press coverage of climate change, A Sceptical Climate, is based on a comprehensive review of 3971 media articles published in ten Australian newspapers on the topic of climate ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Public misperception about scientific agreement on global warming undermines climate policy support

People who believe there is a lot of disagreement among scientists about global warming tend to be less certain that global warming is happening and less supportive of climate policy, researchers at George Mason, San Diego ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 89

EU states angry over cuts of nuclear, satellite projects

Britain and a clutch of European Union states are protesting the removal from the EU budget of a next-generation nuclear reactor and an Earth observation satellite they consider vital for Europe.

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Climate policies can help resolve energy security and air pollution challenges

Policies to protect the global climate and limit global temperature rise offer the most effective entry point for achieving energy sustainability, reducing air pollution, and improving energy security, according to an article ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Action on climate change policy falls well short

A review of Government policy and action on climate change by researchers at the University of Otago, Wellington and Victoria University shows they fall well short of what is needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 16

Maryland climate plan passes key tests in UMD studies

Maryland's plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions 25 percent by 2020 meets a series of benchmark tests set by state lawmakers, concludes a new pair of studies by the University of Maryland Center for Integrative ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Researchers examine impact of 'green politics' on recent national elections

A political candidate's electoral victory or defeat is influenced by his or her stance on climate change policy, according to new Stanford University studies of the most recent presidential and congressional elections.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2