Climate Graphics by Skeptical Science: 97 out of 100 climate experts

via Skeptical Sciences.

Climate change – what does it mean for Vietnam?

 

 

The World Meteorological Organization reported that globally, 2010 was the hottest year on record. Nine of the ten hottest years ever recorded were in the first decade of this century.

The Earth is warming very fast – the Arctic ice sheet has never been as thin as it is this winter. And the impact is very real: Russia experienced an extreme heat wave in the summer of 2010, massive flooding devastated Pakistan, and extreme floods also hit China and Colombia.

There are many climate sceptics, but I think some of what is being published is frankly irresponsible. The very large majority of scientists are telling us that climate change is very real – and that the cause is greenhouse gas emissions from people’s actions. There are very few doubters amongst scientists.

via Thanh Nien Daily

In the Mountains of Patagonia, a Harbinger of a Rising Ocean

 

 

Land ice is melting virtually everywhere in the world, one of the central pieces of evidence that the earth is warming. Scientists have long known that this synchronized ice melt seemed to be picking up speed in many places, but detailed measurements for individual glaciers and ice fields have been hard to come by.

On Sunday, a group of British and Swedish scientists published new calculations for the great ice fields of Patagonia, the southernmost section of South America. They were able to map out the maximum extent reached by glaciers and ice caps in the region during a cold period known as the Little Ice Age, which ran from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

via NYTimes.com.

B4E Summit, April 27-29 Jakarta Indonesia

If you are in the region and believe that businesses can drive action for the environment, this may be an great event to attend. See you there! Nadya

Shangri-La Hotel Jakarta, Indonesia

27 – 29 April 2011

B4E Summit. 

 

B4E, Business for the Environment, is the world’s leading international conference for dialogue and business-driven action for the environment. Held in partnership with WWF and Global Initiatives, the Summit offers collaborative solutions to address the most urgent environmental and climate issues facing the world today.

Leaders from business, NGOs, international agencies and governments gather to discuss green investments, clean technologies and sustainable growth strategies. At the B4E Summit, delegates share and explore transformative solutions to tackle climate change and to protect and restore biodiversity and ecosystems. Partnerships are formed and commitments are made to accelerate the shift towards a more sustainable, low-carbon future.

via B4E Summit.

Richard Wiles: That Awkward Conversation (About the Climate)

If someone told all the parents of the world that there was a 98 percent chance that radical environmental changes in the next 10 – 50 years will wipe out half of all known life forms on earth, and that famine, plagues, floods and droughts on a scale not seen in thousands of years would become routine for billions of people, you would think they would tell their kids.

via The Huffington Post.

Kids Remind Us What a Tough Year 2010 Was for the Climate

This video features a bunch of kids talking about just how bad a year 2010 was for climate and the environment, from legislation to unnatural disasters like the Gulf oil spill to deaths in coal mines.

via GOOD.

Does a small temperature rise actually matter (for agriculture)?

Watch this video. 2 degrees is already making a significant difference.

via CCAFS.

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