Don't put all eggs in one (geoengineered) basket

Should research efforts focus on single large-scale geoengineering schemes? Or...

Dec 16, 2011

Global emissions rebound to record levels after global financial crisis

Global carbon dioxide emissions increased by a record 5.9 per cent in 2010...

Nov 24, 2011

Conference deadline extends

The Planet Under Pressure management team is extending the oral presenters...

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FEATURES

Tracking groundwater depletion

As water demand rises rapidly, some regions are withdrawing groundwater faster...

Scientists who published the famous “hockey stick” graph experienced sustained attacks soon after the figure was incorporated in the 2001 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Now one of those scientists, Ray Bradley, has written a very personal account of his experience. He spoke to Owen Gaffney about his new book.

Learning from the past

When it comes to managing the environment, we rarely look beyond the past few years to inform decisions. John Dearing says this needs to change.

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The promise and perils of creating markets to pay for public goods

Some payment mechanisms to support ecosystem services can be environmentally harmful, warn experts in...

IGBP research presented to Dalai Lama

Global-change researcher Diana Liverman presented IGBP's Great Acceleration graphs to the Dalai Lama...

Single-celled plankton reveal past climates

How do scientists reconstruct past climate conditions on Earth? One way of doing this is by culturing...

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February 7, 2012 Don't put all eggs in one (geoengineered) basket News | Should research efforts focus on single large-scale geoengineering schemes? Or instead, should efforts go on understanding how a combination of smaller geoengineering schemes could mitigate warming? Mark Stafford Smith and Lynn Russell argue the latter in Carbon Management today.
December 16, 2011 Global emissions rebound to record levels after global financial crisis Press release | Global carbon dioxide emissions increased by a record 5.9 per cent in 2010 following the dampening effect of the 2008-2009 Global Financial Crisis (GFC), according to scientists working with the Global Carbon Project, co-sponsored by IGBP.
November 24, 2011 Conference deadline extends News | The Planet Under Pressure management team is extending the oral presenters registration deadline to Friday 9th December and poster author registration deadline to the 20th January 2012. This is in response to feedback from some delegates who require more time to identify funding opportunities.
November 23, 2011 Governance experts warn U.N. overhaul required to govern Earth system Press release | Reducing the risk of potential global environmental disaster requires a “constitutional moment” comparable in scale and importance to the reform of international governance that followed World War II, say experts preparing the largest scientific conference leading up to next June’s Rio+20 Earth Summit.
November 23, 2011 Survey will identify adaptation research needs News | PROVIA, a new research programme on vulnerability, impacts and adaptation has released a survey as part of an international review of research needs.
September 28, 2011 Sustainable development requires fundamental reform of the United Nations Press release | Achieving genuine sustainable development will require restructuring of national and international institutions such as the United Nations and World Trade Organization, according to a series of policy briefs from the scientific community.
November 16, 2011 Is iconic UN index rewarding polluters? News | Sustainability remains suspiciously absent from the United Nations Human Development Index. Chuluun Togtokh, vice chair of the Mongolian IGBP Global Change National Committee argues in the journal Nature that this must stop.
November 4, 2011 Downside of using markets to pay for public goods Press release | Some payment mechanisms to support ecosystems services can be environmentally harmful, warn experts in the journal Science.
October 25, 2011 International climate conference opens News | The director of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), Ghassem Asrar, gave a press briefing to launch the WCRP Open Science Conference.
October 12, 2011 Asia-Pacific climate report published for COP17 News | The Asia Pacific Netwrok (APN) has published a new synthesis report — Climate in Asia and the Pacific: A Synthesis of APN Activities — to contribute to policy development relating to climate vulnerability and impacts, including adaptation and mitigation.