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Climate Change Is Irreversible, UN Climate Panel Warns

Mila Luleva — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 10:11:17 +0000

Yesterday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the highly anticipated second for this year report. The document, found to be the most comprehensive assessment done to date, warns that global warming is irreversible and humans will never be able to adapt to it completely. The major thread would come from exhaustion of food […]

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FAIL – World is Not On Target Addressing Climate Change

Benji Jerew — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 19:12:28 +0000

Unlike shooting yourself in the foot, the effects of which are immediately apparent, the results of the world’s insatiable thirst for fossil fuels, climate change, have taken decades to manifest themselves. If you shoot yourself in the foot with a traditional bow, the arrow, traveling 200fps, will register in your brain about 160ms after you […]

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U.N. Urges That Electronic Devices be Made of Recyclable Metals

Mila Luleva — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:17:12 +0000

Two United Nations reports urge companies to produce devices that are easy to break down and recycle once their lifetime is over. The two studies suggest that technologies such as mobile phones and electric car batteries should be made of copper or gold, so that they can be easily broken up. Recycling policies should not […]

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UN Report Cautions About Global Temperature Targets

Mila Luleva — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 17:21:37 +0000

The latest UN Environment Programme report (UNEP) states that average temperatures are likely to rise by three to five degrees Celsius (5.4 to 9.0 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of this century. In order to prevent this and be able to fit within the 2 degrees world target, urgent actions should be taken. Fifty five […]

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U.N. Report Says 80% Energy Production From Renewables Possible by 2050

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 23 May 2011 17:43:29 +0000

A recent United Nations report says that by 2050 up to 80 percent of the global energy could be supplied from alternative resources if public policies will come up with proper incentives.

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Wise or Not: The U.N. Suggesting Rapid Replacement Of Incandescent Bulbs With CFLs

Ovidiu Sandru — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 16:04:26 +0000

I had heard that the European Union wants to prohibit the production of incandescent lighting bulbs, but I never thought that would be possible in a short time. Frankly, on the one hand I'd be glad for the huge carbon savings this measure would give, but on the other the CFLs are not yet widely accepted by the eye, their light being much colder and giving your home an office-like feeling.

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