Tackling the electronic waste menace 
Business Daily
A new report by the Global e-Sustainability Initiative, supported by Unep, and The Climate Group estimates that ICT could cut greenhouse gas emissions by 15 per cent globally by 2020.

G8: 'Make Or Break on Climate Change'
IPS
Japan is preparing to test its leadership role at the summit meeting of seven western industrial democracies and Russia (G8) Jul. 7-9 in Toyako on the northern island of Hokkaido.

Climate change may cut South Africa corn crop sharply
Reuters
SAPPORO, Japan (Reuters) - Climate change could cut South Africa's maize crop by 20 percent within 15 to 20 years as the west of the country dries out while the east is afflicted with increasingly severe storms, its environment minister said on Sunday.

EU moves to cut back target on biofuel use
International Herald Tribune
Signaling a major retrenchment, European Union legislators on Monday proposed ratcheting back an ambitious target to raise Europe's use of biofuels.

African 'wall of trees' gets underway
SciDevNet
Three years after it was first proposed, preparations for an African 'wall of trees' to slow down the southwards spread of the Sahara desert are finally getting underway.

SOUTH ASIA: Eight Nations Unite to Combat Climate Change
IPS
DHAKA, Jul 8 (IPS) - As rising seas, melting glaciers, floods and cyclones are increasingly putting millions of people at risk in South Asia,

World ports tackle greenhouse gas emissions
AFP
ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands (AFP) — Ports authorities from around the world gathered in Rotterdam Wednesday to adopt a plan to cut CO2 emissions

Study finds arsenic threats in SE Asia
The New Nation
Myanmar's cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy delta and Indonesia's Sumatra Island face high risks of arsenic contamination in groundwater

ENVIRONMENT: Cutting CO2 Could Save Dying Corals
IPS
FORT LAUDERDALE, U.S., Jul 12 (IPS) - The rapid decline of coral reefs around the world offers a potent warning that entire ecosystems can collapse due to human activities,

How to achieve goals of green revolution 
Business Daily
We are living in a time of multiple crises. These are grabbing the headlines and requiring the international community to find solutions on so many fronts

Three time frames for climate change
Chinadialogue
In understanding and dealing with global warming, the world has distinct but limited periods in which to act. For our leaders, the next 18 months will be the key. Saleemul Huq explains.

Researchers map risk of arsenic contamination
SciDevNet
Researchers have produced a series of maps that highlight areas at risk from groundwater arsenic contamination in South-East Asia and Bangladesh

Ghana to host Convention on Climate Change
The Ghanaian Chronicle
Ghana has signed an agreement, with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to host the international conference on climate change in August next month.  

Climate builds bridges across Asia 
BBC
Amidst growing criticism from industrialised countries for not committing to greenhouse gas reduction targets, India has indicated it would initiate regional efforts to deal with climate change. 

Industries urged to protect city's natural environment
The Africa Monitor
Industries must design and plan a mechanism by which they can contribute to reduce environmental pollution, the Addis Ababa City Administration Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) urged on Tuesday.

World Bank says Asian cities at risk
Bangkokpost.com
The World Bank has urged Asian cities to come up with climate resilient programmes to safeguard people from natural hazards triggered by climate change and rising sea levels. 

Wetlands could unleash "carbon bomb"
Yahoo News
The world's wetlands, threatened by development, dehydration and climate change, could release a planet-warming "carbon bomb" if they are destroyed, ecological scientists said on Sunday.

Champions of the Earth for urgent action
The New Nation
Seven leading lights in the battle against global warming who are also catalysing the transition to a greener and leaner global economy were recently acknowledged as the 2008 Champions of the Earth. 

First Countries Named to Benefit from Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
The World Bank
WASHINGTON, July 21, 2008 –Fourteen states have been selected as the first developing country members of an innovative partnership and international financing mechanism to combat tropical deforestation and climate change.

Shell's stake in world's largest offshore windfarm
Guardian
The world's biggest offshore windfarm was put back on track yesterday as the UK energy minister boasted that the technology could attract £3bn investment to the north-east of England alone.