As the earthquake rescue and recovery comes to an end, Christchurch is shifting its attention to reconstruction. Given the scale of damage wrought by a series of earthquakes, the city is faced with big questions about its future form. Initial estimates suggest that up to half of the inner city will have to be demolished. [...]

Canada’s boreal forest is in the news again this week with a study released yesterday by the Pew Environment Group. But while the Pew study argues that the preservation of the forest remains a top global priority, the Canadian timber industry may see a spike in demand for wood from Japan when it begins the [...]

In 1989, the Montreal Protocol laid out an extensive set of environmental rules that regulate and phase-out gases which contribute to the depletion of the ozone layer: including hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and halons. Coming only 10 years later, the United Nations’ were able to build on that success when the Kyoto Protocol (KP) provided [...]

Electricians, plumbers, technicians and engineers – these are the people who will make it happen, who will make the shift from fossil fuels to renewable energies. The list of professions encompasses all sectors when we consider the wider transition to a global green economy. But what policies are in place to ensure workers possess the [...]

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) just released an online simulation tool that gives the public a chance to make big decisions over the UK’s energy future. Launched Thursday 3 March in London, My2050 is a user-friendly web application that is designed to allow the public to try out a variety of scenarios [...]

Following the minor operational successes from Cancun in December (see Climatico’s comprehensive report – PDF), the United Nations’ Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has undergone something of a resurrection: issuing the 550 millionth offset almost five and a half years after the first, and surviving a period of undeniable uncertainty over the future of the mechanism. [...]