Editorial Nov 29, 2013
Reducing Japan's emissions
The upshot for Japan from the just-ended Warsaw conference on climate changes is that it must come up with a new longer-term emissions reduction plan within 16 months.
Science & Health Nov 24, 2013
UNEP chief urges Japan to stay in fight
The chief of the U.N. Environment Program urged Japan to keep playing a leadership role in the fight against global warming, although it faces a challenge caused by Fukushima nuclear disaster, which left most of its atomic plants offline. “The world has in a ...
Commentary Nov 22, 2013
Climate change as a form of terrorism
by Stephan Richter
The typhoon in the Philippines is a useful reminder that we need to think more about what can be done, both on climate mitigation and on disaster preparation.
Commentary Nov 19, 2013
View Typhoon Haiyan as an early warning system
by Gwynne Dyer
“We’ve been telling the rest of the world we don’t want what’s happening to us to happen to everyone else,” said Lucille L. Sering, the vice chair of the Philippines’ Climate Commission,, as the country struggled to cope with the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan. ...
Commentary Nov 19, 2013
A pragmatic way to reduce emissions
by Robert Samuelson
A carbon tax could not only cut emissions but also reduce budget deficits and enhance energy security.
Environment | FOCUS Nov 18, 2013
New climate goal opaque, product of ministry clash
The process of setting a new goal on reducing greenhouse gas emissions was marred by a standoff between the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Environment Ministry. METI, long a champion of nuclear power, was reluctant to set the target and the ...
Environment Oct 10, 2013
Earth's climate change tipping point to start in 2020, new model predicts
Locations around the globe will soon reach climatic tipping points, with some in tropical regions — home to most of the world’s biodiversity — feeling the first impacts of unprecedented eras of elevated temperatures as soon as seven years from now, according to a ...
Global-related Sep 24, 2013
Don't be swayed by skeptics of report on climate change
by Will Hutton
Expect the fifth assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will be met by a barrage of criticism from the new "skeptical" environmental movement.
Environment Sep 9, 2013
Could man-made clouds help lower the planet's temperature?
by Lenny Bernstein
With the planet warming inexorably, some experts are wondering whether the time may have come to deliberately attempt "solar radiation management.
Environment Sep 6, 2013
Pacific islands fighting for survival as sea levels rise
by John Vidal
Pacific islanders challenged world leaders this week to act on climate change, warning that their low-lying atolls are close to becoming uninhabitable because of rising seas and increasingly severe floods, droughts and storm surges. “The Pacific is fighting for its survival. Climate change has ...
Global-related Aug 27, 2013
Polar bear's death is a warning
by Kevin Rafferty
Does the death of a single polar bear, which starved on the Arctic tundra, carry a warning for all human beings
Global-related Aug 23, 2013
Science and politics make for a poisonous mix
by Clive Crook
Why would a psychology professor believe that science is under attack for its arrogance, vulgarity and narrow vision — from intellectuals and anti-intellectuals alike