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June 2009

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  • Climate and climate change
  • Adaptation
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Australian news

Australian emissions trading vote delay

The Australian government's carbon emissions trading scheme (ETS) hangs on a package of 11 bills, which face defeat or delay in parliament's upper house Senate. A finalised vote on carbon trading was expected to give certainty for business planning and strengthen international negotiations.
22 June Reuters article
23 June The Australian article
25 June The Australian article

Senator seeks climate clarity?

Sceptical senator Steve Fielding, yet to be convinced rising carbon emissions are responsible for global warming, met with Climate Change Minister Penny Wong. The government is facing an upper house blockade of its emissions trading scheme.
20 June The Australian article
18 June Canberra Times article
17 June Brisbane Times article
10 June Canberra Times article

Australian senate reports released

An Australian Senate economics committee has issued the report from its inquiry into the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 and related bills and a climate committee has issued the report from its inquiry into climate policy.
16 June Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Report
Climate Policy Report

America and Australia not so far apart

U. S. and Australian proposed carbon trading policies have been compared in a briefing paper on the US Waxman–Markey climate change bill. The bill’s centrepiece is an emissions trading scheme (ETS) and also includes complementary and reinforcing initiatives on clean energy and energy efficiency.
15 June Wotnews article
Report

Misleading in the worst case

The Australian Conservation Foundation has called for the investigation of 14 statements made by Rio Tinto, Woodside, Xstrata, Boral, Caltex and Blue Scope Steel about the possible impact of the Federal Government's carbon pollution reduction scheme, saying the companies may have misled investors and the public to maintain share price.
15 June ABC article

Australia rallies for carbon

National Climate Emergency Rallies have called on Australia to take the lead at the UN environment summit in December in Copenhagen. Amid warnings that Australia is particularly vulnerable to the effects of a shifting climate, calls were made to end Australia's dependence on cheap and plentiful coal.
13 June BBC article
14 June SMH article

Abrupt solar switch

Federal Environment Minister announced an abrupt end to applications for a household rebate to put solar panels on their roofs, taking some in the solar industry by surprise. The $8,000 solar rebate is being scrapped in favour of a market-driven system of solar credits to begin in 2010.
9 June News.com article
4 June SMH article

ETS net positive

The Victorian government is investing in new, renewable forms of energy, looking to make the proposed national carbon Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) have a net positive impact for the state, seeing more jobs not less. This would not apply uniformly and losses are expected in the coal-reliant Latrobe Valley.
3 June ABC article
4 June The Age article
Victorian Climate Change Green Paper

Wind power building

Australia's biggest wind farm, to be built near Broken Hill in New South Wales, has planning permission for the first phase of development. One of the world's largest onshore wind farms, it will eventually cover more than 32,000 hectares with almost 600 turbines to generate enough electricity for more than 400,000 homes.
3 June The Australian article
9 June BBC article

Geothermal growth reported
The Australian geothermal industry has experienced significant growth in the number of companies that have joined the search for "Hot-Rock Energy," fuelled by the rapidly increasing demand for renewable energy. In the nine months since the launch of the world's first Geothermal Reporting Code, six companies have reported large geothermal energy reserves.
2 June Energy Current article

Don't get your coal wet

CSIRO are working on a project partly funded through the Victorian Government’s Energy Technology Innovation Strategy (ETIS) to change from wet to dried coal with the potential to significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions although it represents a challenge for existing combustion systems.
2 June ScienceAlert article

World News

Emissions, Kyoto and policy

Climate protectionist?

While the American President praised the energy bill passed by the House late last week as an “extraordinary first step,” he opposed a provision that would impose trade penalties on countries that do not accept limits on global warming pollution. He wants to modernize the American economy by shifting to cleaner and more efficient forms of energy.
29 June NY Times article
30 June ABC article

Climate refugees a policy issue

The debate on providing protection to possibly several million "climate refugees" displaced by the vagaries of nature is heating up. A new initiative, the Climate Refugee Policy Forum, will act as a web-based clearinghouse on climate refugees and climate-related migration, aiming to support science and inform policy.
25 June Reuters article
Forum

American cap-and-trade legislation advances

President Obama has intensified his lobbying effort ahead of an expected vote Friday on an energy proposal designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions sharply by 2050. The climate change bill would establish a complex cap-and-trade system and aims to spark an American clean energy transformation.
24 June Washington Post article
25 June LA Times article
25 June NY Times article

Scotland the brave

The Scottish parliament voted to cut the nation's CO₂ emissions by 42% by 2020. All political parties agreed to fix the target as part of a bill which also requires the Scottish government to set legally binding annual cuts in emissions from 2012. Scotland has committed to an 80% reduction on 1990 levels by 2050.
24 June The Guardian article

Pushing the limit

The United States has been resisting European calls for industrialised nations to target an upper limit for global warming of 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit). The limit is widely seen as the threshold beyond which climate change will reach danger levels, with rising seas and more heatwaves, floods and droughts.
23 June The Guardian article
23 June Reuters article

UNprecedented UN climate change summit

UN Secretary-General invites heads of State and government to attend an “unprecedented” global summit. The high-level meeting will be held at UN Headquarters on 22 September, just over two months before the start of the pivotal world climate change conference in Copenhagen.
23 June UN News article

Major polluters meet in Mexico

Environment ministers from the world's largest polluters, including the United States and China, met for two days in Mexico. The so-called Major Economies Forum (MEF) aims to help form a new agreement to curb greenhouse gases to replace the Kyoto Protocol when it expires in 2012.
22 June AFP article
22 June COP15 article

Greenhouse count up

A 21 meter sign near Penn Station in New York is now showing the increase in CO₂ in the atmosphere as it happens. Launched by the Deutsche Bank, the Carbon Counter displays the running total amount of long-lived greenhouse gases in the earth's atmosphere, measured in metric tons. At current rates, the counter's figures are expected to rise by 2 billion tonnes a month.
18 June The Guardian article
19 June SolveClimate article
Carbon count update

Risk getting lost in politics

Even as Congress belatedly tackles legislation that would cut U.S. carbon emissions and international negotiators bickered over a global climate deal in Bonn, Germany, a new report by several federal agencies underscores the truths that too often risk getting lost in politics.
17 June Time article
4 June Time article
Report

Baby steps in a marathon

The EU and the US took a backseat at the negotiating table during June's global climate talks in Bonn, and Japan shocked developing countries by announcing a "shameful" emissions reduction target. While the negotiating text had swelled to hundreds of pages, there was no movement towards agreement on financing for climate mitigation and adaptation.
15 June EurActive article

Commitments don't add up

An analysis of wealthy nations' carbon reduction goals do not add up to enough to avoid dangerous climate impacts according to a number of sources including scientists from the Potsdam Institute and UN officials. Tough negotiations are expected to continue between the largest emitters, the U. S. and China.
13 June The Age article
12 June Times Online article
12 June UPI article

Smoother driving reduces emissions

Road transport emissions can be reduced by developing a smoother driving style with less acceleration and breaking according to a Monash University study of cement trucks. Other benefits are less wear and tear on the vehicles without increasing transit time.
9 June Science Alert article

China and US seek greenhouse truce

A climate truce between the United States and China, by far the world’s two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, is the only chance for forging a meaningful international treaty in Copenhagen later this year to restrict emissions. The current standoff has gigatons of greenhouse gas emissions replacing megatons of nuclear might as a looming risk for people across the globe.
8 June NY Times article

Urgency in Bonn for climate treaty

Poor nations suffering from drought, floods and erratic cyclones brought on by rising temperatures appealed to 174 countries on Monday to move faster on an agreement to fight global warming. The latest round of United Nations climate change talks assembled 4,000 participants to discuss negotiating texts to form the basis of the new global climate pact to replace the Kyoto Protocol.
2 June Business Mirror article
3 June Xinhuanet article
8 June Grist article
6 June Ottawa Citizen article

Japanese business supports aggressive emission cuts

A Japanese business lobby says Japan would be able to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent from 1990 levels by 2020. The Prime Minister is set to finalise a target for midterm emissions cuts in the world's fifth-biggest emitter, from six target options proposed for Japan.
3 June Reuters article

U.S.-China collaboration essential

The U.S. climate envoy said America must meet China halfway and develop a “genuine, collaborative partnership” on climate change and clean energy to help move forward international negotiations to stem global warming.
3 June Bloomberg article
3 June AP article

Economics & business

Embrace change for future prosperity

For all the pain and suffering the financial crisis is inflicting, the philosophical among us say there is a plus side. Australian cartoonist, philosopher, poet and artist Michael Leunig says when the going gets tough people are forced to change and act creatively.
25 June ABC article

New battery may power low carbon business

IBM has two new initiatives to make businesses, energy grids and lithium ion batteries more efficient. They plan to integrate products and services of several big-name partners and bringing new efficiencies to lithium ion batteries.
23 June Reuters article

Key performance indicators

Carbon Disclosure Project and Markit will launch a family of investment indices tracking the performance of companies with robust carbon management strategies. Already NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability 50 Index is tracking leaders in sustainability reporting.
19 June Climate Biz article
Sustainability index

Green investment triples job numbers

Two new reports on the impacts of moving to a low-carbon economy in the U.S. show putting money toward energy efficiency, building retrofits and renewable energy projects can create 1.7 million new jobs, significantly more than the same investment in fossil fuel industries.
18 June Climate Biz article

Polluter pay funding foundation

EU leaders postponed crucial decisions on financing the fight against climate change in developing countries but agreed on the principles setting out the terms for financial contributions. The foundation of the agreement will be the principles of ability to pay and responsibility for emissions.
18 June EurActiv article

Focus on green investments

Through committed and coordinated action, Asia and the Pacific region can adopt a more sustainable development pathway and overcome the additional burden on poverty-reduction efforts caused by the financial and climate crisis according to Asian Development Bank (ADB) president Haruhiko Kuroda.
17 June Business Mirror article

Transition money to be made

Environmental Industries Commission CEO says British companies are in a period of transition to a low carbon economy and that is going to create opportunities in an environmental market already worth $3 trillion worldwide, despite struggles to keep up with ever-tougher international standards.
12 June edie article

Climate friendly patents?

International climate negotiators from India have suggested a global fund to buy out Intellectual Property Rights for climate friendly technologies. This could be modelled on the mechanism devised to promote the production of medicines needed in poor nations.
12 June COP15 article

Carbon neutral growth for aviation

The international Transport Association (IATA) has agreed to aim for improved fuel efficiency by an average of 1.5% per year which will reduce impacts from business growth but no make any reduction to current emission levels. They want world governments to invest in aviation biofuels.
11 June EurActiv article

Tree planting boom to offset gas expansion

Woodside Petroleum substantially increased its carbon offset program by $75 million to offset emissions for its $12 billion Pluto liquefied natural gas project. CO2 Group will establish and manage mallee eucalypt environmental plantings in Western Australia, which will offset emissions from Pluto.
9 June WA Business News article

Geothermal market set to erupt

A new American $350 million investment in geothermal energy will see geothermal power awaken from its dormant state through loans, research funding, and streamlining the permitting process. The federal government aims to create more jobs and new businesses, and generate more affordable electricity for the American people.
2 June Reuters article

Energy

Retrofit coal-fired power plants to capture CO₂

A report from a Massachusetts Institute of Technology symposium found the U.S. government isn’t moving quickly enough to bring feasible retrofit technologies to scale, or investing enough in research and development programs to develop medium- and long-term solutions to growing emissions.
23 June ClimateBiz article
Report

Biofuel white elephant in Texas

A Texas biofuel plant that is 95% completed has become bankrupt before generating its first ethanol from locally abundant cow manure. Amid construction flaws and a viral outbreak among workers the $200m facility has ceased trials pending a new buyer to bring the plant on line.
23 June BBC article
10 June DomesticFuel article

Urban biofuel from garbage

Of London's 3 million tonnes of food waste annually, 60% currently goes to landfill. So Lord Mayor Johnson has launched London Waste to Fuel Alliance with the aim of establishing five bio-fuel plants in the capital by 2012 to save 500,000 tonnes of co2 annually.
12 June edie article

Energy investment turns the low carbon corner

For the first time annual renewable investment was higher than in fossil fuels. According to figures released by the United Nations, investment for power generation through wind, solar and other clean technologies attracted $140bn (£85bn) compared with $110bn for gas and coal for electrical power generation.
3 June The Guardian article
4 June New York Times article
UNEP

Sequestration

New direction for Australian carbon and capture

First three directors appointed for newly incorporated Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute (GCCSI). The European Commission has signed on as a foundation member and the Australian government has committed $2.4 billion to build two to four industrial-scale CCS demonstration projects in Australia within the next decade.
15 June Science Media Bulletin article
18 May NASDAQ article

New future for FutureGen

FutureGen, a public-private project to capture and store carbon dioxide emissions, was dropped because the Bush administration said that costs had doubled but had actually risen 39 per cent, to $US1.3 billion. The project is now being reconsidered by the U. S. Department of Energy.
15 June The Age article

Forest worth more standing than felled

The UN's environment program released a report on World Environment Day generating new hope that  forests can continue to absorb up to 60% of carbon emissions to the atmosphere. They cite ecosystem management as a foundation for a sustainable low carbon economy.
5 June ERL article
5 June BBC article
5 June ENS article
Report (PDF 8.33MB) Video
11 June Horticulture Week article

Climate and climate change

Mobile phones to aid African climate

A partnership between humanitarian groups and mobile phone companies will mount 5,000 automatic weather stations across the African continent on phone masts. They will gather data on aspects of weather such as rainfall and wind, and could help save lives of people on "the frontlines of climate change".
18 June BBC article

The UK in 2050

United Kingdom meteorologists have released their estimates of average expected UK temperatures in 2050. Based on only moderate carbon emissions they say by 2080, London will be between 2C and 6C hotter than it is now. The results can inform long-term investment decisions that could be influenced by a changing climate.
18June BBC article
18 June The Guardian article
interactive map

Climate report gives reality check

The University of Copenhagen released the Synthesis Report drawing on 1,600 scientific contributions to a global climate summit held in Copenhagen earlier this year. Researchers are warning the planet is facing a growing risk of abrupt and irreversible climatic shifts as impacts exceed highest 2007 projections.
18 June ABC article
18 June Bloomberg article
Report (pdf)

Increased African conflict

According to an international review panel, 23 countries in Africa face “a high risk of violent conflict” from climate change and a further 14 countries face “a high risk of political instability” while only a fraction of international funds intended for climate change mitigation projects find their way to the continent.
12 June COP15 article

Open ocean may become dominated by jellyfish

New research presents convincing evidence that a jellyfish population boom is associated with over-fishing and excess nutrients from fertilisers and sewage. As well, climate change may favour some jellyfish species by increasing the availability of key jellyfish food sources while warmer oceans could also extend the distribution of many jellyfish species.
9 June ScienceAlert article

Too far to fly

Bird migrations are likely to get longer according to the first ever study of the potential impacts of climate change on the breeding and winter ranges of migrant birds. Increases up to 400 km could have serious consequences for many species.
8 June Science Daily article

Significant eruptions smaller than our smog

A Curtin University researcher has shown that some ancient periods of massive eruptions released green house gases so quickly that they caused rapid climate change and mass extinctions. Currently we are adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere faster than even the most rapid sequence of eruptions.
5 June ScienceAlert article

Adaptation

Evolution faster when it is warmer

Researchers have found that, among pairs of mammals of the same species, the DNA of those living in warmer climates changes at a faster rate. This "microevolution" which create differences within a population could help explain why the tropics are so species-rich.
24 June BBC article

Complex changes may limit species adaptation

New results shed doubt on the assumption that Northern Hemisphere animals will easily adapt to a warming world. Populations near the upward range boundary may fall prey to summer heat waves and have limited range expansion due to lack of host plants.
23 June Science Daily article

Australia studies vulnerable climate region

South-east Queensland's vulnerability to climate change will be measured in a coordinated study involving CSIRO and three universities. Focused on key sectors including agriculture, energy and human settlements, they will research the region's adaptability to determine how well it responds to global warming.
22 June ABC article

Adaptation aims for the United Kingdom

Malaria, freak storms and great white sharks may lie ahead for the UK based on a detailed map of how climate change is expected to affect every part of the UK over the next century. The implications of new climate projections affect health, agriculture and wildlife as well as sea level and storms.
18 June The Guardian article

Joint humanitarian call

Eighteen international aid agencies issued a joint statement arguing for “humanitarian impacts” to be included in the new climate change protocol. They called for a workable approach to counter the impacts of extreme weather events and environmental degradation on vulnerable communities.
8 June GenevaLunch article
12 June COP15 article

Delta flooding will force migration

Negotiators are advised to factor migration into adaptation strategies as evidence shows that 23.5 million people could be displaced by climate change in the densely-populated Ganges, Mekong and Nile River deltas if the sea level were to rise by a metre.
10 June EurActiv article

Water from thin air

Research scientists have found a way of  converting air humidity in the desert into drinkable water. Based exclusively on renewable energy sources such as thermal solar collectors and photovoltaic cells, this method is completely self contained for energy and will work in regions with no electrical infrastructure.
8 June Science Daily article

Diesel car wins green award

The Volvo S40 DRIVe winner of What Car? magazine's award for the year's greenest car is attractive for more than low carbon emissions. The small family car with carbon emissions on a par with Toyota's Prius was noted as great to drive, safe, with enough space for the family and cheap to run.
8 June The Guardian article

Poor absorption of climate funding

A European roundtable argued against financing climate adaptation efforts through development assistance. They noted if climate negotiators continue to stumble over how much funding is needed for adaptation, they will fail to address the other key issue of establishing a mechanism to ensure that adaptation actually takes place,
3 June EurActiv article

Trading & tax

Australian carbon trade debate deferred

The Australian parliament will resume carbon trading debate on August 13, but there are no signs that either the conservative opposition that says the laws will punish business or the Green opposition that wants much tougher measures are ready to cede ground to allow the scheme to pass.
25 June Reuters article
25 June ABC article

Fake carbon credits in PNG

The government of Papua New Guinea is to conduct an investigation into claims of con men selling fake carbon-trading certificates to small landowners. At least 500 villagers, mostly in Oro province on the northwest coast, have paid upwards of $400 to register as shareholders in a carbon-trading company.
25 June UPI article

Australia's emissions trading plan in trouble

The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme which aims to cut Australian emissions by at least 5 percent of 2000 levels by 2020, or by as much as 25 percent overall if other major emitters agree, passed easily through the Labour-controlled House of Representatives this month. But the Senate, which is controlled by conservatives and minor parties, has vowed to defeat the bill.
21 June New York Times article

EU subsidy for green energy trials

Under the European Union's emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) 300 million emissions permits will be divided between companies testing new technologies that slash CO₂ emissions from power generation. A new report gives the first list of eligible technologies including superheated solar towers and gas from trees.
10 June EurActiv article

Agriculture & NRM

U.S. climate bill could reward farmers

The climate bill nearing a vote in the U.S. will have the Agriculture Department oversee projects by farmers and ranchers to lock carbon into the soil by reduced tillage or planting trees and temporarily reduce obstacles to corn-based ethanol production.
24 June Reuters article

Rural land use decisions out of farmers hands?

Anxieties about food security and a possible global food crisis join climate change to bring additional demands on land according to leading academics. Complex decisions juggle space for growing new biofuel crops, water storage, additional room for mobile or flexible infrastructure and accommodating more people than ever.
9 June Science Daily article

Climate change crop failure Insurance

UN negotiators in Bonn are considering an innovative insurance scheme as a central component of climate change adaptation measures in Africa, Asia and Latin America. In India's Kolhapur province next year up to 600,000 farmers might be able to insure against their rice crops failing due to drought or heavy rains.
8 June The Guardian article

Water footprint a crop cost

Determining the water footprint for thirteen crops helped researchers to choose a specific crop and production region to plan water efficient bioelectricity production. The study may be used to assist selection of crops and countries that produce bio-energy in the most water-efficient way.
3 June PNAS open access article
4 June Science Daily article

Animal diseases linked to climate change

The impact of climate change on the emergence and re-emergence of animal diseases has been confirmed in a worldwide study conducted by the OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health). More and more countries are indicating that climate change has been responsible for at least one emerging or re-emerging disease occurring on their territory.
2 June PigProgess article
OIE Report

Big drops in African crops

By 2050, hotter conditions, coupled with shifting rainfall patterns, could make 500,000 to one million square kilometres of marginal African farmland no longer able to support even a subsistence level of food crops but may still support livestock. The land currently supports 20 to 35 million people.
2 June Science Daily article

Conferences

International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE2010)

21-23 April 2010, Singapore. Energy Solutions for a Sustainable World. Based on the theme of “Energy Solutions for a Sustainable World”, ICAE2010 offers a wide range of topics covering clean energy and renewables, advanced energy systems, energy and the environment, energy in buildings, and energy policy.
Details

Global Biosecurity 2010: safeguarding agriculture and the environment

28 February – 3 March 2010, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. The program will focus on agricultural and environmental biosecurity and includes conference streams examining: DRIVERS, IMPACTS, KNOWLEDGE and SYSTEMS
Details

Sussex Energy Group Conference

25-26 February. University of Sussex. United Kingdom. The Sussex Energy Group at SPRU (Science & Technology Policy Research), University of Sussex is organising and hosting an international conference to discuss and debate emerging research agendas in energy social science. Open to academics, policy makers, industry and non-governmental organisations working in the field of energy transitions.
Details

Forest Day 3

13 December 2009 Copenhagen, Denmark.Hosted by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, the Government of Denmark and CIFOR. Forest Day 3 aims to ensure forests are high on the agenda for future climate outcomes.
Details

Bioenergy Australia 2009

8-10 December 2009, Gold Coast, Queensland. (conference tour on 8 Dec) Concerned with all aspects of biomass and bioenergy, from production through to utilisation, and its work embraces technical, commercial, economic, societal, environmental, policy and market issues.
Details

15th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP15) and 5th Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (MOP5)

7-18 December 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark. These meetings will coincide with the 31st meetings of the UNFCCC’s subsidiary bodies. Under the “roadmap” agreed at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali in December 2007, COP 15 and COP/MOP 5 are expected to finalize an agreement on a framework for combating climate change post-2012 (when the Kyoto Protocol’s first commitment period ends)
Details

Carbon Cycling in Tropical Ecosystems (23rd New Phytologist Symposium)

17–20 November 2009, Guangzhou, China. In this symposium we will define the issues of carbon cycling in tropical environments at global and regional scales.
Details

Impacts of Climate Change on Natural Resources

10-11 November 2009. Ismailia, Egypt. Egyptian Society for Environmental Sciences (ESES) sponsors this fourth conference discussing evidence of the ecological impacts of recent climate change from polar terrestrial to tropical marine environments.
Details

Carbon Market Expo Australasia 2009

26-28 October 2009, Gold Coast, Australia. Trade Fair & Conference for carbon market participants & service providers to network with key domestic and international carbon market players and to develop the strategies to minimise costs and maximise benefits associated with emissions trading.
Details

World Meteorological Congress

12-16 October, Geneva, Switzerland. Predicting Weather and Climate for a Changing World. Climate prediction for decision-making: focusing on seasonal to interannual time-scales.
Details

19th Ph.D. Workshop on International Climate Policy

8-10 October 2009. EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland. EPFL Research lab on the Economics and Management of the Environment, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. The workshop is open to Ph.D. students and researchers from all disciplines working on any aspect of climate policy.
Details

4 Degress and Beyond: Implications for people, ecosystems and the earth system.

28-30 September, Oxford, UK An agenda setting international climate conference which aims to: (i) assess the consequences of a change in global temperature above 4°C for a range of systems and sectors, and (ii) explore the options that are open for avoiding climate changes of this magnitude. The results of the conference will form an important background to the COP 15 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Copenhagen, December 2009, and the inevitable negotiations that will follow COP 15.
Details

Peatlands in the Global Carbon Cycle (The 2nd International Symposium)

25-30 September 2009, Prague, Czech Republic. The symposium will focus on the role and importance of peatlands in the global carbon cycle.
Details

OceanObs'09 Ocean Information for Society: Sustaining the Benefits, Realizing the Potential

21-25 September 2009, Venice, Italy
Details

8th International Carbon Dioxide Conference

13-19 September 2009, Jena, Germany
Details

2009 Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Annual Conference

8-11 September 2009, Leicester. New Dimensions in Earth Observation and CarboAfrica workshop, Remote Sensing of Fire for National Greenhouse Gas Accounting
Details and workshop brochure (PDF.3MB)

6th International Scientific Conference on the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment and 2nd iLEAPS Science Conference

24-28 August 2009, Melbourne, Australia. The conferences will hold joint sessions on three common themes of water, energy, and biogeochemical cycles with keynote talks, oral and poster presentations. This provides the opportunity for cross-fertilization between the sciences represented by both GEWEX, as part of the World Climate Research Programme, and iLEAPS, as part of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme in addressing present and future climate and global change challenges.
Details

5th Australia-New Zealand Climate Change and Business Conference

24-26 August  2009, Melbourne Australia. Themes include Domestic & international policy developments in the lead-up to Copenhagen, Sourcing finance for the transition to reduced emissions during a global financial crisis, and Practical advice to assist companies prepare for emerging carbon regulation: legal, accounting, reporting, standards, marketing & emissions trading.
Details

2009 North American Biochar Conference

9-12 August. Boulder, Colorado USA. Keynote speakers are Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Dr. Susan Solomon, Senior Scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Co-sponsored by the Center for Energy and Environmental Security and the International Biochar Initiative (IBI). 
Details

Insider Voices: Human dimensions of low carbon technology conference

14-15 July 2009, Bath, UK. The conference will provide essential learning, practical support and cross-sector networking for policymakers, local authorities, businesses and activists interested in bridging the policy/practice gap for a low carbon future.
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