Climate Changer

All members of G8 must set shorter-term goals for axing greenhouse gases than 2050 in order to help guide billions of dollars of investment, was announced today.
United Nations (UN) climate chief Yvo de Boer from The Netherlands, has told front of the media that a policy outlined by President George W. Bush last

month that would cap U.S. emissions in 2025 was “not enough” to confront global warming.

“We are at a stage where we really need to see leadership from the G8,”is one of the accents of Yvo de Boer’s speech before flying to Kobe, Japan, where May 24-26 is going to be the meeting of G8 environment ministers that will prepare a July G8 summit.
Yvo de Boer noted also that the G8 should set a target of halving world emissions by 2050
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The China-U.S. Climate Change Forum at the University of California, Berkeley. It will bring together invited leaders from the Chinese and American scientific, business, policy and non-profit communities to discuss global climate crisis solutions and to spur new research. Former U.S. President Al Gore will make a special presentation.

8:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m., Tuesday, May 23, and Wednesday, May 24.

Al Gore’s talk is at 7:30 p.m. today (Tuesday, 23rd)

The majority of the conference will be held at Wheeler Hall Auditorium, UC Berkeley. The presentation by Al Gore will be at Zellerbach Auditorium on campus. A map is online here.
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Forum on climate change and water will featuring UCSC climate scientist Lisa Sloan, professor of Earth and planetary sciences will starts today at Santa Cruz sponsored by local public water districts and environmental agencies. The forum, titled “Tools for Addressing Climate Change and Local Water Resources,” is designed to inform water resource managers and the public about the probable impacts of climate change on local water resources, how to plan for these impacts, and how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The forum be held from 1 to 4 p.m. at the University Inn, 611 Ocean Street, followed by a reception. The event is free and open to the public, so please do not hesitate to join them.

“There is rapidly increasing interest in planning for future climate change, especially water-related climate changes in California,” Sloan said. “Nearly all modeling studies of the next 50 years indicate a likely large reduction in snow accumulation throughout the state, and likely a reduction in rainfall as well. We need to start addressing these likely impending changes and considering how various communities and groups throughout the state will cope with them.”
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