Warmest Decade on Record Brings Record Temperatures and Weather Extremes
05-15-2015
Janet Larsen
In recent years weather events have whiplashed between the extremes of heat and cold, flooding and drought.
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Robert B Anderson
Organization
Resource Planning San Diego Gas & Electric Co.
Role
Subject Matter Expert
He has spent over 30 years at San Diego Gas and Electric Company. He has held a range of positions involving power plant engineering, resource planning, strategic planning, and generation development. In his current position, he oversees the development of the long-term electric resource plan that determines the resources needed to meet the growing electric demand in San Diego over the next ten years.
China and Australia top list of 'carbon bomb' projects
05-08-2015
Oliver Milman
China and Australia top a global list of planned oil, gas and coal projects that will act as "carbon bombs" and push the planet towards catastrophic climate change, a Greenpeace report warned on Tuesday.
UCSD Researchers: Where International Climate Policy Has Failed, Grassroots Efforts Can Succeed
04-10-2015
Robert Monroe
The world can significantly slow the pace of climate change with practical efforts to control so-called “short-lived climate pollutants” and by bringing successful Western technologies to the developing world, according to three UC San Diego scientists in the journal Foreign Affairs.
China burns half of coal consumption worldwide, figures show
04-03-2015
Adam Vaughan
China now burns nearly as much coal as the rest of the world combined.
The country's appetite for the carbon-intensive fuel rose by 9% in 2011, to 3.8bn tonnes, meaning it now accounts for 47% of worldwide coal consumption.
Global food crisis will worsen as heatwaves damage crops, research finds
04-03-2015
Damian Carrington
The world's food crisis, where 1 billion people are already going hungry and a further 2 billion people will be affected by 2050, is set to worsen as increasing heatwaves reverse the rising crop yields seen over the last 50 years, according to new research.
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Nicole Peill-Moelter
Organization
Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Role
Subject Matter Expert
Nicole oversees the strategy and execution of sustainability initiatives across the company, including energy and greenhouse gas management and reporting, energy efficiency and electronic-waste reduction, employee engagement and stakeholder-awareness. She spends much of her time collaborating with engineers innovating around the energy efficiency, productivity and carbon intensity of Akamai’s global Intelligent Cloud Platform which represents 90% of Akamai’s environmental impact.
Scientists Sound Alarm on Climate
03-17-2014
Justin Gillis
Early in his career, a scientist named Mario J. Molina was pulled into seemingly obscure research about strange chemicals being spewed into the atmosphere. Within a year, he had helped discover a global environmental emergency, work that would ultimately win a Nobel Prize.
World must end 'dirty' fuel use - UN
04-12-2014
Matt McGrath
A long-awaited UN report on how to curb climate change says the world must rapidly move away from carbon-intensive fuels.
There must be a "massive shift" to renewable energy, says the study released in Berlin.
Experts urge urgent action to cut climate pollutants
06-25-2014
Gilbert Nakweya
[NAIROBI] Measures to reduce short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) in developing regions such as Sub-Saharan Africa could benefit key sectors, including health and agriculture, experts say.