The UK has joined forces with the Indonesian government to tackle deforestation and prepare Indonesians for the impacts of climate change, International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander announced at Davos today.
The partnership will work to bring down carbon emissions by reversing the high rate of deforestation in the country, boost Indonesia ’s low carbon economy and [...]

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LimeGreen Earth, Inc. announced today that it will offset the carbon emitted by President Obama’s flight on Air Force One to the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP15 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The conference, which began on December 7, has brought together diplomats from 192 nations to discuss the global reduction of carbon emissions.

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Climate change campaigners estimate that on average, each personal computer generates two tonnes of carbon every year. Millions of individuals and concerned business people want to find a practical way to reduce their own carbon footprint and contribute something positive to developing countries.
Many climate change campaigners are dismayed at the lack of progress on reaching [...]

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Sky today launched a three-year campaign with WWF to help save one billion trees in the Amazon.
The campaign, Sky Rainforest Rescue, aims to protect rainforest covering over three million hectares in the state of Acre, Brazil to help combat climate change and preserve the unique habitat and species of the Amazon.
The world’s rainforests are [...]

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Trees in the western United States are dying twice as quickly as they did three decades ago and scientists think global warming is to blame.
In their surveys, ecologists found that a wide range of tree species were dying including pines, firs and hemlocks and at a variety of altitudes. The changes can have serious long-term [...]

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Future generations of youngsters are potentially facing the unthinkable, a childhood without the traditional British playground pastime of conkers, Lib Dem MP David Heath has said.
The Somerset MP has urged the government to help save horse chestnut trees – which produce the nuts – from possible extinction.
The Phytophthora fungus, the Tree Leaf Miner caterpillar and [...]

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Trees could be more important to the Earth’s climate than previously thought, according to a new study that reveals forests help to block out the sun.
Scientists in the UK and Germany have discovered that trees release a chemical that thickens clouds above them, which reflects more sunlight and so cools the Earth. The research suggests [...]

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A London-based startup called Solar Botanic announced yesterday that it has designed lifelike artificial plants and trees that harvest the power of the sun and the wind. The key to the company’s claim is its Nanoleaf— a supposed energy-capturing powerhouse.
The Nanoleaf contains photovoltaic and thermovoltaic cells that capture the sun’s energy, as well as voltaic [...]

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Developed by Dr. Klaus Lackner these synthetic trees could be used as CO2 scrubbers cleaning our air. Using a chemical reaction to pull carbon dioxide from the air this technology could buy the world time to development and implement alternative energy sources.

The idea is that air would flow through the vanes of these structures. Flowing [...]

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