Climate Change

Access articles on climate science, environmental impact, sustainability practices, and how to reduce your carbon footprint.

A New Leadership: Gordon Brown and Climate Change

Gordon Brown's climate action plan included a green hotline for UK residents and ambitious targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050.

After Kyoto? A new Climate Change Deal

Nations are debating what comes after the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012, with the Bali talks focusing on how to fairly cut emissions globally.

Climate Change: Signs in Britain Today

Britain's climate is shifting visibly through rising floods, erratic weather and record temperatures that demand action now.

Helping to Prevent Climate Change

Find practical steps you can take as an individual to reduce greenhouse gases and fight climate change.

India and China: Modernisation And Carbon Emissions

How India and China's rapid industrial growth is complicating global efforts to cut carbon emissions.

Kyoto Carbon Emission Targets: Are They Being Met?

Most countries are struggling to meet their Kyoto targets, with misleading statistics and slow progress on actual emission cuts.

The Causes of Climate Change

Greenhouse gases from human activities trap heat in the atmosphere and have increased dramatically since the industrial revolution, driving global warming.

The Climate Change Debate Explained

Climate change has clearly happened, but scientists disagree on causes and what happens next.

The Consequences of Climate Change

Rising temperatures could trigger droughts, floods, and crop failures across the globe within the next century.

The History of Climate Change

How scientists from the 1700s onward connected carbon dioxide to global warming and linked climate change to human activity.