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30th June 2009 Energy
Gap
The Royal Society has published a report demanding more investment
in renewable energy in the UK and recommending higher consumer energy
prices to help support it.
30th June 2009 Representative
Vote
The US House of Representatives has voted in support of a new climate
change bill aimed at reducing US greenhouse gas emissions by 17
percent below 2005 levels by 2020.
15th June 2009 Climate
Change Migration
Koko Warner, of the United Nations University in Bonn, Germany,
has highlighted the need for migration impacts to be mainstreamed
in climate change adaptation policy.
15th June 2009 Falling
Short
Joeri Rogelj and colleagues at the Potsdam Institute for Climate
Impacts Research have calculated that current national emissions
targets stand little chance of avoiding 2 degrees C of warming.
15th June 2009 Japanese
Target
The Japanese Government has announced a target reduction in greenhouse
gas emissions of 15 percent by 2020, equating to an 8 percent cut
relative to the 1990 baseline year.
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