World airline traffic set to grow at 5% a year until 2025

(ClimateRadar.com) According to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), Total world airline scheduled passenger traffic in terms of passenger-kilometres is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 4.6 per cent up to the year 2025, half a percentage point lower than the growth rate achieved over the period 1985-2005, according to forecasts prepared [...]

QUOTE: “The first thing we have to do is destroy oil as a strategic commodity”

(ClimateRadar.com) “The first thing we have to do is destroy oil as a strategic commodity.” Former CIA director James Woolsey said at a renewable enrgy conference in Iowa, USA. Woolsey, is now a lawyer specializing in energy for the Booz Allen Hamilton consulting firm.
http://www.renewableonparade.com/

Climate change deal agreed on ozone

 
(ClimateRadar.com) Governments Agree to Accelerated ‘Freeze and Phase-out” of Ozone and Climate-Damaging Chemicals at Montreal Protocol’s 20th Anniversary Celebrations
http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=517&ArticleID=5671&l=en

Climate change: long-term framework conditions are needed now!

(ClimateRadar) Bojrn Stigson, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, has launched a plea for parties to work together at the UNFCCC conference in Bali due this December.
http://president.wbcsd.org/2007/09/climate-change-.html

Nature Magazine launches new climate change hub

(ClimateRadar) Nature Magazine has launched an online science resource from Nature Publishing Group. Nature Reports: Climate Change covers the news behind the science and the science behind the news of global climate change, arguably the most far-reaching challenge of this century. The site is dedicated to authoritative in-depth reporting on climate change and its wider [...]

Arctic Ice slowly recovering from worst year in history

(left, 2007 minimum compared to previous minimum set in 2005. Source NSIDC)
(ClimateRadar) According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, ice coverage in the Arctic is slowly recovering from the lowest coverage in recorded history. The apparent 2007 minimum was 4.13 million square kilometers (1.59 million square miles). It shatters the previous five-day [...]

Global warming to increase infectious disease: study

(AFP) Global warming likely will lead to an increase in infectious disease around the world, as viruses, microbes and the agents that spread them flourish, experts at a medical conference warned Tuesday.
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hjaUrZsqGno4j-bxaN7y3dKf5nHA 

Arctic Summer Ice Thickness Halves to 1m

(PlanetArk) Large tracts of ice on the Arctic Ocean have halved in thickness to just 1 metre (3 ft) since 2001, making the region more accessible to ships, a researcher said on Tuesday.
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/44396/story.htm

EU Plans Climate Change Pact With Poor Countries

(PlanetArk) “Developing countries will be the hardest hit by the effects of climate change and therefore need our help to mitigate climate change and to adapt to the changes already occurring,” the European Commission said in a statement.
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/44403/story.htm

AirPlus Debuts Automatic Carbon-Offset Feature

(Business Travel Online) Universal Air Travel Plan issuer AirPlus International today announced the launch an automated carbon-offset feature, allowing corporate users to automatically pay the appropriate offset for any flight purchased through the payment tool.