Press Release
Dramatic Sea Level Rise Expected From Faster Melting of Arctic Snow and Ice
May 6, 2011
Sea levels could rise up to 5 feet by the end of this century, driven by warming in the Arctic and the resulting melt of snow and ice, according to a new study by the International Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP). read more
BBC World Highlights Ozone Treaty’s Potential to Help or Hurt Climate System
May 6, 2011
Beginning tomorrow, May 7, BBC World will air a documentary highlighting the potential of the Montreal Protocol ozone treaty to fight climate change. read more
Cutting Black Carbon Pollution Provides Fast Climate Mitigation, Prevents Millions of Premature Deaths
April 21, 2011
Cutting black carbon (BC) pollution can provide near- term climate mitigation, particularly in sensitive regions such as the Arctic and the Tibetan Plateau, according to the Advisory Panel reviewing the EPA Report to Congress on Black Carbon. read more
US, China, and Others Launch Coordinated Study of Soot’s Impact on Arctic Melting
April 20, 2011
The Arctic has been warming rapidly over the last century – about twice the global average – and black carbon soot may be to blame, according to an international team of scientists who have begun a month-long research project to study the impact of black carbon particles in the vulnerable region. read more
Cutting Black Carbon Provides Fast Benefits for Climate, Health
March 25, 2011
Black carbon (BC) is “ripe for ‘win-win’ emissions reduction approaches that bring both climate and public health benefits”, according to a new U.S. EPA study mandated by Congress. read more
EPA Set to Ban Powerful GHGs From Auto Air Conditioning
March 23, 2011
The U.S. EPA has agreed to grant a petition filed by a trio of NGOs to withdraw the agency’s approval to use the super greenhouse gas HFC-134a for air conditioning installed in new automobiles. read more
Big, Fast, Cheap Climate Opportunity Within Reach
March 18, 2011
The world has a significant climate opportunity within its grasp that can bring fast results at low-cost, according to IGSD President, Durwood Zaelke, who yesterday addressed the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI). read more
Cutting Local Air Pollutants Reduces Warming, Saves Millions of Lives and Improves Crop Yields
February 21, 2011
Using existing technologies and institutions to cut two local air pollutants can save millions of lives and avoid tens of billions of dollars of crop losses annually, while halving regional warming for 30 to 60 years. read more
Runaway Warming Ahead, According to Ancient Climate Records
January 14, 2011
What insurance can the world afford to prevent repeating the catastrophic temperature increase of the past? read more
Strengthened Ozone Treaty Provides Powerful Climate Mitigation
September 23, 2007
The 191 Parties to the Montreal Protocol reached a historic agreement late Friday night to strengthen the ozone treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 25 billion tons of CO2 equivalent—more than the Kyoto Protocol’s initial reduction target from 2008 to 2012. read more
