GHG emissions

April 13 2012
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The Department of Energy and Climate Change has published its provisional 2011 estimates of UK greenhouse gas emissions, together with final estimates of 2010 UK greenhouse gas emissions by fuel type and end-user. It finds that in In 2011, UK...

February 29 2012

The UK dairy sector has published its first report which looks at the carbon footprints of a selection of British dairy farms with a view to establishing a baseline against which progress can be measured.   The study reveals very substantial...

February 29 2012
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PBL, the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, has published a new report arguing that the impact of the proposed greening measures of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on the sustainable development of agriculture appears to be...

January 24 2012
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This report published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation asks whether changes towards ‘greener’ forms of consumption are compatible with preserving a minimum acceptable standard of living. Previous analysis of the Minimum Income Standard for the UK (...

November 28 2011
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Timed to coincide with the UN climate convention negotiations in South Africa, this study by UNEP argues that the world has the technological and economic solutions to avert climate change.  The report, entitled ‘...

November 28 2011
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In June 2011, the Meridian Institute published a scoping report which provided an analysis of the complex issues relating...

November 18 2011
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Thornton, P., Herrero, M. and Ericksen, P. 2011. Livestock and climate change. Livestock Exchange Issue Brief 3. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.

The November edition of the Livestock Exchange brief by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI...

November 18 2011
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This short publication outlines the key research programs that IFPRI are engaged in on climate change.  The publication highlights IFPRI‘s research programme, which has included: assessing the potential impact of climate change on the poor; the...

November 18 2011
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The Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change, a research initiative of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), has released a report reviewing the scientific evidence that identifies a...

November 8 2011
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The results of collaborative efforts across the global dairy sector to reduce global GHG emissions were announced at the International Dairy Federation (IDF) World Dairy Summit in Parma, Italy.  The summit took as its themes the twin issues of...