Climate change: transatlantic time keeping
In the EU, leaders struggle to commit to one package. In the US, presidential elections breathe priority back into the issue. As Nordic environmental ministers meet in Helsinki on 28 October, a side glance on where the climate sands in the hourglass are turning. An UN summit will be held in December, in the Polish city of Poznan
Photos: 'Climate Refugees' from New Orleans to Germany
A French collective of eleven editors and photographers preview the first documentary book on the world's people facing climate change. Exclusive glimpses
Germany leads Europe's wind and solar energy revolution
While the oil chieftains in the Bush-Cheney White House resorted to desperate strategies to secure more oil, Europe joined Japan in leading the development of mass public transit, fuel-efficient cars and thousands of kilometres of bicycle and pedestrian paths criss-crossing the continent
Climate change conference in December: previewing Poznan
Delegates will come more than 190 countries at the Poznan conference, but all eyes will be on the major players - the EU and the United States. After elections in the latter and in the midst of a global financial crisis, will the world walk away from committing significant money and energy to solving the problem?
united nations, global warming, focus, economical crisis, barack obama, john mccain, george bush, climate change, economy
Quotes: US-Europe politicians talk climate change
Poker games and Don Quixotes for Poland and Italy who are sceptical about the EU's package, whilst the US tries to break ground. Quotes
rodríguez zapatero, angela merkel, eco-housing, nicolas sarkozy, environment, eudebate2009, european elections 2009, barack obama, john mccain, energy, climate change, economy
Notes from an EU science parliament: ten climate friendly energy tips
The first edition of European science parliament, held in Aachen between 8 - 10 October, dismissed the ‘Aachen Declaration’, a European policy calling for the organisation of a lasting power supply
environmental protection, environment, eudebate2009, european elections 2009, renewable energies, energy, climate change, economy
