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31-Oct-07

Bangladesh boat diary: the launch

"All this month the BBC World Service is travelling along the rivers of Bangladesh as part of a major project to track and debate climate change."

Category: Climate Change

31-Oct-07

Uganda 'averts tragedy' with reversal of decision to clear virgin forest for biofuel

"Conservationists have hailed a decision by the Ugandan government to drop plans that would have allowed a private company to grow sugar cane for biofuel production on a protected forest reserve."


31-Oct-07

Thirst refusal

"The California fires are the result of an increasingly severe drought now stretching over much of the south and west of the US. Edward Helmore on how development and climate change are leading to water conflicts"

Category: Climate Change

30-Oct-07

Mud, sweat and tears

"The vast tar sands of Alberta in Canada hold oil reserves six times the size of Saudi Arabia's. But this 'black gold' is proving a mixed blessing for the frontier town of Fort McMurray, fuelling both prosperity and misery. As...

Category: Energy sources

30-Oct-07

Civilisation ends with a shutdown of human concern. Are we there already?

"A powerful novel's vision of a dystopian future shines a cold light on the dreadful consequences of our universal apathy"

Category: Climate Change

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