[greenlifestyle] [artikel ] World warmer, Short-Term Trends Need Study: Report

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Skeptisisme yang "Harus" Berhenti
29-Nov-2010
Senin, 29 November 2010 | 03:43 WIB

BRIGITTA ISWORO L

Sejarah bumi yang kita huni telah demikian tua. Setidaknya, sudah sekitar 225 juta tahun sejak proses terbelahnya Pangaea menjadi sejumlah benua. Sepanjang itu pula sejarah iklim bumi. Dan, di sana terdapat catatan peristiwa perubahan iklim. Beragam penyebabnya. Lalu, ketika isu perubahan iklim sekarang menjadi tantangan utama dunia, ide antropogenik terus mendapat tentangan. Akhirnya, fakta yang terdata memberikan jawabnya.
Awal September lalu di Shanghai, China, pada program Climate 4 Media yang diadakan British Council yang berkantor di Beijing, China, dihadirkan Xing Chen dari Institute of Climate and Global Change Research, Nanjing University, menyajikan sejarah bumi terkait perubahan iklim yang pernah terjadi. Dia membaginya dalam beberapa kurun waktu, yaitu 100 juta tahun terakhir, sejuta tahun terakhir, dan 20.000 tahun terakhir.

 

World warmer, Short-Term Trends Need Study: Report
29-Nov-2010
Date: 29-Nov-10
Country: UK
Author: Nina Chestney

The global average temperature has increased over the past 160 years, but short-term trends in temperature and sea ice seem to be at odds with each other and need more research, the UK Met Office's Hadley Center said.In a report on long and short-term climate trends, the Hadley Center found several factors that indicate a warming world and said 2010 has been one of the warmest years on record.

 

U.N. Talks In Mexico To Seek Modest Climate Steps
29-Nov-2010
Date: 29-Nov-10
Country: MEXICO
Author: Alister Doyle

Almost 200 nations meet in Mexico beginning Monday to try to agree on modest steps to slow climate change, a U.N. gathering overshadowed by strains between the top two emitters, the United States and China.The meeting, in a sprawling "Moon Palace" resort by the Caribbean from November 29 to December 10, will seek to get negotiations back on track after last year's acrimonious Copenhagen summit fell short of a binding U.N. treaty to slow global warming.

 

U.N. Panel Issues 20 Million Carbon Offsets
29-Nov-2010
Date: 29-Nov-10
Country: UK

A United Nations panel overseeing trade in carbon offsets under the Kyoto Protocol decided late on Friday to issue 20 million tonnes of offsets, the information company Point Carbon reported.
The panel, known as the executive board, oversees a $20 billion trade in offsets which allows rich countries to meet greenhouse gas emission limits by paying for carbon cuts in developing nations.