Time to change course on climate

Climate-change crunch time

The Eiffel Tower's 20,000 lights were switched off at the beginning of the month to mark the launch in Paris of a long-awaited report from climate scientists on the evidence now amassing about global warming. The report on the science of global warming written by researchers on the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), is based on research mostly already published, but aims to ...

Climate change: time to Do Something Different

There is now very little, if any, doubt that the global climate is changing and that this is in some way related to human behavior through unsustainable preferences in lifestyle and organizational practices. Despite the near conclusive evidence of the positive relationship between greenhouse gas emissions and global warming, a small proportion of people remain unconvinced. More importantly, eve...

Climate change: time to redefine our profession.

As the December Copenhagen Summit on climate change ended, the chief negotiator for the 130 ‘G77’ lowerincome countries said that the final document was ‘asking Africa to sign a suicide pact’. Greenpeace said: ‘The city of Copenhagen is a crime scene tonight, and the guilty men and women are fleeing to the airport’. US President Barack Obama explained that he couldn’t stay for the final vote be...

Action on climate change: no time to delay.

Global warming is real, so what are we going to do about it, who will do it, and when?

It's Time for Doctors to Speak Out on Climate Change.