Green labelling of food to show the impact of its production on the environment could lead to major changes in consumption, Lucy Neville-Rolfe of British retailer Tesco said on Tuesday.

Green Biz

Nearly every day since 1963, Barnes Ellis has driven 10 miles to and from his Portland, Ore., law firm alone.

But he has since traded his $250 monthly parking permit, and his high fuel costs, for a free transit pass. His law firm gave them to workers to promote alternatives to ugly commutes.

Climate Ark

The latest research by scientists at the Pune’s Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology is suggesting a greater effect on India due to climate change than first forecast. Projections show a 3 to 4 degree temperature rise after 2050 with heavier and less regular rainfall.

Reuters Africa

Madagascar will sell nine million tons of carbon offsets in a voluntary scheme to help protect one of its biggest and most pristine forests, a conservation group said on Thursday.

The European Commission slashed Poland’s proposed limit on carbon dioxide (CO2) emission permits for 2008-2012 by more than a quarter on Monday, setting up a battle with Warsaw over its plan to fight climate change.

The European Union executive also cut the Czech Republic’s proposed cap by 14.8 percent, while it accepted the emissions limits proposed by France.

Scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are meeting in Brussels this week to chart the consequences of global warming on populations and ecosystems worldwide and agree possible measures to tackle it.

Melting glaciers, rising sea levels, heatwaves, droughts – the effects of rising global temperatures are already widely felt around the world.

But the poorest nations are set to suffer more, and are the least prepared to cope with the expected consequences, climate scientists will warn on 6 April 2007.

In a defeat for the Bush administration, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a US government agency has the power under the clean air law to regulate greenhouse gas emissions that spur global warming.

The nation’s highest court by a 5-4 vote said the US Environmental Protection Agency “has offered no reasoned explanation” for its refusal to regulate carbon dioxide and other emissions from new cars and trucks that contribute to climate change.

As the effects of La Nina wear off, Asian countries will likely experience hot and dry spells. This change in weather pattern will also increase smog from forest fires.

COPENHAGEN – Completion of European deals to trade carbon credits under the Kyoto Protocol will have to wait several more months as countries do not yet have UN approval to trade, a European Commission official said on Wednesday.