In the run-up to the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen this December, African countries are boycotting climate change conferences. They allege that ‘the world’s rich nations must do more to cut emissions.’ This is just one of the hurdles being encountered by the controversial climate deal negotiations whose final agreements hope to be signed [...]

Major negotiating camps in the upcoming climate deal are lapsing into ‘a new and dangerous form of trade and technology protectionism’ in the name of climate change. The unfortunate turn of events is ‘poisoning North-South relations in the two negotiating arenas on climate change and on trade.’  It seems that developed countries, especially the US, [...]

In the countdown to the much-awaited and carefully-prepared for climate summit to be held in Copenhagen towards the end of 2009, ‘the United Nations is planning a form of diplomatic shock therapy for world leaders this week in the hope of injecting badly needed urgency into negotiations for a climate change treaty that, it is [...]

Oceans becoming more acidic and warmer due to emissions of carbon dioxide would cause the death of coral reefs around the world by the end of the century, according to a warning from several experts that recently gathered in London.
More than twenty experts on coral reefs and climate change came together on behalf of several [...]

March 28 is still fresh in everyone’s memory because of the best orchestrated Earth Hour Campaign. People and places all over the world switched off their lights for one hour to vote for the Earth and against global warming on that day. The response was overwhelming. No doubt this winning campaign has bagged Cannes PR [...]

A group of prominent Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. talked secretly with China on matters about climate change over the recent months. The visit to China, attended by people who now occupy positions in the Obama government, produced a draft document in March that was meant to be submitted to the White House.
Although the [...]

Representatives from the US and the European Union (EU) were optimistic about the possibility of reaching a global agreement to combat climate change, but stated that the negotiations for a new climate treaty will be anything but easy. After two days of meetings of the 17 largest and emerging economies in the world, there [...]

The international community set a final date to agree on a plan to reduce greenhouse gases responsible for global warming, but there was no assurance that an agreement will be forged. In the hope of averting a potential failure of the planet, nearly 2,000 scientists, including the most eminent climate scientists worldwide, met from March [...]

The Copenhagen Harbor will soon boast of two attention-grabbing skyscrapers clad in photovoltaic sheaths united by a wind turbine studded bridge, thanks to Steven Holl Architects‘ LM project which won the ‘design a new gateway for Copenhagen’ competition with an undisputed majority from the jury. The couple towers, ‘Langenlinine’ inspired by the geometry of the [...]

Believe it or not but an independent municipality in Copenhagen, Denmark, called the municipality of Rødovre is planning on constructing a Sky Village. Apparently, looking for the right design through a competition, Rødovre announced MVRDV and ADEPT as the winner of the Rødovre Skyscraper. Standing 116 meter tall, this wonder building will contain apartments, a [...]