Mr. David Miliband, the UK Environment Secretary A "new model" of economic growth will be required to address climate change and to marry productivity with the green agenda. "
The government is planning to introduce a climate change bill in the next year, although ministers have been criticised by opposition parties and environmental groups for not pledging annual carbon reduction targets.
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Fridges could save power for a rainy day
Refrigerated warehouses might soon be used to store not just
food, but gigawatts of electricity. A plan dreamt up in the Netherlands could
see the giant fridges acting as massive batteries. They would buffer swings in
supply and demand from electricity created from renewable sources.
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Climate change blamed for Jakarta floods
She said warmer seas had heated up monsoon winds that carry moisture from the ocean to the land, leading to extra heavy rain.
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Climate change fight 'can't wait'
A report by economist Sir Nicholas Stern suggests that global warming could shrink the global economy by 20%. But taking action now would cost just 1% of global gross domestic product, the 700-page study says.
The Stern Review forecasts that 1% of global gross domestic product (GDP) must be spent on tackling climate change immediately.
It warns that if no action is taken:
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Polar ice sheets show net loss
There is a net loss of ice to the ocean from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, a study has found.
In the Antarctic, the new findings confirm the trend of other recent studies - that the West is losing mass to the oceans whereas the ice sheet in the East is either getting thicker or remaining stable.
"This seems to suggest that East Antarctica might not save our bacon after all," commented Dr Liz Morris of the Scott Polar Institute in Cambridge, UK.
"We knew that West Antarctica was losing ice rapidly," she told the BBC News website. "The surprise is that the East Antarctic isn't showing more of a gain
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Climate change raises drought threat for EU crops
Global warming may boost farm output in northern Europe, but more frequent blisteringly hot summers could ravage crops across the continent and the battle for water will heat up in the south, experts said.
Such warmer weather threatens to change the face of European agriculture, wiping out certain types of farming in the south but also bringing different crop varieties to northern areas that are currently too cold.
Experts say the main risk for widespread damage to Europe's agricultural production in the medium term comes from more frequent extreme weather, such as the heatwave seen in 2003.
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