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Debt-plagued Greece sees economic gains in adapting to climate change
Posted by ClimateWire: Julia Pyper on September 25th, 2013
ClimateWire: Greece has a long history of recording climate variations. There are centuries-old tales of heat waves, droughts and floods striking the region -- often thought to be at the hand of a spurned god or goddess.
"These climate changes are known, but they were, of course, not man-made. Now we are concerned about man-made warming," said Christos Zerefos, a professor at the Academy of Athens Research Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology.
St. Paul's Church, a 10th-century monument in southern...
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Canada: Toronto peers into the future to curb high cost of climate risks
Posted by ClimateWire: Julia Pyper on December 18th, 2012
ClimateWire: Toronto's infrastructure has struggled to keep up with the climatic changes of recent decades, so Canada's biggest metropolis is now looking to the future to find the solutions it will need to be more resilient.
"There's no sense in building infrastructure that was designed for the weather patterns in the '60s or '70s," said Lawson Oates, director of the Toronto Environment Office. "We need to be thinking forward 20 to 30 years out."
Cities hold half the world's population and produce more...
New Canadian Hydro Project Could Bring Clean Energy Into U.S
Posted by ClimateWire: Julia Pyper on September 13th, 2011
ClimateWire: In the far northern reaches of Atlantic Canada, energy companies seek to harness untapped river sites with a hydroelectric project that could replace fossil fuel plants and export power into New England.
Utility company Nalcor Energy aims to build two hydroelectric sites along the Lower Churchill River in Labrador, downstream from an existing 5,428-megawatt station -- one of the largest in the world.
The proposed Muskrat Falls and Gull Island projects would have a combined capacity of more...