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Floods in Germany may be a sign of climate change
Posted by Deutsche Welle: None Given on June 6th, 2013
Deutsche Welle: Germany copes with flooding Déjà vu for Grimma's soaked citizens Floods in Germany - a sign of climate change? Campaigning in rubber boots Merkel pledges immediate support as floods travel north Austrian flood handling successful but exhausting Floods hit Germany at economic low point Complaints arise over Germany's flood preparedness
Many regions of Germany, and other parts of Central Europe, have been hit severely by flooding in the wake of unusually heavy rain. Climate scientists say climate...
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Climate change threatens Gulf monarchies’ survival
Posted by Deutsche Welle: None Given on May 21st, 2013
Deutsche Welle: Qatar-based author Mari Luomi says the Persian Gulf monarchies will have to change to be sustainable in the era of climate change. But reaping the benefits of the fossil fuel economy has blinded most of them to that.
DW: Why do you conclude that the Gulf monarchies have reached their limits of "natural sustainability."
Mari Luomi: The growing imbalance between current natural resource consumption and preserving the environment for the future has reached a tipping point. The states are starting...
Climate change fuels wildfires around the world
Posted by Deutsche Welle: None Given on January 14th, 2013
Deutsche Welle: Every year, large areas of the Earth's surface burn, and the number of fires is increasing. Is climate change fanning the flames? Or are the fires making climate change worse?
The climate is complex. It is so complex that it's difficult for researchers to give accurate climate forecasts because it is so heavily influenced by external factors – solar radiation, greenhouse gasses and oceans. Another factor, which has been largely ignored until now, is fire. Only recently have experts realized that...
Australia scorching, Gillard blames climate change
Posted by Deutsche Welle: None Given on January 7th, 2013
Deutsche Welle: Australian has been bracing for near-record temperatures, with bushfires ablaze in five out of six states. Police in Tasmania are still searching for those reported missing after fire swept across the island last week.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard warned Australians of high bushfire risks in coming days, highlighting global climate warming as the probable cause.
"We do know over time that as a result of climate change we are going to see more extreme weather events and conditions."
She urged...
Climate change is responsible for “weather” records 2012
Posted by Deutsche Welle: None Given on December 3rd, 2012
Deutsche Welle: This has been a record-breaking year in terms of heatwaves, drought, floods, hurricanes, melting Arctic ice. There are those who would say we have always had extreme weather events and they have nothing to do with human-induced global warming. But the World Meteorology Organisation (WMO) is in no doubt that all these are signs that global climate change is already happening. The experts brought out their provisional climate report for 2012 in Doha, where the climate talks have so far failed to make...
Himalayan glaciers show mixed response to climate change
Posted by Deutsche Welle: None Given on June 21st, 2011
Deutsche Welle: Glacier melt is threatening water supplies Melting glaciers usually serve as one of the most vivid reminders of global warming. Yet in some places - such as in parts of the Himalayan mountain range - climate change has actually made them advance.
For centuries, the communities living at the foothills of the Himalayas have depended on the water that flows down from the mountains.
The region's many rivers are fed by melting snow and monsoon rains, eventually joining the powerful currents of the...
Corruption threatens climate finance
Posted by Deutsche Welle: None Given on May 2nd, 2011
Deutsche Welle: Corruption is one of the main reasons for deforestation Hundreds of billions of dollars will be needed to respond to climate change over the years ahead. Yet corruption threatens to undermine the world's best efforts, Transparency International has warned in a new report. Fraud risks destabilizing the world's effort to tackle climate change according to a huge 360-page report published by Transparency International in Bangladesh on Saturday. The "Global Corruption Report: Climate Change," with...