Action on Climate Change Action on Climate Change * Shopping: by making smart consumer choices, one can reduce the production of greenhouse gases. Purchasing energy-efficient products helps reduce the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. For example, aluminium packaging has a much more energy intensive production process than plastic packaging, and therefore higher greenhouse emission. ...more on Wikipedia about "Action on Climate Change"
Business action on climate change includes a range of activities relating to combatting global warming, and to influencing political decisions on global-warming-related regulation, such as the Kyoto Protocol. Major corporations have played and to some extent continue to play a significant role in the politics of global warming, especially in the United States, through lobbying of government and funding of global warming skeptics. Business also plays a key role in the mitigation of global warming, through decisions to invest in researching and implementing new energy technologies and energy efficiency measures. ...more on Wikipedia about "Business action on climate change"
The Campaign against Climate Change (variously abbreviated to CCC or CaCC) is a UK-based pressure group that aims to raise public awareness of anthropogenic climate change through mobilising mass demonstrations. Founded in 2001 in response to President Bush's rejection of the Kyoto protocol, the organisation saw a steady increase in attendance on marches, before a sudden take-off of interest between October - December 2005. An estimated 10,000 people attended its most recent rally in London, on December 3rd, 2005, making this easily the biggest demonstration on climate change in the UK to date. ...more on Wikipedia about "Campaign against Climate Change"
The mitigation of global warming covers all actions aimed at reducing the extent or likelihood of global warming, as well as actions aimed at reducing the negative effects of global warming. The major international agreement on combating climate change is the Kyoto Protocol, which came into force on 16 February 2005. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mitigation of global warming"
Stop Climate Chaos is a coalition formed by 18 UK environmental and international development organisations and other groups in September 2005 to campaign for government action to halt climate change. Member organizations are The Women's Institute, Greenpeace, RSPB, Oxfam, Christian Aid, World Wide Fund for Nature, CAFOD, Friends of the Earth, People & Planet and Tearfund. The director is Ashok Sinha. ...more on Wikipedia about "Stop Climate Chaos"
The United Kingdom's Climate Change Programme was launched by the British government in response to its commitment to the Kyoto Protocol on global warming. It aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions not only by the agreed 12.5% from 1990 levels, but by 20% by 2010. ...more on Wikipedia about "United Kingdom Climate Change Programme"
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