Environmental News from United Kingdom

EarthWire UK provides a daily overview of the environment in the UK as reported in the media. The web site is updated every day by a team of editors that reviews media sources for environmental news stories.

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Ethiopia

Economic slump may limit moves on clean energy
International Herald Tribune | 25 Nov 2008
From Italy to China, a poor global economy and plunging prices of coal and oil are upending plans to wean businesses and consumers from fossil fuel.

BBC NEWS | Americas | Amazon river 'longer than Nile'
BBC | 18 Jun 2007
Researchers in Brazil are claiming to have established as a scientific fact that the Amazon is the longest river in the world.

Access to Freshwater | Biodiversity

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Cash row at wildlife trade forum
BBC | 18 Jun 2007
A budget row dominated the final day of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) forum.

Biodiversity | Threatened Species

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | River Nile under threat
BBC | 21 Mar 2007
Some of the world's major rivers are reaching crisis point because of dams, shipping, pollution and climate change, according to the environment group WWF.

Access to Freshwater | Biodiversity

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Cash row looms at climate talks
BBC | 13 Nov 2006
Disagreement over management of a fund to help poorer countries adapt to climate change threatens the second week of UN climate talks in Nairobi.

Climate Change Convention and Kyoto Protocol

BBC NEWS | Special Reports | World 'failing on hunger pledges'
BBC | 31 Oct 2006
Little progress has been made in tackling world hunger despite pledges by leaders to halve the number who are underfed, the UN's food agency says.

Food Security

West must take Africa's climate burden
BBC | 01 May 2006
Helping poor farmers in Ethiopia adjust to the worst effects of climate change will minimise future human tragedies, argues Tadesse Dadi of Tearfund; and the West has a responsibility to provide that help.

Ethiopian red fox needs more protection to survive
Reuters | 27 Jan 2006
An endangered species of red fox found only in Ethiopia may be wiped out unless it is protected from domestic animals bringing rabies into national parks, a senior wildlife expert said on Thursday.

Geologists witness 'ocean birth'
BBC | 09 Dec 2005
Scientists say they have witnessed the possible birth of a future ocean basin growing in southern Ethiopia.

Early humans 'followed coast'
BBC World Service | 16 May 2005
The first humans who left Africa to populate the world headed south along the coast of the Indian Ocean, Science magazine reports.

Agriculture and Fisheries

Welcome to Fortress Gleneagles
Sunday Herald | 15 May 2005
IT is a hotel that has built a worldwide reputation on being the last word in luxury. Nestling amid the spectacular scenery of the Perthshire country side, Gleneagles has played host to sports stars, royalty and the Hollywood glitterati.

Climate Change Negotiations

Network of African water journalists launched
SCIDEV.NET | 05 Apr 2005
A network aiming to boost the quality and quantity of reporting on water issues in African countries was launched on 22 March in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Economics and the Environment | Access to Freshwater | National Policies and Environmental Laws | Environmental Awareness | Education

Climatewire.org
UNEP/GRID-Arendal | 31 Dec 2004
During the climate changes talks held in Buenos Aires UNEP/GRID-Arendal and Responding to Climate Change launched a newsportal on the Internet dedicated to climate change. The page will be updated every morning with links to climate change news from english language media world wide.

African climate report published
DEFRA - Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 17 Dec 2004
Far too little is currently known about the impact of climate change on development and poverty in Africa, a report published concluded.

Climate Change Convention and Kyoto Protocol | Climate Change Impacts

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