Birds demonstrate the same instincts as humans when facing conflict, showing they may be capable of anticipation and future planning, a trait until recently considered the preserve of primates.
The UK reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 2% in 2008, taking our carbon emissions to 19.4% below 1990 levels, according to new figures released by the Government yesterday. That puts the UK well above its Kyoto climate treaty target of reducing emissions by 12.5% below 1990 levels.
Lord Stern has admitted the outcome of the Copenhagen climate change talks was “disappointing” and “chaotic” , but said despite this there had been significant progress.
As the clock ticks towards the Copenhagen climate change summit, Bristol journalist Rob Buckland visits Kenya to see how global warming is wreaking devastation one one of the poorest countries in the world right now
