CarbonNewsIndex005

11th May 2006
China and India helped to drive up global greenhouse
gas emissions by over 15% between 1992 and 2002, fuelling the effects of climate change.

15th May 2006
MP Alan Johnson, the UK's Education Secretary, launches action plan that will see all schools become environmentally friendly by the year 2020.

15th May 2006
The EC confirms that 27 zero-emission buses have driven more than 1 million kilometres since their launch in the 2003.

18th May 2006
A new joint venture is born. Canada's International Development Research Centre and UK's Department for International Development is making US$60 million available over the next five years to fund research into how Africa can deal with climate change.

25th May 2006
90% of motorists in the UK would like to switch to a more eco-friendly car, according to new research.

25th May 2006
UK's first bio-degradable plastic bottle made from corn goes into shops.

9th June 2006
New EU report has found that Italy is Europe's worst environmental offender.

14th June 2006
Germany and Israel signs first major international renewable energy deal.

15th June 2006

Thawing of permafrost could double CO2 in the earth's atmosphere and accelerate global warming

16th June 2006
Tony Blair and Alan Millbank promises that UK central Government and its agencies will be carbon neutral by 2012

18th June 2006

Local UK Government to charge a 'green' tax on domestic waste that can not be recycled.

20th June 2006

Tourists to Scotland to pay a 'green' tax to help offset the carbon their holiday is emitting