United Kingdom: A Climate Change Role Model?
Role Model? (1/14)
Sheep graze in front of wind turbines at the newly opened Black Law wind farm in South Lanarkshire. The British government introduced the Draft Climate Change Bill in March 2007 that aims to reduce national carbon dioxide emissions by 60 percent of 1990 levels by 2050. With its service-oriented, carbon-low industry, and an overarching public consensus on the threat of climate change, Britain is well-poised to reach such an ambitious goal. (Photo: Reuters)
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Role Model? (1/14)
Sheep graze in front of wind turbines at the newly opened Black Law wind farm in South Lanarkshire. The British government introduced the Draft Climate Change Bill in March 2007 that aims to reduce national carbon dioxide emissions by 60 percent of 1990 levels by 2050. With its service-oriented, carbon-low industry, and an overarching public consensus on the threat of climate change, Britain is well-poised to reach such an ambitious goal. (Photo: Reuters)
United Kingdom: A Climate Change Role Model?
Rising Temperatures (2/14)
Workers bottle wine at the Biddenden Vineyard in Kent, southern England. In 2006, English wines enjoyed their best harvest in a decade. Warmer and longer summers give UK farmers the opportunity to grow exotic teas, grapes for wine, and “energy crops,” such as grains and oilseeds to produce biofuels. (Photo: Reuters)
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Rising Temperatures (2/14)
Workers bottle wine at the Biddenden Vineyard in Kent, southern England. In 2006, English wines enjoyed their best harvest in a decade. Warmer and longer summers give UK farmers the opportunity to grow exotic teas, grapes for wine, and “energy crops,” such as grains and oilseeds to produce biofuels. (Photo: Reuters)
United Kingdom: A Climate Change Role Model?
Floods (3/14)
An elderly lady is rescued by police during severe flooding in Carlisle, Cumbria in January 2005. Across the country, the UK Environment Agency spends around 500 million pounds on flood defenses. Authorities expect this figure to double over the next 20 years. (Photo: Reuters)
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Floods (3/14)
An elderly lady is rescued by police during severe flooding in Carlisle, Cumbria in January 2005. Across the country, the UK Environment Agency spends around 500 million pounds on flood defenses. Authorities expect this figure to double over the next 20 years. (Photo: Reuters)
United Kingdom: A Climate Change Role Model?
Heat Waves (4/14)
Youths jump into the sea from a small pier on the beach front in Brighton in southern England during the August 2003 heat wave. Record-high temperatures that summer killed 2,000 in the UK and caused an estimated 10 billion dollars in agricultural losses in Europe. (Photo: Reuters)
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Heat Waves (4/14)
Youths jump into the sea from a small pier on the beach front in Brighton in southern England during the August 2003 heat wave. Record-high temperatures that summer killed 2,000 in the UK and caused an estimated 10 billion dollars in agricultural losses in Europe. (Photo: Reuters)
United Kingdom: A Climate Change Role Model?
Drought (5/14)
A sign warning of deep water is seen some distance from the water's edge at Bewl Reservoir in southeast England in February 2006. Britons were advised to use less water as the country suffered its worst drought in a century. (Photo: Reuters)
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Drought (5/14)
A sign warning of deep water is seen some distance from the water's edge at Bewl Reservoir in southeast England in February 2006. Britons were advised to use less water as the country suffered its worst drought in a century. (Photo: Reuters)
United Kingdom: A Climate Change Role Model?
Wind Energy (6/14)
Offshore wind turbines at the North Hoyle offshore wind farm near Prestatyn, North Wales in April 2006. According to a study from Ernest&Young, the UK holds Europe’s most interesting wind power potential. London Array, a consortium of major energy and oil companies, is currently planning the world’s largest off-shore wind park 20 kilometers off the coast of the Thames estuary. According to their figures, the park would provide 1,000 Megawatts, enough to meet the electricity needs of 750,000 homes. (Photo: Reuters)
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Wind Energy (6/14)
Offshore wind turbines at the North Hoyle offshore wind farm near Prestatyn, North Wales in April 2006. According to a study from Ernest&Young, the UK holds Europe’s most interesting wind power potential. London Array, a consortium of major energy and oil companies, is currently planning the world’s largest off-shore wind park 20 kilometers off the coast of the Thames estuary. According to their figures, the park would provide 1,000 Megawatts, enough to meet the electricity needs of 750,000 homes. (Photo: Reuters)
United Kingdom: A Climate Change Role Model?
Cutting Emissions (7/14)
Steam and smoke pour from power station chimney stacks near Watlington, east of London, in November 2000. Britain is on track to meet its Kyoto Protocol commitment of reducing GHG emissions by 12.5 percent of 1990 levels by 2012, but authorities said last year they might miss their self-imposed target of a 20-percent reduction by 2010. (Photo: Reuters)
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Cutting Emissions (7/14)
Steam and smoke pour from power station chimney stacks near Watlington, east of London, in November 2000. Britain is on track to meet its Kyoto Protocol commitment of reducing GHG emissions by 12.5 percent of 1990 levels by 2012, but authorities said last year they might miss their self-imposed target of a 20-percent reduction by 2010. (Photo: Reuters)
United Kingdom: A Climate Change Role Model?
Air Traffic (8/14)
An aircraft passes over the M1 motorway on its landing approach to Nottingham East Midlands airport. Air travel, one of the most carbon-intensive human activities, is expected to increase in Britain. Passenger movements at UK airports are expected to more than double from around 200 million people per year to around 470 million by 2030. (Photo: Reuters)
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Air Traffic (8/14)
An aircraft passes over the M1 motorway on its landing approach to Nottingham East Midlands airport. Air travel, one of the most carbon-intensive human activities, is expected to increase in Britain. Passenger movements at UK airports are expected to more than double from around 200 million people per year to around 470 million by 2030. (Photo: Reuters)
United Kingdom: A Climate Change Role Model?
Nuclear Energy (9/14)
A golfer walks across a green near the Sellafield nuclear plant in Cumbria. Due to the emissions of coal-fired power plants and the unpopularity of nuclear plants, the British government wants ten percent of all electricity produced in the country to come from solar, wind, or hydropower by 2010. (Photo: Reuters)
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Nuclear Energy (9/14)
A golfer walks across a green near the Sellafield nuclear plant in Cumbria. Due to the emissions of coal-fired power plants and the unpopularity of nuclear plants, the British government wants ten percent of all electricity produced in the country to come from solar, wind, or hydropower by 2010. (Photo: Reuters)
United Kingdom: A Climate Change Role Model?
London: Hub of the European Carbon Market (10/14)
The City of London skyline illuminated at night. Since the advent of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, London has become a central hub of the European carbon trading market, worth an estimated 14.6 billion euros in 2006. (Photo: Reuters)
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London: Hub of the European Carbon Market (10/14)
The City of London skyline illuminated at night. Since the advent of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, London has become a central hub of the European carbon trading market, worth an estimated 14.6 billion euros in 2006. (Photo: Reuters)
United Kingdom: A Climate Change Role Model?
Climate Politics (11/14)
Britain's new Prime Minister Gordon Brown (left), here as finance minister discussing the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change with economist Nicholas Stern (center) and Prime Minister Tony Blair. The report suggested that climate change could eventually cause annual damages worth between 5 and 20 percent of global gross domestic product. (Photo: Reuters)
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Climate Politics (11/14)
Britain's new Prime Minister Gordon Brown (left), here as finance minister discussing the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change with economist Nicholas Stern (center) and Prime Minister Tony Blair. The report suggested that climate change could eventually cause annual damages worth between 5 and 20 percent of global gross domestic product. (Photo: Reuters)
United Kingdom: A Climate Change Role Model?
Public Pressure(12/14)
Thousands of climate change campaigners demonstrate in London's Trafalgar Square in November, 2006 ahead of international talks on climate change in Kenya, demanding that world leaders act to curb global warming. Britain's Labour and Conservative parties are calling for major long-term climate commitments. (Photo: Reuters)
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Public Pressure(12/14)
Thousands of climate change campaigners demonstrate in London's Trafalgar Square in November, 2006 ahead of international talks on climate change in Kenya, demanding that world leaders act to curb global warming. Britain's Labour and Conservative parties are calling for major long-term climate commitments. (Photo: Reuters)
United Kingdom: A Climate Change Role Model?
Global Security (13/14)
British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett speaks as the UN Security Council holds a debate on the relationship between energy, security, and the climate in April 2007. Beckett said that global warming could threaten global security and stability through mass displacement and widespread food and water scarcity. (Photo: Reuters)
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Global Security (13/14)
British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett speaks as the UN Security Council holds a debate on the relationship between energy, security, and the climate in April 2007. Beckett said that global warming could threaten global security and stability through mass displacement and widespread food and water scarcity. (Photo: Reuters)
United Kingdom: A Climate Change Role Model?
Royal Engagement (14/14)
Britain's Prince Charles (2nd on the left) is presented the Global Environmental Citizen Award by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore in January 2007. Charles has called climate change the "greatest challenge to face man." (Photo: Reuters)
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Royal Engagement (14/14)
Britain's Prince Charles (2nd on the left) is presented the Global Environmental Citizen Award by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore in January 2007. Charles has called climate change the "greatest challenge to face man." (Photo: Reuters)
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