UK urged to invest more in low-carbon technologies
Committee on Climate Change warns some low-carbon technologies will get stuck in a 'valley of death' without government support

Press Association
guardian.co.uk, Monday 19 July 2010 10.37 BST

The UK was today warned it should invest more in the development of low-carbon technologies if it is to achieve ambitious targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

UK government's environment adviser wins major international green award
Professor Bob Watson, science adviser to the environment ministry, chosen alongside Nasa's James Hansen
Juliette Jowit, guardian.co.uk, Thursday 17 June 2010 15.42 BST

Professor Bob Watson, chief scientist at the Department for Environment and Rural Affairs. Photograph: University of East Anglia
One of the government's leading science and environment advisers today won a prestigious international green award, the Blue Planet Prize.

Building designers are being invited to bid for a total of £2.5m to devise ways to adapt buildings to be resilient to a changing climate. The funding comes from the Technology Strategy Board, which will invest a further £2.4m in 2011. The programme aims to build the capacity of the building community to respond to demands for climate adaptation services. The competition opens on 14 June, with a deadline of 22 July. For more information, visit http://www.innovateuk.org/content/news/building-designers-invited-to-eng...

Greenpeace has started an international action to expose Nestlé’s role in the destruction of the last remaining forests and peatlands of Indonesia. Greenpeace says that the crime file shows that Nestlé is buying palm oil from suppliers that are rapidly expanding their plantations into rainforest areas – killing orang-utans and accelerating climate change in the process. Nestle, on the other side, says they are highly concerned about deforestation in Indonesia and other countries, and they support a moratorium on the destruction of rainforests.

The General Election is nearly upon us so the WAVE Team thought it would be a fun idea to map the environmental policys of all the political parties to see how they all differ. In the meantime to keep you entertained whilst we are doing our research here's a summary from Paul Owen (on the Guardians Election Blog) about the parties latest climate change debate.... Enjoy!

Posted by Paul Owen Monday 19 April 2010 17.02 BST on the Guardian Election Blog - http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2010/apr/19/climate-change-debat...