'global warming' - tagged features

In Poland, climate change hasn’t taken off as it has in other European countries. Until now. As winters become warmer and summers see more erratic weather, more and more Poles believe global warming is taking grip. In the southern Polish city of Kraków Poles are adapting to the new orthodoxies of climate change thinking, and some are even making a living from going eco-warrior. 

Environmental awareness certainly got a big boost last week with the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Al Gore winning the Nobel Peace prize. The Nobel prizes are described as the most coveted civil awards in the world. Since their inception in 1901, the academic world and the international community eagerly await the announcement of the winners each year.