Rich industrialised countries have a responsibility to help others stick to their green responsibilities, argues Helena Norberg-Hodge, not collude in helping shirk them
… | 22nd June 2008 News Greenhouse Emissions Globalisation Campaigns Global Warming International Development … more urgent. One of the greatest obstacles to global collaboration, however, has been the …
An iceberg sank the Titanic, now it seems international shipping is getting its own back. Jacqueline Savitz reports on an industry given the green light to carry on polluting
… Cruise Ships Water Maritime Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Campaigns Maritime Climate … that to have any hope of preventing global catastrophe it would be imperative not … occurring. Each day brings new evidence that global climate change is accelerating even …
What can we expect of December’s meeting of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Poznan, Poland? The main question will be how to follow the Kyoto Protocol’s first ‘commitment period’, which ends in 2012.
… Kyoto2: how to manage the global greenhouse Oliver Tickell | 1st … the protocol may have created a dynamic global carbon market turning over $13,641 … not just in its lack of success in slowing global warming, but also because it has …
Two firms in the wind power sector illustrate how companies in the developing world can take advantage of increasing access to technological know-how, while staying within the bounds of intellectual property law, says Joanna Lewis.
… and China are both home to firms among the global top 10 wind turbine manufacturing … an Indian-owned company, emerged on the global scene over the past decade, and is … 2006, it had captured 8% of market share in global wind turbine sales: a modest share, but …
Can food crops really be engineered to thrive - and to yield more - under drought conditions? After 25 years we're still waiting for the flood of evidence, says Prof Jack Heinemann
… Prof Jack Heinemann Finding a solution to global hunger is a global priority. It is also the driving force … ravage of climate change, such as drought. Global hunger is not caused by insufficient …
This slight tome from journalist Eric Sorensen and the team at the Seattle based Sightline Institute is a great introduction to bringing the front line against global warming home.
… | 9th October 2008 Reviews Book Review Book Global Warming Society This slight tome from … to bringing the front line against global warming home. A lively and accessible primer on how to cool global warming at an individual level, this …
Bono may be cheerleading for its charitable wing, but corporate America is not waging a war on AIDS for the sake of its health, says Tom Hodgkinson
… International Development Free Trade Globalisation Politics And Economics Society … its health, says Tom Hodgkinson What do the Global War on Terror, the war in Iraq and the … in tax-free Geneva. Its full title is ‘The Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and …
Information about information, ideas without place, facts without action… It’s time we got off the net, into the world and with the programme, says Michael Bugeja
… Global village idiots Michael Bugeja | 1st … Computers Technology Science And Technology Global_Idiot_MAIN.jpg Information about … They will give us instantaneous global communication, and tell us this is the …
As biotech companies hoover up patents, Geoff Tansey considers what we could end up paying for our future food supply
… – initially in the US in the 1980s and globally since then – that drew agrochemical … join, this now makes WTO rules more or less global. TRIPS with everything The advent of … or payment, and extend IPRs in agriculture globally. This is where the Trade-Related …
Globally over 60 billion animals are farmed for food every year. The 2006 Report from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), “Livestock’s Long Shadow”, predicted that global meat consumption will more than double by 2050 (from 2001).
… Chickens, Globalisation and the Forest King Joyce … Food And Farming Society Chickens_Main_1.jpg Globally over 60 billion animals are farmed … “Livestock’s Long Shadow”, predicted that global meat consumption will more than double …
The Shadows of Consumption: Consequences for the Global Environment is the latest offering from Canadian academic and former chess champion, Peter Dauvergne.
… 2008 Reviews Book Book Review Consumption Global Production Waste Consumerism Society … Shadows of Consumption: Consequences for the Global Environment is the latest offering from … of taking individual responsibility for global trends. The book’s central question, …
The World Bank’s 2008 World Development Report makes a grim prediction of what is to come:
… Self-sufficency Climate Change Food Waste Globalisation Food Security Local Food … uncertain. Models predict that food prices in global markets may reverse their long-term … trend, creating rising uncertainties about global food security.’ When the architects of …
To blame our social and environmental problems on a population explosion in the developing world is to ignore the real bottom line, says Asoka Bandarage
… ideology. Demand for birth control As global destruction, food scarcity and conflict … in particular. During the early stages of global capitalist development, the European … contemporary ‘population explosion’ in the global South and decline in the North (apart …
The North sea is amongst the worst affected seas in the world a global investigation into the impact of human activities on marine ecosystems revealed yesterday.
… Only 4% of untouched ocean left: global report on oceans shows devastating … the worst affected seas in the world a global investigation into the impact of human …
Are they environmental doom-mongering, journalistic hype or the straw that breaks the camel's back? William Laurance examines the complexities of tipping points - those small changes in a natural system that can sometimes provoke sudden and irrevocable collapse
… carbon emissions flood into the atmosphere. Global temperatures shoot up, causing even … a few others – and suddenly you have a global pandemic. This is especially so with … Oceans, too, have scary thresholds. As global temperatures rise, some scientists fear …
Renewables good, fossil fuels bad... unless, of course, renewables begin to take up more and more land in order to meet our energy needs. Paul Kingsnorth adds fuel to a tricky debate.
… but also is an indicator of a developing global conflict the significance of which … the climate ‘tipping’ over into runaway global warming. Action is imperative. … is the first skirmish in what will become a global war. A war for space. A war for land. …
Don’t pronounce too harshly upon those who seem not to care about the environment, advises Renée Lertzman. They may only be paralysed by the size of the problem
… Denial Apathy Anxieties Psychoanalysis Global Warming Society wet_brain.jpg Don’t … scientists, and personal efficacy’ regarding global warming interact so that the ‘more … both feel less personally responsible for global warming, and also show less concern for …
The environmental disaster that put paid to China's intensive logging spawned an illegal trade in timber that risks global erosion. In their rush to feed the dragon, loggers on both sides of the law can't see the trees for the wood, says Steve Kemper
… spawned an illegal trade in timber that risks global erosion. In their rush to feed the … wood, which is continuously stoked in turn by global demand for inexpensive furniture, … A decade ago, China was a blip in the global wood industry. It imported few logs and …
Our excessive appetite for meat is taking a heavy toll on the planet, but as Simon Fairlie explains, the arguments used to depict omnivores as environmental super-villains are far too simplistic.
… (FAO) published a comprehensive analysis of global livestock figures, farming systems … responsible for a significant proportion of global greenhouse gas emissions. The concerned … livestock are responsible for 18 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions – ‘more than …
The current economic downturn is hard, but it’s also filled with opportunities to remake the world in a more sustainable way, says Stephen Hale
… way, says Stephen Hale The prospect of a global recession has given the opponents of … in June found that, when asked whether, given global economic problems, tackling the … supply are seen as a safe haven. Europa says global investment in sustainable energy …
A weedkiller that kills a lot more than simply weeds? If it’s worse than the poison it’s no cure at all, says Pat thomas
… of plants growing in the wrong places, globally we spend millions each year on … Since its introduction during the mid-1970s, global use of glyphosate has increased … most widely used pesticide. In 2002, the global sales for glyphosate amounted to around …
Natural resources,are increasingly responsible for fuelling violence across the world. Now some environmentalists want to fight back – using force if necessary.
… and the latest victim of a disturbing global pattern of killings, violent attacks … rangers and other environmental guardians globally. ‘I’d be at a convention and be told … efforts have the backing of several global organisations, including the …
Environmental group Global Response has challenged Wal-Mart’s claim that their Love, Earth jewelery is ‘committed to protecting the environment’.
… Environmental group Global Response has challenged Wal-Mart’s … false. Paula Palmer, executive director of Global Response, said: ‘It is unconscionable … the environment’ by buying gold jewellery.’ Global Response says that Mines in Utah and …