The plight of Kenya's Sengwer people shows that carbon offsets generated by 'sustainable' forest management are empowering a corporate recolonisation of the South backed by the World Bank against its own guidelines, writes Nafeez Ahmed. Indigenous forest peoples are at risk of genocide while corporations let rip.
… include ' conservation ' and ' carbon offsetting '. In west Kenya , as the UK NGO …
The UK may appear to have made great progress in reducing its carbon emissions, but declaring only what it produces, rather than consumes, presents a skewed picture of its carbon responsibilities and the balance sheet
UK's greenhouse gas emissions reductions an 'illusion' Eifion Rees | 2nd February 2011 News Greenhouse Gas Emissions Carbon Dioxide Outsourced Climate Change containership.jpg Domestic reductions are …
A new report has revealed that a change in the way we manage agricultural land could help sequester a quarter of the world's carbon dioxide emissions every year
Change farming to cut CO2 emissions by 25 per cent Eifion Rees | 3rd July 2009 News Investigations Food And Farming Science And Technology CCS Agriculture Soil Carbon Greenhouse Gas Biochar Livestock …
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… to see contraception as the ultimate form of offsetting in high-consumption countries such …
Inconsistent wind is no impediment to the generation of electricity by turbines, three separate reports have concluded, as well as showing that the National Grid is more than able to cope with increased investment in wind energy
Three positive reports hammer home wind message Eifion Rees | 13th July 2009 News Investigations Food And Farming Energy Wind Renewables National Grid Friends Of The Earth Greenpeace RSPB WWF Fossil …
Global warming has been on vacation for a few years, writes Nafeez Ahmed. But that's only because the excess heat - two Hiroshima bombs-worth every second - has been buried in the deep ocean. But within a few years that's set to change, producing a huge decade-long warming surge, focused on the Arctic, that could overwhelm us all.
Coming soon: the 'Big Heat' Nafeez Ahmed | 3rd March 2015 News Climate Change Arctic Science Oceans arctic-sea-ice-nasa-2010-cut.jpg Can the Arctic ice survive the 'Big Heat'? NASA image of the …
Weaning ourselves off carbon will mean a profound change in every aspect of daily life, every sector of society and every job. For that to happen we need a new mindset and a new set of tools...
Ecologist guide to green skills and education Eifion Rees | 2nd February 2010 Ethical Living Green Living Education Skills Ecologist Guide To Green Skills And Education turbineengineer.jpg Weaning …
Weaning ourselves off carbon will mean a profound change in every aspect of daily life, every sector of society and every job. For that to happen we need a new mindset and a new set of tools...
Ecologist guide to green skills and education Eifion Rees | 2nd February 2010 Ethical Living Green Living Education Skills Ecologist Guide To Green Skills And Education turbineengineer.jpg Weaning …
The world is already experiencing water scarcity driven by over-use, poor land management and climate change, writes Nafeez Ahmed. It's one of the causes of wars and terrorism in the Middle East and beyond, and if we fail to respond to the warnings before us, major food and power shortages will soon afflict large parts of the globe fuelling hunger, insecurity and conflict.
Global water crisis causing failed harvests, hunger, war and terrorism Nafeez Ahmed | 27th March 2015 News Water Farming War Climate Change egypt-irrigation-desert-cut.jpg The world is already …
The global epidemic of violence against women and their systematic exclusion from the power structures that rule us are integral to man's violent exploitation of Earth and her resources, writes Nafeez Ahmed. The fight to save the Earth must begin with the empowerment of women - and that means ending our complicity in their oppression, and servitude.
Patriarchy is killing our planet - women alone can save her Nafeez Ahmed | 13th March 2015 News Society Climate Change Ecocide womens-day-cdi-cut.jpg The global epidemic of violence against women and …