Q&A: Forging New Paths to Sustainable South-South Cooperation
NAIROBI, Nov 30 (IPS) - Countries from the South are assuming leading roles
in decisions on global issues ranging from economic recovery to
food security, climate change and HIV/AIDS.
Archive for November, 2009
ENERGY-US: Paper Mill Is Reborn, Sans Fossil Fuels
PARK FALLS, Wisconsin, Nov 29 (IPS/IFEJ) - A paper mill that runs without fossil fuels and has
a neutral carbon footprint? That’s the goal for Flambeau
River Papers in Park Falls, Wisconsin, and the company is already
on its way, thanks to a switch to biomass fuel, plus a
biorefinery in the works.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Angry Greenhouse Gas Victims Demand Action
VITERBO, Italy, Nov 28 (IPS) - вЂAngry’ is not the adjective that comes to mind
when you first meet Nelly Damaris Chepkoskei.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Fears Forest Proposals Are ‘Human Rights Disaster’
COPENHAGEN, Nov 26 (IPS) - The clean, ultra-modern chrome and glass lines of
the Bella Centre, in the Danish capital Copenhagen, is a world
away from the thronging canopy suspended over the tropical
forests of Uganda, or the Democratic Republic of Congo, or
Cameroon.
CLIMATE CHANGE: “No Politics in the Melting of the Ice Sheet”
WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (IPS) - As climate scientists defend their work from
sceptics in the aftermath of researchers’ emails being
stolen over the weekend, a new report hopes to provide an update
on science’s latest climate-related findings.
Light posting over Thanksgiving
There will be light posting over the Thanksgiving holiday. Regular posting will resume on Wednesday, December 2.
Happy Thanksgiving!
POLITICS: Climate Change High on Commonwealth Agenda
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Nov 23 (IPS) - It is normally a conference bringing together
leaders from Britain and its former colonies.
Peak oil, prices, and supplies - Nov 24
-Awash in fossil fuels
-World oil demand growth to outpace supply in 2010: poll
-US Economic recovery in the era of inelastic oil
Q&A: вЂCreating Artificial Glaciers Is Simple, Easy and Replicable’
LADAKH, India, Nov 22 (IPS) - His is a classic case of a man’s fight against
nature in this trans-Himalayan
region of Ladakh, as he battles
climate change.
Australian Senate: Peak Oil motion defeated 31:6
The Government and Opposition today voted against a Greens motion in the Senate calling on the Government to plan for peak oil.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Health at Risk
HAVANA, Nov 20 (IPS) - The impacts of climate change on human health will
require new approaches to development, based on mitigation and
adaptation programmes in line with policies that ensure equal
access to health care.
CLIMATE CHANGE: The Danish Example
COPENHAGEN, Nov 20 (IPS/IFEJ) - Whether a new internationally binding treaty to
reduce greenhouse gases and
forestall climate change will be
signed next month remains to be seen. What is
clear though, is
that if there is a place in the world that deserves to be the
stage
where this treaty ought to be signed, it is the Danish
capital of Copenhagen.
Slow Money: Bringing Money Down to Earth
Woody Tasch has thought a lot about money: what it does, how it moves, and how to connect people who have it with people who need it…But he found that even socially responsible investing couldn’t do much to fix an economy that focused too much on extraction and consumption and too little on preservation and restoration.
VIETNAM: Water, Water All Around—Plus All the Risks It Brings
HANOI, Nov 19 (IPS) - As Vietnam’s big cities are increasingly deluged by
floods, the infrastructure cannot keep up.
Ireland and Kentucky: Contrasting Biofuel and Energy Plans
Ireland and Kentucky have a surprising amount in common, but they’re charting very different courses for their energy future. Ireland is a moderate energy consumer with a plan to reduce its energy use. Kentucky is a profligate energy user planning to increase its consumption. Biofuels play a big part in the energy plans for both, but will likely have different impacts.