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CLIMATE CHANGE: Bringing the Rainforest to Copenhagen
- Inter Press Service
As delegates deliberate over the extent carbon emissions will be curbed in the closing days of the U.N. summit here, the environmental ramifications of that agreement are likely to be felt in places far removed from the negotiating table, particularly among indigenous people on the front lines of climate change.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Small Farmers Can Cool the World
- Inter Press Service
Industrial agriculture may emit nearly half of climate-heating greenhouse gases, but that reality has gone unrecognised by negotiators at the climate treaty talks here, say farmers with La Via Campesina, an international movement of hundreds of millions of small-scale peasant farmers.
ASIA: China’s PR Problem Rears Head at Mekong Forum
- Inter Press Service
Powerful neighbour. A rising power. Old friend. Big, secretive investor. Big boy of the region. These were some of the terms participants at the just-finished Mekong Media Forum here used, when asked to share the images of China they get from the media.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Asian Delegates Want ‘Political Accord’, For Now
- Inter Press Service
Asian delegations to the ongoing global negotiations on climate change are insisting that a political agreement must be reached to pave the way for a legally binding treaty in the near future.
MEDIA-ASIA: Forget ‘Gender’
- Inter Press Service
‘Gender’ may not exist in all of Asia’s lexicons, but the concept is not necessarily alien to the region.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Least Developed Countries Spell Out Demands
- Inter Press Service
The world's poorest countries want two billion dollars from the developed world to replenish the Least Developed Countries Fund.
POVERTY-ZIMBABWE: Multiple Appeals to Support Zimbabweans
- Inter Press Service
While food is readily available in shops and some political and economic stability is returning in Zimbabwe, vulnerable groups such as children and people living with HIV and AIDS still face a shortage of food.
MALAYSIA: Lack of Regulation Blamed for HIV Upsurge among Women
- Inter Press Service
Melinda Teoh, 42, had a life that could easily be the envy of many except that it took an unexpected turn just when she thought she had it all.
ENVIRONMENT: Europeans Pay Companies to Pollute More
- Inter Press Service
Some of the world's most polluting companies are receiving financial support from the European taxpayer to promote the continued use of the fuels that cause global warming, according to a new report.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Adaptation Funds Must Reach Africa's Women Farmers
- Inter Press Service
One of the key components of global action on climate change will be measures to adapt to changes that are already unavoidable. The Global Gender and Climate Alliance argues that specific attention be paid to the needs of women.
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