News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 610
EL SALVADOR: Most Water-Stressed Country in Central America
- Inter Press Service
Every night at 1:00 AM, Julio César Amaya gets up to turn on the faucet, because it is the only time that there is piped water in his neighbourhood - the poor district of San José, in the city of Soyapango, one hour east of the capital of El Salvador.
BOLIVIA: Madidi National Park and the Curse of Petroleum
- Inter Press Service
Environmental organisations in Bolivia are waging a crusade to protect Madidi National Park against bids to tap into its petroleum reserves, build hydroelectric dams and promote human settlement in the country's largest nature preserve.
OP-ED: Stimulate the Green Race to Tackle Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
While negotiators in Cancún are struggling to make progress, there is something interesting happening in the world. And, it is good news. Countries have started to recognise and act upon the economic value in meeting the demand for green technology.
Latin America Puts Bamboo's Climate Virtues to the Test
- Inter Press Service
While a global agreement to fight the climate crisis may be off the table for now, many activists and experts are focusing on options for mitigating climate-changing gas emissions and the impacts of increasingly extreme weather. One such alternative is bamboo.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Protesters Say 'No' to Climate Market
- Inter Press Service
The short-cuts that the United Nations system is offering companies to profit from strategies against global warming were the target of loud protests on the Day of Action for Climate Justice.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Juggling Carbon Consumption and Social Gains
- Inter Press Service
The economies of Latin America are caught on the horns of a dilemma: how to reduce their carbon consumption without sacrificing economic and social development. Subsidies for the development of renewable energies and for learning new technologies need to be increased urgently, experts say.
CLIMATE CHANGE: As World Warms, Southern Africa Swelters
- Inter Press Service
Africa will be amongst the hardest hit regions of the world as the climate heats up, threatening the continent's food security, experts agree. If global temperatures rise 2.0 degrees C, southern Africa will warm an additional 1.5 degrees to a 3.5-degree increase on average.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Cancún Summit Gives Fossil Fuels a Free Pass
- Inter Press Service
The main cause of climate change is the burning of fossil fuels, so why are billions of dollars being invested to find and produce more oil, coal and natural gas?
LAOS: World Bank-backed Dam Powers Ahead, Despite Social Cost
- Inter Press Service
As the World Bank returns to the big dam business with the inauguration of Laos’ largest hydropower project, it is coming under the scrutiny of familiar adversaries: green groups and grassroots activists.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Straining Gnats and Swallowing Camels
- Inter Press Service
What some people view as modest but real progress in the climate change talks, now in their second week in this southeastern Mexican resort city, others see as no more than smokescreens or 'false solutions.'
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