News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 676
Q&A: 'Sustainability Issues Are Economic Issues'
- Inter Press Service
Fresh from a whirlwind tour of non-stop meetings at the World Economic Forum in Davos and a U.N .investor summit on climate risk attended by George Soros, Al Gore, and 500 of the world's most powerful institutional and private investors, Mindy Lubber has a full plate.
CLIMATE CHANGE: U.N. to Mobilise Funds for Developing Nations
- Inter Press Service
After countries failed to reach a binding agreement on greenhouse gas emissions at the crucial Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen last December, the United Nations moving forward to enforce a pledge to help developing countries cope with the worst impacts.
ENERGY: Planting New Seeds for the Take-Off
- Inter Press Service
A salty, crunchy salad herb known to gourmands as samphire could revolutionise agriculture in the Middle East by providing food, fodder and fuel without using a single drop of freshwater.
Q&A: The Two Faces of Agriculture
- Inter Press Service
The challenge of the 21st century is to transform agriculture into a good administrator of biodiversity and reverse its destructive capacity, without restricting its mission to feed a growing world population, said Achim Steiner, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme.
ENERGY: Nuclear Does Not Make Economic Sense Say Studies
- Inter Press Service
The enormous technical and financial risks involved in the construction and operation of new nuclear power plants make them prohibitive for private investors, rebutting the thesis of a renaissance in nuclear energy, say several independent European studies.
CLIMATE CHANGE: The Day After Tomorrow Might Have Been Yesterday
- Inter Press Service
When the 2004 film 'The Day After Tomorrow' depicted the northern United States buried under tens of feet of snow following an abrupt change in global climate patterns, it cemented the association in the public consciousness between climate change and extreme weather events.
GUYANA: Pro-Forest Measures Anger Miners
- Inter Press Service
The mining industry in Guyana is a vocal opponent of new conditions and regulations adopted by the government, which has engaged in a campaign to get millions in international donations for preserving the Amazon jungle as part of the country’s contribution to mitigating climate change.
ENVIRONMENT: World Bank Faces Tiger Trap in Burma
- Inter Press Service
As the World Bank embarks on its latest foray to protect Asian forests that are home to wild tigers, one of the continent’s iconic predators, a visible trap looms in military-ruled Burma.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Much Work Lies Ahead for Africa
- Inter Press Service
Africa needs urgent action on global warming. The consensus position adopted by African leaders ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen failed. African environmental activists are now debating their way forward.
BIODIVERSITY: U.N. Treaty Key Tool in Conserving Ecosystems
- Inter Press Service
In a bid to pressure policymakers to take urgent action to implement a major United Nations treaty on the preservation of plant and animal species, the world body has launched a global campaign to raise awareness about the importance of biodiversity.
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