News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 693
Q&A: 'We're Here to Insert Some Reality into an Unreal Situation'
- Inter Press Service
Bill McKibben is a U.S. writer, environmentalist and the founder of 350.org, an international climate campaign. His first book, 'The End of Nature', was published in 1989 and is regarded as the first book written for a general audience about climate change.
CLIMATE CHANGE: 'The G77 Is More United Than Ever'
- Inter Press Service
'If there's ever been a time in which the G77 has been more united than ever, that time is right now,' was the categorical statement made by Venezuelan negotiator Claudia Salerno to TerraViva, after a tiny island nation in the south Pacific stirred things up at the COP15 climate meetings.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Willingly or Not, We Must Prepare for Geoengineering
- Inter Press Service
So what do we do if COP15 does not bring adequate emission reduction targets or if the targets are not implemented by countries? What if we are faced with an ecological crisis in the next 15-20 years?
FRANCE: Sarkozy - Unlikely Champion of Environmental Action
- Inter Press Service
For a centre-right politician, best known for his law-and-order stance and tough immigration policies, French President Nicolas Sarkozy would seem an unlikely champion of environmental issues
ENVIRONMENT: Darkness at Noon Clouds Cairo Skies
- Inter Press Service
For the last decade, the autumn skies over Egypt - especially over capital Cairo, have been overshadowed by a thick haze people call 'the black cloud'.
CLIMATE CHANGE: From Dirty Fuels to Clean Technology
- Inter Press Service
Tomorrow’s polluters are today’s emerging economies. To develop without retracing the polluting steps of the West, requires green technology, an expensive option for Africa.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Latin American Women Want Modified Trade Rules
- Inter Press Service
'We don't need to change the climate, we need to change trade,' said Brazilian activist Marta Lago at Klimaforum, the civil society meeting held in parallel with the climate change summit in the Danish capital.
SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Chinese Dams Expose Fault Line in Mekong Region
- Inter Press Service
A heated debate about the future of the Mekong River at a media conference in this northern Thai city exposed a fault line triggered by the regional giant China’s plans to build a cascade of dams on the upper stretches of South-east Asia’s largest waterway.
CLIMATE CHANGE: World Bank Touts Carbon Market
- Inter Press Service
The World Bank proudly defended the global carbon market in the Danish capital Tuesday for its 'contribution' to efforts to mitigate climate change, in spite of criticism from civil society.
FINLAND: Biodiesel Breakthrough or Environment Nightmare?
- Inter Press Service
As Finnish energy major Neste Oil scales up production of its ‘green’ diesel NExBTL, environmental activists fear that more land will go under palm oil plantations at the expense of Southeast Asia’s threatened rainforests.
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