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News headlines for “Foreign Aid for Development Assistance”, page 27
CLIMATE CHANGE: China Reels Under a Barrage of Criticism
- Inter Press Service
China is not happy. This is how one of the Chinese state-sanctioned newspapers summed up Beijing’s feelings about the week spent negotiating on climate change in the Danish capital.
CLIMATE CHANGE: ''The Struggle Does Not Stop Here,'' Say Witnesses
- Inter Press Service
‘’Those who run the decision-making on climate change are the same who have caused it,’’ said Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the world’s first international climate hearing on Tuesday, pithily identifying the reason why justice has been elusive at the ongoing climate change summit in the Danish capital.
SRI LANKA: Local Climate Efforts: Too Little, Too Slow, Too Late?
- Inter Press Service
Sri Lankan experts do not seem to be pinning their hopes on the ongoing climate talks in Copenhagen, saying greenhouse gas emissions will continue to torment the world as long as western lifestyles remain the same.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Scientists Turn to Inuit People For Clues
- Inter Press Service
The Inuit people who live in and around the Arctic are among the worst victims of global warming, and scientists are turning to their experience and indigenous knowledge to understand the staggering effects of climate change.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Europe's Shy Commitments
- Inter Press Service
'Decision-makers should stop thinking in realpolitik terms and acknowledge that we are out of time,’’ says Magda Stoczkiewicz, director of Friends of the Earth (FoE) in Europe.
EUROPE: No Qualms Funding Tax Haven-Tainted Banks
- Inter Press Service
Although the links between tax evasion and global poverty are officially recognised, the European Investment Bank, the lending arm of the European Union (EU), has no qualms financing banks known to stash away money in tax havens.
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
CLIMATE CHANGE: Beware of Carbon Trading Trap Warn Activists
- Inter Press Service
As the climate change summit in the Danish capital moves into a second day, environmental groups warn that by pushing carbon offsetting and trade, governments of developed countries are bypassing their responsibility to significantly reduce domestic emissions and provide aid to developing countries.
TRADE: A Lost Decade for the WTO?
- Inter Press Service
Ten years ago, the Seattle Ministerial of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) flashed over into a ‘Battle of Seattle’ before the eyes of a startled world.
CHINA: One Green Leap Forward, Two Steps Backward
- Inter Press Service
With low carbon seen as the new buzzword for government promotion and backed by Beijing as the new economic growth engine, China is poised for a green leap forward.
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