Full Coverage: Environment

29.11.2006 OneWorlders weigh in from Kenya, Chile, India, North Carolina, Nigeria, and beyond.
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29.11.2006 A growing number are choosing more organic and locally produced products, eschewing the hidden costs in the conventional food system.

19.11.2006 NAIROBI, Nov 18 (IPS) - International talks on climate change held at a conference in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, ended Friday without having established a solid timetable for cuts in greenhouse gas emissions after the Kyoto Protocol expires.

16.11.2006 Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the U.N. conference on climate change on that it's clear it would cost far less to cut greenhouse-gas emissions now rather than to deal with the consequences later.

16.11.2006 UN chief Kofi Annan on Wednesday demanded world leaders give climate change the same priority as they did to wars and to curbing the spread of weapons of mass destruction.

15.11.2006 Warning that by 2040 the world could witness a year in which losses from droughts, storms surges, hurricanes and floods hit $1 trillion, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today called for new kinds of insurance and financing, including public-private partnerships, to help developing countries adapt to climate change.

10.11.2006 from Gristmill blog:
'It's rather funny to watch someone truly get for the first time something others been ranting about for ages,' says Maywa Montenegro. 'My own "aha!" was not so long ago when I truly grasped the urgency of global warming.' But now there's this 'Aha! moment' book by Robert F. Kennedy...

09.11.2006 Following the information that the new Montenegrin Government Cabined will not include a Ministry on Environmental Protection, the MOST Development and Culture Information Centre appealed to Zeljko Sturanovic, the holder of the mandate to form the new Government, to secure the continuity of the Ministry of Environment.

08.11.2006 from ecostreet blog:
Sir David Attenborough and James Lovelock are there in the 'top ten' list.

08.11.2006 The Global Alliance of Community Forestry (GACF) was born at a meeting that ended in Nepal's capital Sunday, with a goal to promote pro-people forest policies that will ensure the livelihoods of the communities that sustainably manage forest resources.

07.11.2006 Green Home environmental NGO organizes a public debate on the topic Waste Separation and Recycling, with emphasis on the issue of future implementation of recycling process in the municipality of Podgorica. The debate will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, November 8, 2006, at the offices of the PR Centre in Podgorica (Hercegovacka St. 49/II), at 19:00 hours.