Full Coverage: Climate change

28.02.2007 Es necesario que los enfoques militar, político y económico basado en las ideologías masculinas, que son quienes nos han conducido a la situación actual, den paso a soluciones que incluyan los puntos de vista y necesidades de las mujeres, lo que implica otras formas de enfocar las soluciones, dando cabida a las iniciativas y acciones de la sociedad civil.

26.02.2007 Bali akan menjadi tempat konferensi perubahan iklim pada 3 – 14 Desember 2007. Pulau Dewata akan menjadi saksi bisu bagi negosiasi internasional untuk mencegah bumi dari bencana perubahan iklim.

25.02.2007 When companies sell the public carbon offsets, carbon savings expected to be made in the future are counted as savings made in the present. This is known as ‘future value accounting’ and is the same technique used by Enron to inflate its profits with such disastrous consequences.

24.02.2007 Does offsetting your carbon sins have any benefit other than to salve a guilty conscience? asks Mark Lynas.

23.02.2007 Greens need to fly to help save the planet, but cannot all do so without destroying the planet. Is there an answer? Several, actually.

22.02.2007 The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)'s climate coordinator in the South Pacific says that a recent United Nations report on climate change has "underestimated" the threat to millions of people in the region from sea-level rise.

22.02.2007 Australia has announced plans to ban traditional light bulbs in a move Prime Minister John Howard called a practical step toward slowing climate change. Incandescent filament lightbulbs will be phased out by 2010 in favour of the more fuel-efficent compact fluorescent bulbs.

21.02.2007 Desde finales de los años 80, del siglo pasado, existe un consenso generalizado en la comunidad científica que el calentamiento progresivo del planeta, causado por el efecto invernadero, es irremediable.

21.02.2007 Uuden Seelannin parlamentin istuntokauden avajaisissa puhunut pääministeri Helen Clark esitteli kunnianhimoisen suunnitelman päästöjen vähentämiseksi ja uusiutuvien energiamuotojen kehittämiseksi.

20.02.2007 Kansainvälinen WWF on tyrmistynyt Suomen kielteisestä suhtautumisesta EU:n päästövähennyssuunnitelmiin. Euroopan komissio on esittänyt EU:n kasvihuonekaasujen vähentämistä 20 prosentilla vuoteen 2020 mennessä. WWF korostaa, ettei ilmastonmuutoksen hidastaminen vaaranna EU-maiden kilpailukykyä, päinvastoin. Samalla se ihmettelee, aikooko Suomi torpedoida oman maineensa modernina, ympäristönsuojelua ja korkeaa teknologiaa ajavana maana.

20.02.2007 from MSNBC:
Al Gore has announced plans for a 24-hour concert series on all seven continents to highlight the dangers of global warming. See also OneWorld's Recommended Events.

19.02.2007 Elang Jawa yang dulunya banyak terdapat di sekitar Tangkuban Perahu, diperkirakan akan punah. Burung yang sekilas seperti burung Garuda, lambang negara Indonesia ini kian hari-kian menipis populasinya akibat perburuan dan perusakan hutan.

19.02.2007 from Gristmill:
Global warming is happening, but there's nothing we can do about it. Might as well just batten down the hatches and hope for the best. Right? Wrong, says David Roberts.

18.02.2007 Para ahli memperkirakan bahwa pemanasan global yang menyebabkan perubahan iklim akan berdampak pada rusaknya berbagai ekosistem darat maupun laut. Lebih ekstrem lagi, pulau-pulau di Pasifik akan tenggelam! Bagaimana dengan Indonesia?

18.02.2007 from truthout:
A great primer with plenty of practical, essential details. It will help those who have not yet fully considered the future they will inhabit.

16.02.2007 Andien jäätiköt hupenevat ja jäätikön reuna on kutistunut kymmenen vuoden ajan 60 metriä vuodessa. Antarktiksella on mannerjään alta löydetty useita vesionkaloita, jotka supistuvat ja laajenevat kovalla vauhdilla.

14.02.2007 OneWorld South Asia (OWSA) will hold its Annual Regional Meeting (ARM) at Dhulikhel, near Kathmandu, in Nepal on February 27-28, 2007. The ARM is an annual feature in which OneWorld partners, civil society organisations and development stakeholders gather to discuss achieving the MDGs. The theme for this year's ARM is Midway to MDGs: Accelerating Progress Through ICTs.

14.02.2007 OneWorld South Asia (OWSA) will hold its Annual Regional Meeting (ARM) at Dhulikhel, near Kathmandu, in Nepal on February 27-28, 2007. The ARM is an annual feature in which OneWorld partners, civil society organisations and development stakeholders gather to discuss achieving the MDGs. The theme for this year's ARM is Midway to MDGs: Accelerating Progress Through ICTs.

14.02.2007 from timesunion:
'The British Guardian newspaper was almost gloating about the bad news in the IPCC climate report... Fortunately, there is a solution, one that is grippingly unoriginal, requires no special knowledge of economics and is easy for any country to implement.'

13.02.2007 YK:n kansainvälisen ilmastopaneelin (IPCC) tuore raportti vakuutti yhä useammat siitä, että ilmastonmuutoksen takana on ihmisen toiminta. Ympäristönsuojelijat varoittavat kuitenkin, että katastrofin torjuntaan on alettu tarjoilla myös poppakonsteja.