Full Coverage: Environmental activism

30.11.2007

23.11.2007 Up in Smoke? Asia and the Pacific, released by Oxfam and others, focuses on the threat from climate change to around four billion people in the region and its environment. More than half live along the coast, exposing them to the fury of rising seas. Bangladesh, featuring prominently in the report, is currently trying to recover from the Cyclone Sidr.

22.11.2007 Paying farmers for environmental services in developing countries can go a long way in mitigating effects of climate change, while also benefiting the billion plus poor who depend on farming for livelihood, claims a recent report by the Food and Agricultural Organization.

20.11.2007 The report, Up in Smoke, compiled by environmental groups, including Oxfam and Greenpeace, says rich countries must honour their commitments to renewable energy. India alone has the potential to provide 60% of its electricity using these sources by 2050. It also calls for rich countries to allow the transfer of green technologies to developing countries.

19.11.2007 The fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has yet again predicted a doomsday scenario. The UN Secretary-General says that there is still time for concerted and sustained action.

14.11.2007 Right Every Wrong – a social justice and action conclave - will focus on climate change in its second meeting, to be held at Gandhi Darshan, Rajghat, in the Indian capital New Delhi on November 25-26, 2007. The conclave is organized by a confederation of NGOs, iCONGO.

06.11.2007 Hewlett-Packard India, Sanctuary and WWF-India are calling entries for a photography contest that will express the reality and impact of climate change on people and the environment. The idea is to move people to action by showing how their lives will be impacted by rising temperatures and carbon overload.

02.11.2007 NEW YORK, Nov 2 (OneWorld) - Encouraged by the positive response to their call for demonstrations last April, environmental activists have planned another round of nationwide rallies tomorrow to demand decisive actions on global warming.