Logo_ Go to OneWorld.net homepage
OneWorld UK > In depth > Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom
RSS Feed

Full Coverage: United Kingdom

November 2009

If you wish to look further into some topics fill out the search criteria below or select from the menu on the left.
 
keyword
topic
region
language
from  
to       
 

Browse the archives by month:

2007
ND
2008
2009
Andrew Mitchell
24.11.2009 What's in store for Britain's Department for International Development under a Conservative administration? Shadow International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell has given some clues on changes in development and climat policies if there's a change of government.
more...
From: OneWorld UK
Related topics/regions: [Climate change] [Aid] [Development]
Image: Andrew Mitchell
Dame Evelyn Glennie and Shovell from the band M People (Christian Aid/Kati Byrne)
23.11.2009 Squeaky shoes, a sewing machine, bike spokes, running water, a choir of pigs, ducks, chickens and bees. It's Present Aid Unplugged – a Christmas track with a difference.
more...
From: Christian Aid
Image: Dame Evelyn Glennie and Shovell from the band M People (Christian Aid/Kati Byrne)
23.11.2009 Large billboard adverts appear today in over 900 locations across England depicting typical British seasons that could soon look very different because of the impacts of climate change.
more...
Related topics/regions: [Climate change]
A villager from Panjwai
21.11.2009 Avoiding failure in Afghanistan means embracing its patronage politics—bribes and all, argues Alex De Waal.
more...
Related topics/regions: [Afghanistan] [United States] [Conflict] [Corruption & transparency]
20.11.2009 Lord Mandelson seems hellbent on stifling online creativity, says Bill Thomspon.
more...
Related topics/regions: [Law] [Internet]
20.11.2009 Scars of torture - and mulled wine and mince pies.
more...
Related topics/regions: [Refugees]
Dr RK Pachauri
19.11.2009 World leaders and negotiators will meet in Copenhagen in December to discuss the future of our planet. As the debate intensifies, the New Statesman’s panel of environmental experts have chosen their heroes and villains – politicians, activists, companies and institutions.
more...
Related topics/regions: [Environmental activism] [Environment]
Image: Dr RK Pachauri
Artist Angela Palmer and her Ghost Forest
19.11.2009 A Ghost Forest from Ghana is in Trafalgar Square before it moves to Copenhagen for the international climate change conference.
more...
From: OneWorld UK
Related topics/regions: [Denmark] [Culture] [Forests]
Image: Artist Angela Palmer and her Ghost Forest
Newcastle (Photo: Forum for the Future website)
19.11.2009 Newcastle tops Britain's latest Sustainable Cities Index, knocking the previous two winners – Bristol and Brighton – into second and third places respectively.
more...
Related topics/regions: [Environment] [Cities]
Image: Newcastle (Photo: Forum for the Future website)
18.11.2009 The proposed Energy Bill that would allow the British Government to raise money to fund carbon capture and storage demonstration projects "does nothing to prevent new large coal plants being built with only a small fraction of their emissions being captured," a leading environmental group warned today.
more...
Related topics/regions: [Law] [Science] [Climate change] [Energy]
Mona Hatoum, Hot Spot,  2006, GSK Contemporary
18.11.2009 The Copenhagen climate change negotiations are a focus not just for talks and discussions but also for artists: exhibitions on the topic include Earth: Art of a changing world, which runs 3 December to 31 January at the Royal Academy in Picadilly.
more...
Related topics/regions: [Culture] [Climate change]
Image: Mona Hatoum, Hot Spot, 2006, GSK Contemporary
Citizens for Sanctuary
17.11.2009 Six steps to save sanctuary.
more...
Related topics/regions: [Refugees]
Image: Citizens for Sanctuary
16.11.2009 Judging by his recent statements, British Justice Secretary Jack Straw seems to expect a “thank you” note from Susan Alexander in the next few days. But Parliament has allowed the principle of open justice to be seriously undermined - which is why Alexander will not be writing a “thank you” note.
more...
Related topics/regions: [Justice and crime] [Freedom of expression]
Poor sanitation in Akkaraipettai, Tamil Nadu
16.11.2009 It may seem far-fetched but success stories in changing sanitation behaviour in developing countries might offer insights for the difficult transition to low carbon lifestyles for the rich.
more...
Related topics/regions: [India] [Environmental activism] [Climate change] [Water/sanitation]
Image: Poor sanitation in Akkaraipettai, Tamil Nadu © Shivani Chaudhry
15.11.2009 Owen Barder argues that the rights of immigrants should be no different from those of existing citizens. These are tough questions. Owen Abroad
more...
Related topics/regions: [Migration]
London African Film Festival
14.11.2009 New currents in narrative forms are the special focus of the London African Film Festival 2009: "We are showcasing debuts by a wide range of dynamic, young film-making talent and the most creative of TV/film practitioners to celebrate the energy that young Africans from all corners of the continent have brought to drama as they embrace the digital age."
more...
Related topics/regions: [Africa] [Information & media]
Image: London African Film Festival
13.11.2009 A handful of countries are responsible for the failure of a crucial meeting to agree an effective mechanism that would give a global anti-corruption treaty real power, four major NGOs said today.
more...
Related topics/regions: [Corruption & transparency]
War on Want campaigns and policy director Ruth Tanner (foreground) with other activists from the charity hanging Primark's "dirty washing" in public with a clothes line that cited workers making its clothes for as little as 7p an hour. (Photo: Carmen Klammer)
12.11.2009 As Primark’s new London store opened today, anti-poverty campaigners hung out the retailer’s “dirty washing” in public with a clothes line that cited workers making its clothes for as little as 7p an hour. .
more...
From: War on Want
Related topics/regions: [Bangladesh] [Trade] [Corporations] [Poverty] [Labour]
Image: War on Want campaigns and policy director Ruth Tanner (foreground) with other activists from the charity hanging Primark's "dirty washing" in public with a clothes line that cited workers making its clothes for as little as 7p an hour. (Photo: Carmen Klammer)
Stop Climate Chaos Coalition
11.11.2009 On 5 December, join thousands of young people in a coordinated flashdance for climate justice on The Wave.
more...
From: People & Planet
Related topics/regions: [Climate change]
Image: Stop Climate Chaos Coalition
11.11.2009 As Index on Censorship and English Pen launch Free Speech is Not For Sale, a damning report on English libel laws, John Kampfner highlights the pressing need for reform.
more...
Related topics/regions: [Law] [Information & media]

Browse the archives by month:

2007
ND
2008
2009
http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/826/