Full Coverage: Europe
November 2009
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20.11.2009
Scars of torture - and mulled wine and mince pies.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Refugees] |
19.11.2009
Guyana's groundbreaking forest conservation deal with Norway was to have been with Britain - but London showed little interest. President Jagdeo talks frankly about a project that is setting the pace for a forest agreement as part of the international climate negotiations.
more...From: OneWorld UK Related topics/regions: [Guyana] [Norway] [Forests] [Climate change] Image: President Bharrat Jagdeo of Guyana
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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: [United Kingdom] [Environmental activism] [Environment] Image: Dr RK Pachauri
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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] [United Kingdom] [Culture] [Forests] Image: Artist Angela Palmer and her Ghost Forest
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19.11.2009
Guyana is set to become the first country to sign up for the World Bank's Forest Carbon Partnership Facility - and become a test case for REDD, the forest forest component of the international climate negotiations in Copenhagen next month. Bow how good is the Guyana project? President Jagdeo, NGOs and journalists discuss the pros and cons.
more...Related topics/regions: [Guyana] [Norway] [Forests] Image: Guyana flag
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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: [United Kingdom] [Environment] [Cities] Image: Newcastle (Photo: Forum for the Future website)
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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: [United Kingdom] [Law] [Science] [Climate change] [Energy] |
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: [United Kingdom] [Culture] [Climate change] Image: Mona Hatoum, Hot Spot, 2006, GSK Contemporary
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18.11.2009
Aminatou Haidar, winner of two US human rights awards, is on hunger strike in support of her demand that the Spanish and Moroccan authorities allow her back to Western Sahara.
more...Related topics/regions: [Western Sahara] [Spain] [Morocco] [Human rights] |
17.11.2009
Six steps to save sanctuary.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Refugees] Image: Citizens for Sanctuary
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16.11.2009
The European Commission is turning a blind eye to corruption, lack of transparency and poor human rights in a bid to secure gas supplies in the repressive police state of Turkmenistan, according to a new report.
more...Related topics/regions: [Turkmenistan] [Corruption & transparency] [Energy] |
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: [United Kingdom] [Justice and crime] [Freedom of expression] |
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: [United Kingdom] [India] [Environmental activism] [Climate change] [Water/sanitation] Image: Poor sanitation in Akkaraipettai, Tamil Nadu © Shivani Chaudhry
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15.11.2009
Wind farms produce more than half of the electricity in Spain. Why can't we do it here the UK where there is much more wind? IPS News
more...Related topics/regions: [Spain] [Renewable energy] |
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: [United Kingdom] [Migration] |
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] [United Kingdom] [Information & media] Image: London African Film Festival
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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: [United Kingdom] [Corruption & transparency] |
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] [United Kingdom] [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)
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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: [United Kingdom] [Climate change] Image: Stop Climate Chaos Coalition
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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.
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