http://uk.oneworld.net/section/uk/opinion en_GB_uk http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83715 Abrupt climate change - termed a 'snap' or 'tipping point' - has been a reality many times in the past and will happen again. Jeremy Elton Jacquot examines the evidence for abrupt climate change. From: Treehugger http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83719 Dick Olver and the BAE Board should ask themselves whether it is possible to be an ethical company and operate in the arms business, argues Andrew Feinstein. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83612 General David Petraeus' new job may put him in position to follow through on his saber-rattling against Iran, says a Washington think tank. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/160149/1/3352 This week's alert on the growing global food crisis is perhaps the most worrying one we've ever sent, says OneWorld's managing editor in the United States. http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/159643/1/3352 ASUNCION, Apr 10 (IPS) - For the first time in Paraguayan history, a woman is running for president in the elections on Apr. 20, as the candidate of the Colorado Party, which has governed this country continuously for 61 years. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83100 Zambia has been forced to reallocate resources intended for poverty alleviation to pay a "vulture fund," a company that scammed the impoverished nation to make millions off its cancellation of a 1999 debt, writes an organization promoting African development. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82581 It is high time for India and China to move beyond conflicts and start cooperating politically, economically, and technologically for mutual benefits, says Dr. Aqueil Ahmad. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/158008/1/3352 New knowledge about the mechanics of HIV transmission is already shaping new approaches to stopping the virus, says an anti-AIDS advocate reflecting on the news that a cream that was hoped to revolutionize how women protect themselves from AIDS had failed in clinical trials. From: Global Campaign for Microbicides http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/157277/1/3352 As the death toll from post-election violence in Kenya rises to an estimated 800, we have received a moving reaction from Father Gabriele Pipinato: "I do not want to tell you the horrors we have witnessed, but only say a few words about what our community is experiencing." Fr. Pipinato is a founding trustee of the OneWorld International Foundation. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/156961/1/3352 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 17 (OneWorld) - As they travel the country searching for votes, each of the big three Democratic candidates for president has pledged to withdraw large numbers of troops from Iraq during their first year in office. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81909 Net carbon uptake of northern ecosystems is decreasing in response to autumnal warming, according to findings recently published in the science journal Nature. From: TerraDaily http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81822 Protecting endangered peatland areas will drastically reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81750 A free trade agreement launched last week between Peru and the U.S. "fails to deliver on its development potential and could further deepen poverty for Peru's poorest," writes an international humanitarian group. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81672 A recent UNICEF report signals progress towards the Millennium Development Goals. http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/155527/1/3352 BONN, Nov 24 (IPS) - International negotiations beginning Dec. 3 in Bali are crucial for saving our planet from the devastating effects of global warming, says Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).