Washington Post: Several major developing countries that had long resisted making specific commitments to combat…
Month: December 2008
Skating on thin ice: Europe’s climate policy and its global position
EurActiv: Ratifying the Kyoto Protocol was a major diplomatic success for the EU, but the…
Madagascar: Living in the Cyclone Belt is Not Easy
IRIN: Every year the rains flood large parts of Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo, displacing thousands of…
Obama Energy pick: climate change a priority
Associated Press: Steven Chu, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist who is President-elect Barack Obama’s likely choice…
Is This Any Way to Save the Planet?
ClimateBiz: Without a doubt, the best word to describe a COP is a circus. There…
Executive Bonuses for Making the CO2 Cut
ClimateBiz: As climate change and greenhouse gas emissions move to the forefront of corporate awareness,…
Kerry: Climate Change Solution Must be Global
ClimateBiz: Former presidential hopeful John Kerry said a climate treaty stands a better chance of…
Human rights in spotlight at UN climate talks
EurActiv: Frustrated by a lack of progress in talks over a new climate agreement taking…
Poland: Visa problems hamper climate change talks
SciDev.Net: Some of the world’s poorest countries have been hampered in their attempts to attend…
Are Men Hardwired To Overspend?
Bling, foreclosures, rising credit card debt, bank and auto bailouts, upside down mortgages and perhaps…