| On Sustainable Development
On Climate Change |
A. Grey Stuart - 2000
The Westminster Square Eco-village
Department of City Planning
Faculty of Architecture
University of Manitoba - Canada
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From BIOPACT - 31 March 2007
Corn
ethanol does not reduce greenhouse gas emissions - report
 The Canadian federal government has invested massively in
biofuels made from local crops, such as corn or rapeseed. But the effor will be
of little benefit in cutting dependence on fossil fuels or reducing greenhouse
emissions, suggests a study by the Canadian Library of Parliament.
The
report casts doubt on one of the biggest green initiatives in the Conservative
budget - a US$1.5-billion investment over seven years to promote renewable fuels
such as corn-based ethanol. Ottawa has introduced a regulation requiring that
Canadian gasoline consist of five per cent renewable content by 2010. It also
intends to require that diesel fuel and heating oil contain two per cent
renewable content by 2012.
14 March 2007
World
Bank chief calls on US to remove ethanol tariffs
Despite a biofuels
cooperation agreement signed between Brazil and the US last
week, the world's largest fuel consumer rejected the idea of
removing its tariff on imported ethanol. According to a recent
analysis by the Global Subsidies ...
6 March 2007
IEA
chief economist: EU, US should scrap tariffs and subsidies, import biofuels from the South
President Bush visits Brazil this week
and is expected to hear President Lula lobbying him to end
American ethanol tariffs. Brazil's push is now receiving the
support from an unlikely quarter - the authoritative
International Energy ...
2 February 2007
Don't
blame Mexican tortilla crisis on biofuels, blame subsidized corn instead
Quicknote bioenergy economics We have
received some sharp questions from readers on why we do not
report on Mexico's widely covered 'tortilla crisis'. Don't these
protests prove that there is a growing conflict between food and
fuel? ...
9 January 2007
Important
(Technical) Research on Ethanol
MIT
study shows corn ethanol's marginal energy benefit; tropical
biofuels make more sense Planting more corn to make ethanol is
not a good idea, a new MIT study has found. Controversy over the
benefits ...
9 January 2007
MIT
study shows corn ethanol's marginal energy benefit; tropical biofuels
make more sense
Planting more corn to make ethanol is not
a good idea, a new MIT study has found. Controversy over the
benefits of using corn-based ethanol in vehicles has been fueled
by studies showing that converting corn into ethanol may use
more ...
28 December 2006
Biopact
reviews Latin America in 2006: biofuels
Review of biofuels in Latin America in
2006 with emphasis on Brazil. Thursday, December 28, 2006 The
year in review: Latin America Latin America's biofuel activities
in 2006 were evidently dominated by Brazil, the continent's most
...
28 December 2006
The
year in review: Latin America
Latin America's biofuel activities in
2006 were evidently dominated by Brazil, the continent's most
experienced, largest and most innovative producer. Most readers
are aware of the country's successful ethanol program, which has
shown ...
16 December 2006
Biopact
versus Grist: the great bioenergy debate!
What Grist
Magazine learned from its biofuels series, and what we missed
Some readers may have noticed that we have made no reference
whatsoever to Grist Magazine's recent series of excellent
articles on ...
16 December 2006
What
Grist Magazine learned from its biofuels series, and what we missed
Some readers may have noticed that we
have made no reference whatsoever to Grist Magazine's recent
series of excellent articles on biofuels. The influential
environmental magazine has covered the topic in depth over the
past weeks, ...
25 November 2006
A
bad habit in the making: using coal to produce biofuels
Imagine a company in Europe or North
America jumping on the biofuels opportunity. It uses expensive,
scarce land to grow crops such as corn and rapeseed to make
green fuels. The resulting biofuel is highly inefficient, ...
23 November 2006
From
oil addicts to alcohol addicts: US distorts the global biofuels market
Important news: the Environmental Law
Institute in Washington warns against biofuels produced in the
US, and fully supports the arguments brought forth by the
Biopact. It seems like our message (see A Biofuels Manifesto) is
being taken ...
14 November 2006
Brazilian
government works to re-classify ethanol as a global fuel ...
The development of an export-oriented
biofuels and bioenergy industry in the Global South offers a
chance to lift millions of people out of poverty and to achieve
social and economic development in the poorest countries. ...
19 October 2006
Growth
in green energy storage technologies may give hydrogen the edge over first generation biofuels -report
The renewable energy sector is attracting
over $30 billion of investment a year, but future growth will
depend on advances in energy storage technology. This is the
conclusion of the report "Watts In Store - Storing
Renewable Energy", ...
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From the BBC - London - 21 December 2006
China and India in warming studies
India and China have agreed to send an expedition to the Himalayas to study
the impact that global warming is having on glaciers there.
They fear that melting glaciers could threaten rivers which support the lives
of millions of people |
Journal of World-Systems Research:
Number 2 (Summer 2003)
On Globalization and the Environment
Andrew K. Jorgenson & Edward L. Kick
Globalization
and the Environment
Alf Hornborg
Cornucopia
or Zero-Sum Game? The Epistemology of Sustainability
Stephen G. Bunker
Matter, Space,
Energy, and Political Economy: The Amazon in the World-System
Peter Grimes & Jeffrey Kentor
Exporting
the Greenhouse: Foreign Capital Penetration and CO2 Emissions 1980–1996
J. Timmons Roberts, Peter E. Grimes & Jodie L. Manale
Social Roots of
Global Environmental Change: A World-Systems Analysis of Carbon Dioxide Emissions
R. Scott Frey
The Transfer of
Core-Based Hazardous Production Processes to the Export Processing Zones of the Periphery:
The Maquiladora Centers of Northern Mexico
Thomas J. Burns, Edward L. Kick, & Byron L. Davis
Theorizing and
Rethinking Linkages Between the Natural Environment and the Modern World-System:
Deforestation in the Late 20th Century
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Review Essay
Andrew K. Jorgenson
Lateral
Pressure and Deforestation A Review Essay of Environmental Impacts of
Globalization and Trade: A Systems Study by Corey L Lofdahl
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Book Reviews
Franz J. Broswimmer
Ecocide: A
Short History of Mass Extinction of Species
Reviewed by Florencio R. Riguera
Arthur Mol and Frederick Buttel (eds)
The
Environmental State Under Pressure
Reviewed by Bruce Podobnik |
Water pollution in the United Kingdom
From the BBC -
14 August 2006
River polluted by chemical spill
Anglers have spoken of their "devastation" after several miles of the Taf
Fechan was polluted by a three tonne spill of aluminium sulphate.
The anglers said five years' of work creating a wild fishery for trout and
minnows on the river has been ruined.
The Environment Agency said the leak came from Welsh Water's Pontsticill
treatment works near Merthyr Tydfil.
Sewage
discharge results in fine
11 Aug 06 | Highlands and Islands
Fish
killed by mystery pollutants
30 Jul 06 | Lancashire
Fish
poisoned by pool treatment
20 Jul 06 | Highlands and Islands
River
pollution kills 3,000 fish
17 Jul 06 | Northern Ireland
Three
fined for river pollution
21 Jun 06 | Essex
150
fish killed in river incident
09 Jun 06 | Northern Ireland
Fish
kill 'environmental disaster'
10 Aug 04 | Northern Ireland
Fish
kill source 'identified'
27 Aug 02 | Northern Ireland
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From Le Monde Diplomatique - April 2006
Planet in Peril: Atlas of Current Threats to People and the Environment
...is the English translation of Le Monde diplomatique's recently
published Atlas 2006. It is the result of a long-standing cooperation between Le
Monde diplomatique and GRID-Arendal...
These pages offer a holistic and well-researched analysis of today's global
issues and their impact on human population and the environment. Written by an
international team of specialists, these pages from the Atlas illustrate through
text and maps, graphics and diagrams the interplay between population and the
world's ecosystems and natural resources both in the short and long terms. It
brings together a wealth of information from the most up-to-date sources on such
key issues as climate change, access to water, exploitation of ocean resources,
nuclear energy and waste, renewable energy, weapons of mass destruction, causes
of industrial accidents, waste, export, hunger, genetically modified organisms,
urban development, access to health care and ecological change in China...
Polar
ice caps melting faster Global warming is not affecting the planet evenly and
most of the existing models forecast that it will be greater in the northern
hemisphere. With an overall increase of 2°C, temperatures in the Arctic could
increase by a factor of two or three. The southern hemisphere, would also be
affected, though less severely...
GM organisms, too much, too soon The issue of
genetically modified organisms draws together strands from the debate on the
global market and the concept of progress. It is a perfect illustration of how
market forces come into play much more quickly than the precautions that seem
appropriate given the current state of research. We are consequently already
eating genetically engineered foodstuffs without it being possible to guarantee
they are entirely safe. China a key factor in tomorrow's climate China is fast
becoming the workshop of the 21st century world. But a shortage of raw materials
abroad and increasingly serious environmental problems at home are already
threatening continued growth.
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-List of all available maps...
http://mondediplo.com/maps/
-Order (in English) from earthprint.com
http://www.earthprint.com/go.htm?to=3548
-See a summary of LMD's Atlas (in French)
http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/publications/atlas2006/
-Order LMD's Atlas (in French)
http://boutique.monde-diplomatique.fr/
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London - 4 April 2006
World's biggest 25 food companies not taking health seriously enough
The world’s top 25 food companies appear not to be taking the new global diet
and health agenda seriously enough, says an 80 page report from The City
University out today.
Researchers at City’s Centre for Food Policy studied the annual reports,
accounts and HQ websites (to Autumn 2005) of the top 10 food manufacturers, top
10 food retailers and top 5 foodservice companies (top 3 fast food and top 2
contract caterers).They were rated for whether the companies were doing anything
about the health agenda agreed by the world’s governments at the World Health
Organisation.
In May 2004, a Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health was
passed by the World Health Assembly (the WHO’s governing body). This made
recommendations to companies as to what they could do to health tackle the
world’s diet crisis – not just obesity but heart disease, cancers and
diabetes.
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From
CERES - 21 March 2006
2006 Corporate Governance and Climate Change: Making the
Connection
The 2006 Corporate Governance and Climate Change:
Making the Connection report includes a 30-page summary
report comprised of the executive summary, the climate
governance scoring criteria, the 100 company scores and
sector-specific findings. The report also includes two to
three page profiles on each of the companies evaluated.
Note: A complete listing of all companies and their
scores can be found at page four. By clicking on
company names on this page, users will be linked directly to
the corresponding company profiles.
Download: Summary
Report 
Download: Full
Text
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From BBC News - 24
Novemebre 2005
CO2 "highest for 650,000 years"
Current levels of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide
and methane in the atmosphere are higher now than at any time in the last 650,000 years.
That is the conclusion of new European studies looking at ice taken from 3km below the
surface of Antarctica. The scientists say their research shows present day warming to be
exceptional. Other research, also published in the journal Science, suggests that sea
levels may be rising twice as fast now as in previous centuries.
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Climate pact: For good or bad?
Earth - melting in the heat?
Climate summit postponed
Arctic ice 'disappearing
quickly'
US climate talks
'disappointing'
World scientists urge CO2 action
Q&A: The Kyoto Protocol
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Climate "warmest for millenium"
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Trade can
'export' CO2 emissions
Last-minute
climate deals reached
Q&A:
Blair's climate strategy
Water
builds the heat in Europe
'Gas
muzzlers' challenge Bush
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From Countercurrents.org
Climate
Change/Global Warming
The roof of the world is changing. Almost 95 per cent
of Himalayan glaciers are shrinking - and that kind of ice loss has profound implications,
not just for Nepal and Bhutan, but for surrounding nations, including China, India and
Pakistan
Scientists have compiled one of the first comprehensive pictures of what the world might
be like when climate change begins to trigger a dramatic increase in epidemics, disease
and death
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From The World Bank
Group
Environmental Economics and Indicators
Wealth Estimates
National wealth is here defined much broader than
usual and is embodied in natural capital; human resources that include education, raw
labor, and social capital; and produced assets (machinery, equipment, buildings, and urban
land). The results show that human resources play a predominant role, thus lending support
to investments in education and health. They also highlight the importance of agricultural
cropland and pasture land, pointing to the need for sustainable land management practices.
The estimates support our intuitive understanding of the importance of people and the
environment in development. Publications on Environmental Policy
Publications
on Environmental Valuation
Publications
on Environmental Economics and Its Applications
Publications
on Environmental Indicators
Publications
on Payments for Ecological Services
Publications on
Green Accounting
Publications
on Poverty and Environment
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The Natural Step Sustainability Framework
The Natural Step Framework is a systems-based
approach to organizational planning for sustainability. It provides a practical set of
design criteria that can be used to direct social, environmental, and economic actions.
The TNS Framework is fundamentally based on both an integrated assessment of current
economic, social and ecological dynamics, and on the implications of present trends for
human society. The approach was developed in the late 1980s in response to growing
concerns about the public health problems resulting from increasing toxins in the
environment and current societal resource use practices.
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Introduction to the Natural Step Framework
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The Natural Step Framework - New Zealand
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| International trade -
Statistics |
Millenium Ecosystem Assessment
-
30 March 2005
Experts Warn Ecosystem Changes Will Continue to Worsen,
Putting Global Development Goals At Risk
A landmark study released today reveals that
approximately 60 percent of the ecosystem services that support life on Earth – such
as fresh water, capture fisheries, air and water regulation, and the regulation of
regional climate, natural hazards and pests – are being degraded or used
unsustainably. Scientists warn that the harmful consequences of this degradation could
grow significantly worse in the next 50 years.
“Any progress achieved in addressing the goals of poverty and hunger eradication,
improved health, and environmental protection is unlikely to be sustained if most of the
ecosystem services on which humanity relies continue to be degraded,” said the study,
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) Synthesis Report, conducted by 1,300 experts from 95
countries. It specifically states that the ongoing degradation of ecosystem services is a
road block to the Millennium Development Goals agreed to by the world leaders at the
United Nations in 2000.
-
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Synthesis Report
pdf, 6,773 KB
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Popularized Version of Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Synthesis
Report
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18 March 2005
Development and Security
By The Globalist
Is too much emphasis put on the military dimension of security today? And how does global
poverty factor into the equation? These are the issues explored by Horst Köhler —
now Germany’s President and previously the Managing Director of the International
Monetary Fund. In this Read My Lips feature, Mr. Köhler argues that the world needs a
broader interpretation of the term “security.”
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4 March 2005
The Water Century
By Steven Loranger
Water has long been seen as an issue of great concern for most developing countries, but
not for developed economies. For rich nations, water seemed readily available — and
endless in supply. But Steve Loranger, the CEO of ITT Industries, argues that water
shortages and sanitation are now problems for all of us, whether we live in developed or
developing countries.
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The Global Development Research Center
The Global Development Research Center is a virtual
organization that carries out initiatives in education, research and practice, in the
spheres of environment, urban, community, economy and information, and at scales that are
effective.
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The Environment Sphere: Sustainable Development (definitions, indicators,
etc)
-
2005-2015. UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
-
Urban
Environmental Management
-
Glossaries, definitions and indicators
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The People-Centered Development Forum
The human species faces an apparent paradox. We have
embraced economic growth as our primary indicator of human progress. Yet as economic
output and consumption grow the number of people forced into lives of dehumanizing
deprivation increases and the quality of life of all but the wealthiest among us declines.
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Rivers Run Black, and Chinese Die of Cancer
September 12, 2004
By JIM YARDLEY, The New York Times
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Note by Róbinson Rojas: This investigation by Jim Yardley illustrates what the Chinese
capitalist ruling class is doing in China to make of its economy a "powerhouse"
for the enrichment of the few and the suffering of the many. This is what some of us
define as "savage capitalism". Of course, this local environmental
catastrophe help to make even more dramatic the global environmental catastrophe, both
driven by the partnership between the Chinese capitalist class and the international
capitalist class. It seems to me that international public action is necessary to stop
this crime against the Chinese population and life on planet earth.
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The World Bank
Group
World
Development Report 2003
Sustainable Development in a dynamic
world.
Transforming Institutions, Growth and Quality of Life
--
Background papers
--
World Bank website on Sustainable Development
--
Millenium
Development Goals
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Clean Production Action
Clean production today for a healthier world tomorrow
-
AArhus Convention
The UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public
Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters |
UNIDO
Cleaner
Production
The UNIDO cleaner production (CP) programme aims at
building national CP capacities, fostering dialogue between industry and government and
enhancing investments for transfer and development of environmentally sound technologies.
Through this programme, UNIDO is bridging the gap between competitive industrial
production and environmental concerns. CP is more than just a technical solution. It has a
widespread application at all decision-making levels in industry, with the chief focus on
adoption of cleaner technologies and techniques within the industrial sector. Costly
end-of-pipe pollution control systems are gradually replaced with a strategy that reduces
and avoids pollution and waste throughout the entire production cycle, from efficient use
of raw materials, energy and water to the final product.
Industrial
Governance and Statistics
Investment and Technology Promotion
Industrial Competitiveness and Trade
Private Sector Development
Agro-Industries
Sustainable Energy and Climate Change
Montreal Protocol
Environmental Management |
Resurgence Magazine On-line
"Inspiring stories, practical examples, visionary
proposals, stunning graphics, historic insights, international perspectives, and beautiful
poetry. Resurgence is a valued friend and essential resource for all who believe that
another world is possible."
David Korten, author of When
Corporations Rule the World
-
The following are samplings of themes covered in When
Corporations Rule the World.
An Economic System Out of Control
Assault of the Corporate
Libertarians
The Betrayal of Adam Smith
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D. C. Korten:
Living economies for a living planet
The Era of Empire embraced competition and domination
as its organizing principles, hierarchy as its favored organizational form, and ultimately
chose money as its defining value. It has led to the emergence of a global suicide economy
— otherwise known as the corporate global economy — that is rapidly destroying
the social and environmental foundations of its own existence and threatening the survival
of the human species. It is the Era's final stage. |
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| World Summit on Sustainable Development
(WSSD) Follow-up |
9 April 2004:
Farming is one of the biggest global environmental threat, says new book |
The Copenhagen Consensus Project organised
by Denmark's Environmental Assessment Institute with the co-operation of The Economist,
aims to consider and to establish priorities among a series of proposals for advancing
global welfare. The initiative was described in Economics Focus of
March 6th.
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Copenhagen
Consensus 2004 (oficial website) |
New Scientist:
Climate
Change
Global
Environment Report
Biodiversity
Pollution
Population
World
Summit on Sustainable Development 2002 |
UNEP
(2003):
Basic
facts and data on the science and politics of ozone protection |
The Third World Institute
Third
World Institute Africa
CHOIKE
A new website, aimed at improving the visibility of Southern NGOs in
the Internet is being launched.
Choike is the Mapuche word for the Southern Cross. By pointing to the South, Choike helps
the travellers find their ways. We expect the Choike website to help the users find the
Southern destinations in the Net and therefore contribute to enhance the visibility and
impact of what civil society organizations in developing countries produce and publish.
Revista del Sur
See the latest on line edition of our monthly magazine.
Tercer Mundo Económico
See the latest on line edition of our monthly bulletin.. |
From The New York Times - 22 july 2006
NASA’s Goals Delete Mention of Home Planet
By Andrew C. Revkin
NASA's
mission statement, prominently featured in its budget and planning documents,
read: “To understand and protect our home planet; to explore the universe and
search for life; to inspire the next generation of explorers ... as only NASA
can.”
In early February, the statement was quietly altered, with the phrase “to
understand and protect our home planet” deleted. In this year’s budget and
planning documents, the agency’s mission is “to pioneer the future in space
exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research.”
More Articles by Andrew C. Revkin
More articles about the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Education for
Sustainability
Postgraduate courses on Environment and Development
Education at London South Bank University |
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- Part time distance
learning
- Full time at the University
Come visit us at
www.lsbu.ac.uk/efs..... |
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London South Bank University
Education for Sustainability Programme
Conference
Climate Change: the challenge for education
Thursday 4 May 2006, 9.30 am–4.30 pm
8th Floor, Keyworth Centre, Keyworth Street,
Elephant & Castle, London SE1 0AA
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Education for Sustainable
Development
Additional material on EfSD |
Go to
id21
- id21 communicates
international development research to decision makers and practitioners
worldwide.
- id21 is one of a
family of knowledge services from IDS
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BP Statistical Review of World Energy
2006
Full time series since 1965
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International Energy Agency
- Oil Markets Reports
- World Energy Outlook
- Key World Energy Statistics 2004
|
Energy Information
Administration (US)
World Energy and
Economic Outlook 2004 |
Róbinson Rojas
Preliminary notes on energy consumption and population growth.
1880-2003
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Preliminary data on energy use per capita and cycles. 1971-2001
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Preliminary data on population, energy consumption and cycles.
1965-2003 |
BBC
NEWS
Planet Under Pressure
A six-part BBC News Online series looking at some of
the most pressing environmental issues facing the human race today. By Alex Kirby BBC News
Online environment correspondent
Introduction
Part 1: Species under threat
Part 2: World water crisis
Part 3: Energy crisis
Part 4: Feeding the world
Part 5: Climate change
Part 6: Fighting pollution
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Why the Sun seems to be "dimming"
Horizon: Global Dimming |
Fighting against poverty
(16-12-2004)
Reflect and ICT Project
This DFID-funded project is exploring potential
applications of ICTs for poor and marginalised people, linking to existing Reflect groups
in Uganda, Burundi and India.
During the first year (2003), participating groups were encouraged to analyse issues
around their own access to and control of information relating to their livelihoods:
looking at the value of information to their own lives, the control of information
resources, existing sources of information and communication mechanisms
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ICT for Development: empowerment or exploitation?
Learning from Reflect ICTs project
By Hannah Beardon et al
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Resurgence
Issue 226
Ecoliteracy: dancing earth
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Note by Róbinson Rojas: I strongly recommend reading
the following paper in this issue of Resurgence:
David W. Orr
The
Learning Curve
...if ecological education is confined to schools that
function like islands within a larger sea of ecological ruin - malls, highways, urban
blight, rural slums, and pollution - they will eventually fail to transform anything. To
be effective, education must engage the wider society... |
UNIDO
Sustainable
energy and climate change
Industrial energy is essential to economic and social
development and to improving the quality of life. Indeed, the availability of affordable
and sustainable energy to all people is critical to the achievement of the MDGs, and its
contributions can help to meet the targets in various ways. In particular, energy is a
prerequisite for poverty alleviation, as targeted in MDG 1, since it enables
income-generating activities and the establishment of micro-enterprises. Similarly, energy
helps to alleviate hunger and meet most of the other social and welfare-related MDGs by
providing the light and power that the achievement of these goals critically depends on. |
GEsource Geography and Environment Gateway
Led by the GEsource team at the University of
Manchester, GEsource is a free online catalogue of high quality Internet resources in
geography and environmental science. Resources are selected, catalogued and indexed by
researchers and other specialists in their respective fields. |
New Economics Foundation
"NEF is an independent think-and-do tank that
inspires and demonstrates real economic well-being. We aim to improve quality of life by
promoting innovative solutions that challenge mainstream thinking on economic, environment
and social issues. NEF was founded in 1986 by the leaders of The Other
Economic Summit (TOES) which forced issues such as international debt onto the agenda of
the G7 and G8 summits. NEF works with all sections of society in the UK and
internationally - civil society, government, individuals, businesses and academia - to
create more understanding and strategies for change". |
R. Rojas, 2001
International
capital: a menace to human dignity and life on planet earth
Notes on globalisation and its effects on developing
societies as explained by structuralism and dependency theory |
Share the World's Resources
STWR is a non-politically affiliated network
campaigning for justice and peace through the fair and equitable distribution of world
resources. We believe the current world economic system perpetuates global poverty, denies
basic human rights to many millions and damages all nations. Read more about us here .
Through this web site we seek to provide a nucleus for news, information, discussion and
collaboration. We present news and commentary, a large collection of articles, including
many from prominent figures, surveys and opinion polls, together with a large selection of
links and calendar events.
We value your thoughts, opinions and idea's, and encourage you to share them through our
many forums. You are also encouraged to use the interactive features of this web site to
further participate, by taking part in our surveys, adding book reviews, events, links,
and comments. |
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Ethical Trade
Currents
Issue 2
Summer 2004
Climate, Energy and
Poverty
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International Institute for Environment and Development
IIED is an independent, non-profit organization
promoting sustainable patterns of world development through collaborative research, policy
studies, networking and knowledge dissemination. We work to address global issues, for
example; mining, the paper industry and food systems.
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OECD: Headquarters
Sustainable development and the new economy
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Analysing the
Nexus of Sustainable Development and Climate Change: An Overview (pdf, 478Kb,English)
View
long abstract 09-Apr-2003
Mohan Munasinghe
COM/ENV/EPOC/DCD/DAC(2002)2/FINAL
This paper is a background document to the OECD Development and Climate Change
Project. The analysis sketches out a broad framework to address the nexus of sustainable
development and climate change.
Related documents:
Development
and Climate Change Project - (English)
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Science, the
Environment, Economics and Sustainable Development
(pdf, 111Kb,English)
View
long abstract 19-Jun-2003
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Environmental
Priorities for China Sustainable Development (pdf, 287Kb,English)
View
long abstract 03-Mar-2004
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NASA: Earth Observatory
Atmosphere - Oceans - Land - Energy - Life
Global Warming Fact Sheet
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| MODIS: rapid fire response
system |
George W. Bush's war on the environment |
The Guardian, 31
August 2004
We've lost lives and allies, liberties and
freedoms. In the age of George Bush, we have lost our way The first of two exclusive
extracts from Graydon Carter's new book, What We've Lost
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The Guardian, 1 September 2004
The Destroyer
George Bush's war on terror may have made the world a
more dangerous place. But it is his atrocious record on the environment that poses the
greatest threat, says Graydon Carter, in the second exclusive extract from his new book
"What We've Lost". |
A. Griscom, Grist
Magazine (13 June, 2004)
How Green Was The Gipper?
Reagan infamously declared that, 'trees cause more
pollution than automobiles do.' Unlike Bush, his administration told you exactly what they
were up to. |
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Stakeholder Forum
Earth Summit 2002
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