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Indigenous Groups sound the REDD Alert
Submitted by Adam Ma'anit on May 21, 2008 - 12:47pm.
I'm currently writing an article for our forthcoming issue of the New Internationalist magazine that looks at some of the potential dangers of relying on carbon markets for preserving forests and biodiversity. The global carbon market is worth $64 billion but has yet to produce much in the way of reductions in emissions. It has however delivered huge profits to some of the world's worst polluters who have been investing heavily in carbon trading, offsets and 'environmental services'. Read more »
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Depleted Uranium developments
Submitted by Dinyar Godrej on November 15, 2007 - 11:30am.
The ball of activism against DU weapons has been rolling ever onward after our current magazine on the subject.
Readers may be aware that Belgium has become the first country to ban these DU armaments altogether and that the European parliament has been calling for a ban as well. Now, after intense lobbying by the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons (ICBUW), wheels at the UN are beginning to creak. The UN First Committee in New York has just passed a resolution by a landslide majority urging UN member states to re-examine the health consequences of DU weapons. The resolution requests that states and international bodies submit a report on DU to the UN General Assembly during next year’s session. DU will also be on the Assembly’s agenda. A second vote will be needed to confirm this resolution and will take place early next year. Read more »
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Climate Change in Bali
Submitted by ni-radio on November 7, 2007 - 11:53am.
What are the people and politicians in the developing world saying about climate change? Nicola Bullard, from Focus on the Global South, joins Radio New Internationalist's Chris Richards to find out, as campaigners in India, Thailand and the United States take a ride through the rhetoric of climate change politics.
At the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali this December, the nations of the world will be writing a roadmap setting-out how to get to a global agreement for cutting greenhouse emissions. The conference is being held on the Indonesian island of Bali in Indonesia - 'the Island of Gods' - and the Gods know that climate change needs a little divine intervention right now. Just as the Rich World is finally acknowledging that the world is hurtling towards a global warming catastrophe the political game going into those negotiations is blame, not shame. China and India are being painted as the new environmental vandals. Hell bent on development, the increasing emissions of China and India will surely kill us all and block the potential for meaningful international negotiations. As least, that's what's being said by the real renegades - Rich World countries that have turned their backs on committing to a meaningful reduction to their greenhouse emissions.
- Chandra Bhushan - Assocqiate director and head of the Industry Unit at Centre for Science and Environment in Delhi, India - advocates how India can accelerate development in ways that minimize its emissions.
- EcoEquity's Tom Athanasiou - argues that it's the countries of the Rich World, not the Poor World, which are responsible for climate change, and now it's their responsibility to pay. Tom outlines his plan, and presents the politics that await it at the UN Climate Change Conference.
- Daphne Wysham - co-director of the Sustainable Energy and Economy Network - reveals why international institutions such as the World Bank are cashing in on the growing climate change market, and how this is hindering sustainable energy options.
The music threading its way through today's program is some ambient funk from Asia: Ryukyu Underground - a collection of original Japanese recordings mixed for dance.
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