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Leaders of the world: the celebrities have spoken!
By Rob Plastow Who’s more powerful out of corporations, governments and celebrities? Corporations often have more money than small nations and certainly have a lot of the larger countries by the balls in terms of economic growth and employment. But … Continue reading
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Tagged cancun, celebrities, climate change, COP 16, letter to leaders, UNFCCC
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10 ways to save the world
There are hundreds of ways to save the world but let’s remember what we mean by ‘saving’ and ‘the world’. For a start, it’s not about saving the planet, that’s not going anywhere and has dealt with more than we … Continue reading
Prosperity without growth
Following on from his book Prosperity Without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet this video is of Tim Jackson at TED earlier this year. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet … Continue reading
Sustainability news highlights
By Rob Plastow In the last week we have seen another step towards achieving the coalition’s Big Society, wherein the state shrinks and business grows. A week ago the government announced it is looking to McDonalds and PepsiCo for its … Continue reading
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Tagged cancun, climate change, climategate, copenhagen, news, sustainability
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Nagoya, TEEB and George Monbiot
By Rob Plastow With everyone packed up and back home from the recent talks on biodiversity in Nagoya, some have been telling the media of what a success it was. Others, such as George Monbiot have been a little more … Continue reading
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Tagged biodiversity, climate change, ecosystem services, George Monbiot, Guardian, Nagoya, TEEB, UN
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Gordon Brown: Small number of countries held Copenhagen talks to ransom
By Joe Churcher http://www.independent.co.uk Efforts to secure a legally-binding climate change deal failed last week because talks were “held to ransom” by a small number of countries, Gordon Brown said today. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook … Continue reading
‘We won’t let sceptics hijack climate talks’
By Michael McCarthy http://www.independent.co.uk Global warming scientists join attack on email theft as Copenhagen summit begins. It has been billed as the most important meeting for half a century, and yesterday, with 15,000 people in attendance, the Copenhagen Climate Conference … Continue reading
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This year ‘in top five warmest’
by Roger Harrabin http://news.bbc.co.uk This year will be one of the top five warmest years globally since records began 150 years ago, according to figures compiled by the Met Office. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share … Continue reading
Earth ‘heading for 6C’ of warming
by Richard Black http://news.bbc.co.uk Average temperatures across the world are on course to rise by up to 6C without urgent action to curb CO2 emissions, according a new analysis. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via … Continue reading
US Consumers Least Worried About Climate Change
The United States of America is the nation least concerned about climate change according to a new survey. The HSBC Climate Confidence Monitor polled consumers from 12 nations – Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Mexico, … Continue reading
