GLOBAL: Island nations frustrated at climate talks

Protest in Barcelona against climate change

By: voiceofkashmir

MADRID: Twenty members of the ecological pressure group Greenpeace staged a protest against climate change in Barcelona on Monday, where the fourth round of the UN climate change talks this year kicked off on the same day. The Greenpeace members suspended a 600-square-meter banner bearing the message "World Leaders make the climate call," from the ...

23 days ago

UN chief cautious on Copenhagen pact amid boycott

By: zabawaus

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that world nations are unlikely to strike agreement on details of a new climate change pact at a key U.N. summit next month. Meanwhile, African countries boycotted meetings at U.N. climate talks in Barcelona, saying industrial countries had set carbon-cutting targets too low for reducing global ...

23 days ago

Environmental "Refugees"?

By: unsettledworld

Time to update your lexicon!  Quick, tell us again what a "refugee" is? If you've been schooled in the language of the United Nations, a refugee must meet extremely strict criteria: "owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, [a ...

about 1 month ago

Time Ticking for Copenhagen Summit

By: syedalimujtaba

It’s less than five weeks for the crucial Copenhagen summit for climate change. It’s a deadline for a deal to stop the climate catastrophe. The issue involved is developing countries won't join in a climate deal unless rich countries, which created the climate crisis, pay to fix it.  The Copenhagen summit will have more than ...

14 days ago