Comment Global 2007 and 2005

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Contents 1 December 2007 2 November 2007 3 October 2007 4 September 2007 5 July 2007 6 June 2007 7 May 2007 8 June 2005 9 References

[edit] December 2007

• UK Environment Secretary describes Bali Roadmap as "the most significant agreement to protect the world and its inhabitants since the Kyoto Protocol was signed in 1997." "Significant agreements" also on deforestation, adaptation, technology and carbon markets, December 15 ^[1] topic

• Climate talks brought back from the brink, but lacking substance, Greenpeace, December 15 ^[2] topic

• Decision on climate change adaptation fund a victory for the vulnerable, IIED, December 11 ^[3] topic

[edit] November 2007

• IPCC warns of “unequivocal” climate change already occurring and that man-made global warming could lead to abrupt or irreversible impacts. However, it also confirms that all greenhouse gas stabilisation levels can be achieved with currently available technologies or those expected to be commercialised in the coming decades. “We have a choice - irreversible impacts - or an Energy Revolution. Greenpeace believes it is possible to keep the worst impacts of climate change - the extreme weather events, water crises and increased hunger - from putting millions of people at risk. This will take a revolution in the way we use and produce energy, and a strong commitment to stop deforestation worldwide.” Greenpeace, November 17 ^[4] topic

• IEA projections on energy in China and India fail to adequately incorporate options for substantially expanding renewable energy and improving energy efficiency in either countries, according to Greenpeace, November 7 ^[5] topic

[edit] October 2007

• Converting arable land to pure fuel production a "crime against humanity", says United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, October 26 ^[6] topic, topic

• New UN Report points to international emergency - an "important call for global political leadership in a fast degrading World", FoE, October 25 ^[7] topic

• Cod stocks begin to recover - politicians need to act with the greatest possible caution on this new advice, say Greenpeace, Ocotber 16 ^[8] topic, place, topic

• The only way to save the rainforest is to save the Indians, by recognising their land rights, says Brazilian shaman. October 10 ^[9] "...you want to buy pieces of rainforest, or to plant biofuels. These are useless. The forest cannot be bought; it is our life and we have always protected it. Without the forest, there is only sickness, and without us, it is dead land. The time has come for you to start listening to us. Give us back our lands and our health before it’s too late for us and too late for you." Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, winner of the UN Global 500 award, who is traveling to London and Germany, to launch a report by Survival about the crisis in indigenous peoples’ health. Research from Survival shows that more than 162 million hectares of the Amazon rainforest - over 15,000 times more rainforest than is involved in the Cool Earth scheme - have already been secured – through their protection as indigenous territories. Research by Brazilian and USA scientists shows that the most effective way to stop logging in the Amazon is to protect Indian lands, which occupy one fifth of the Brazilian Amazon. But the lands of many tribes remain unprotected. topic

[edit] September 2007

• Greenpeace on shrinking Arctic sea ice, September 21 - ^[10] "The canary in the coal mine is singing very loudly now. At this rate we could see the end of summer sea ice in our lifetimes. It's well known that the loss of ice at the North pole means the Earth absorbs more heat from the sun, instead of reflecting it, and that means even more warming. And yet the world's greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise. When will politicians, like our own Gordon Brown, realise this is a planetary emergency and react accordingly? As it is Britain is on the cusp on building new runways and new coal-fired power stations. It’s almost unbelievable." John Sauven. topic, Polar ice packs

[edit] July 2007

• Eco-junk, Green consumerism will not save the biosphere. By George Monbiot, July 24 ^[11] topic

[edit] June 2007

• Build sustainability from the bottom-up, says The Ring alliance of 13 leading research organisations on 5 continents, International Institute for Environment and Development, IIED, June 18 / Global connections - News

[edit] May 2007

• "Environmentalism can't succeed until it confronts the destructive nature of modern work - and supplants it." The Ecology of Work by Curtis White, Published in the May/June 2007 issue of Orion magazine / Rewarding work, Inspiring Quotes 16

• Forum:Have we a measure of the climate change catastrophe?, from May 11

• The rich world's policy on greenhouse gas now seems clear: millions will die, George Monbiot, The Guardian, May 1 / Global climate change comment

[edit] June 2005

• Live 8 - Making Poverty History? Or Entrenching Our Irresponsibility? By John Bunzl, June 30

[edit] References

1. ↑ Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, December 15
2. ↑ Greenpeace, December 15
3. ↑ International Institute for Environment and Development, December 11
4. ↑ Greenpeace, November 17
5. ↑ Greenpeace, November 7
6. ↑ UN press conference, October 26
7. ↑ Friends of the Earth, October 25
8. ↑ Greenpeace, October 16
9. ↑ Survival International, October 10
10. ↑ Greenpeace, September 21
11. ↑ Monbiot.com, July 24

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