The announcement, June 10, by the Japanese Prime minister to reduce Japan’s C02 emissions by a mere 8 percent until 2020 over the 1990 baseline has been the final straw to the preparatory climate meeting in Bonn. One day later, Yvo de Boer, the UN Climate Chief, felt obliged to admit that it would be [...]
This article is pertinent to the Bonn climate change negotiations taking place at this very moment and for the rest of the week. Authors are Benjamin Mkapa, Member of the Club of Madrid and Former President Tanzania, and Alexander Likhotal, Executive Vice-President of the Gorbachev Foundation of North America (GFNA) and President of Green Cross [...]
As first published by EurActiv.com on Wednesday 10th June 2009. Following in the footsteps of Al Gore, French photographer, ecologist and journalist Yann Arthus-Bertrand released his documentary film ‘Home’ simultaneously in 134 countries on World Environment Day (5 June). The documentary takes a look at the catastrophic evolution of the Earth’s climate, sounding the alarm [...]
The UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen in December 2009 will be aiming to reach agreement on measures to limit climate change. more.
