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Climate Change & Environment

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The threat of climate change and global warming, fueled by relentless commercialization and excessive consumption, has turned into a fighting ground for both policymakers and concerned citizens. The coming decade is set to determine not only a collective response to reducing carbon emissions, but the entire future direction for international development and the global justice movement.

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Understanding the Challenge of Global Warming

"Growing the Economy through Global Warming Solutions" is a series of papers written by experts in the fields of economics, public policy, architecture, insurance, investment, transportation and agriculture. The good news is that many of the solutions to global warming are not only feasible, argues the report, but are economically and socially beneficial.

 
Players and Plays at Bali

An eruption of trade justice and development activists brought a contentious, World Trade Organization ministerial-like atmosphere to the negotiations, which had formerly been marked by a civil if not chummy relationship between government negotiators and climate lobbyists.

 
World Unity Forces US to Back Climate Deal
President Bush's administration conceded for the first time yesterday that the pollution that causes global warming will have to be cut in half around the globe by the middle of the century if the world is to avoid dangerous climate change.
 
Bali's Double Standards
As governments meeting in Bali reach the end of UN climate change negotiations today, one question remains unanswered. Will the world's richest nations underpin any agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions with a plan for transferring low-carbon technology and finance to developing countries? If not, any deal to replace the Kyoto protocol is destined for failure.
 
Actions Speak Louder
Ban Ki-moon says it. A new UNDP report says it. Even some heads of state say it. Climate Change is a human rights problem. But no one is stepping forward at Bali to tell us what that means, if anything.
 
Trade, Climate, and Bali
The world's economic policymakers are addressing climate change with an unprecedented level of engagement at the Bali conference. While the negotiations for a new global climate accord to replace the Kyoto Protocol wrap up in Nusa Dua, numerous trade ministers are meeting to initiate an informal dialogue on climate, as are finance ministers.
 
The Real Answer to Climate Change is to Leave fossil fuels in the Ground
Ladies and gentlemen, I have the answer! Incredible as it might seem, I have stumbled across the single technology which will save us from runaway climate change! From the goodness of my heart, I offer it to you for free. 
 
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