By Making It on 4 April, 2012
Soogil Young explains how the Republic of Korea is leading the way in de-linking economic growth and environmental degradation
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By Making It on 1 March, 2011
Across the globe, the increasing mobility of goods and people is driving transport demand and CO2 emissions. What role does shipping play in trade, and climate change?
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By Making It on 12 November, 2010
Industry accounts for almost 40% of global CO2 emissions, and CO2 is one of the main contributors to the greenhouse effect. Pacific Islander Krishneil Narayan calls for action to save the region from looming disaster.
Posted in All Posts, Global Forum | Tagged Alliance of Small Island States, AOSIS, Cancún, Carteret Islands, climate change, climate frontlines, co2, COP15, COP16, culture, emissions, Fiji, food, Funafuti, GHG, greenhouse effect, Industrial Development Organization, industrial policy, industrialized nations, issue 4, lifestyle, Making It magazine, Mexico, pacific ocean, Papua New Guinea, Project Survival Pacific, PSP, resources, SIDS, small island developing states, Solomon Islands, supply, sustainable, tradition, Tuvaluans, UNIDO, United Nations, water, weather
By Making It on 28 March, 2010
In 2004, Bianca Jagger received the Right Livelihood Award, known as the ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’, for her “long-standing commitment and dedicated campaigning over a wide range of issues of human rights, social justice, and environmental protection”. She is the founder and chair of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation.
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The experience of participating at the Copenhagen [...]
Posted in All Posts, Global Forum | Tagged 2009, action, BASIC Group, Bianca Jagger, China, climate, climate change, climate treaty, co2 emissions, Conference of Parties in Copenhagen, COP15, Copenhagen, deforestation, development, Issue 2, Norway, policy, pollution, REDD, United Nations, United States, Vapour money
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