With the Copenhagen conference just over a month away, there have been a number of developments—both positive and negative—towards achieving a legally binding climate treaty that will guide global action on climate change. Particular attention has been given to the issues of targets and financing. At the recent European Union Summit in Brussels, European leaders […]
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But as humanity faces the major challenge it has ever seen, it seems an opportune moment to redesign our value structures along with our energy systems. Is it time we forgo the pretty picture for the sake of the smart picture?
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With climate change comes more intense floods and droughts in designated areas as well as uncertainties regarding the frequency, severity, and location of future hurricanes. But to say that these uncertainties (or contradictions) shouldn’t provoke precautionary measures or major adaptations is like dismissing the devastating impacts of Hurricane Katrina altogether. The fact of the matter […]
The difference between my position on environmental issues and my mother’s is that, beyond knowledge on the scientific aspects of climate change, I am aware that the political decisions that determine whether we face this problem head on, or cross our arms and whine about lost innocence (and income), are being made now.
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The Amazon Rainforest – The Evils of Deforestation on Youtube Just because the hurdles are inevitable does not mean we cannot jump over them, so we must prepare ourselves to deal with them during the COP15 meeting in December 2009, in order to win the race against time and global warming. In “Bringing the Copenhagen […]
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