4-5 DECEMBER 2010 The “Development and Climate Days at COP 16” event was held at the Caribe Park Royal Grand Hotel in Cancún, Mexico, from 4-5 December 2010. The event took place in parallel with the sixteenth Conference of the Parties (COP 16) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate …
Twenty-Second Meeting of the Parties to the Montréal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer – Summary & Analysis
Earth Negotiations Bulletin Vol. 19 No. 79 The twenty-second Meeting of the Parties (MOP-22) to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer took place in Bangkok, Thailand, from 8-12 November 2010. The meeting was attended by over 400 participants representing governments, UN agencies, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, academia, …
Rundown of reports leading the way in Climate Prosperty
PROGRESSIVE VIEWS ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT The Green Switch is a monthly newsletter by the Center for a World in Balance on initiatives that are making the switch to a sustainable society. The Green Switch covers various campaigns, new book releases, academic papers, policy processes and more. It takes a holistic …
Thermodynamic Roots of Economics
By Herman Daly The first and second laws of thermodynamics should also be called the first and second laws of economics. Why? Because without them there would be no scarcity, and without scarcity, no economics. Consider the first law: if we could create useful energy and matter as we needed …
Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change Bulletin
On Thursday morning, participants met in a plenary session to hear four keynote presentations. The draft roadmap for action was then introduced by the Chair for further discussion. After presentations, participants made comments and provided elements to further elaborate the draft roadmap. Two closed parallel Ministerial Roundtables were also held …
Masters: “Strongest storm ever recorded in the Midwest smashes all-time pressure records” – ‘Weather bomb’ hits Midwest with power of major hurricane
My dad was the biggest Republican that ever walked the earth. He always said: “Actions have consequences.” To pretend that a 38% increase in greenhouse gases isn’t going to have any impact, that we can have our cake and eat it too, and smear it all over our face, and …
Tenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
CBD COP 10 HIGHLIGHTS The high-level segment and the Working Groups continued throughout the day. Working Group I addressed climate change, biofuels, and marine biodiversity. Working Group II considered the strategic plan, Article 8(j), and the resource mobilization strategy. ABS negotiations focused on TK, utilization and derivatives, and compliance. An …
Speed Installation of System to Monitor Vital Signs of Global Ocean, Scientists Urge
Sunday 31 October, 2010 As oceans grow saltier, hotter, more acidic and less diverse biologically, world governments urgently need to help complete a full global ocean observing system, the value of which to society would dwarf the investment required, according to scientists with the Partnership for Observation of Global Oceans …
Nagoya Conference: Valuing Natural Capital is a Central Challenge
PRESS RELEASE London and Brussels, 20 October 2010 Valuing Natural Capital is a Central Challenge for the Nagoya Conference, Major Report Says It is essential to value “natural capital” if we are to avert a crisis in biodiversity, warns Patrick ten Brink of the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) …
Tenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
Earth Negotiations Bulletin · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · A Reporting Service for Environment …