Comment Global Apr-Jun 2009

June 2009


 * UN agency ignores indigenous approach to knowledge protection, IIED, June 29 topic


 * Radical shift needed to end alarmism over climate-related migration, IIED, June 24 topic


 * Strengthen the present financial support to the low-income countries with minimum 1 billion US Dollars, Municipalities of the World, June 23 topic

May 2009


 * "I’ve been arguing for several years that a savings account is the only proven method of carbon sequestration." greenormal: Carbon Economics, 4 May topic, topic

April 2009


 * "As the world races towards a climate crisis, G20 leaders have been rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic while maintaining the same catastrophic course." Greenpeace, April 2 topic


 * Planet short-changed again as world leaders fail to take bold action on climate, FoE April 2 topic

March 2009


 * Earth Hour - What it means, naturegnome, March 30


 * Economic downturn could mean 90 million more people across the developing world forced into poverty by the end of next year, UK International Development Secretary, Douglas Alexander, March 9

February 2009


 * ‘"If the world were a bank, it would have been saved by now", Greenpeace, February 22 topic


 * "A decision to support new coal power stations will confirm the UK as a climate criminal in the international climate change negotiations." 34 organisations based in the global south, Statement on new coal power stations in the UK, February 2009, February 22 topic


 * Irreversible does not mean unstoppable, RealClimate, February 1 topic

January 2009


 * Obama must keep pledge on climate change leadership, January 19 topic


 * Time running out for steep emissions cuts, Worldwatch, January 13 topic

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