Comment Global Nov-Dec 2008

December 2008

 * World faces huge challenge as global climate talks fizzle out, FoE, December 12 topic


 * Friends of the Earth welcomes EU agreement committing the bloc to securing 20 per cent of its energy needs from renewable energy sources by 2020, but disappointment at plans to increase the use of biofuels. December 9 topic


 * Not Just Peak Oil, But “Peak Hierarchy,” Too? December 4 topic


 * Governments must get serious about climate action, Greenpeace, December 1 topic

November 2008

 * "...his (Obama's) only real hope in dealing with the tremendous challenges the country (world) faces will be to harness the collective ingenuity of citizens on a massive scale. In other words, he must enlist a level of participation in generating and acting on innovative solutions that has no obvious parallel in history." Anthony D. Williams, wikinomics, November 7 2008 / topic, topic

October 2008

 * Don't abandon EU climate agenda, says Gordon Brown, October 15 topic


 * 'Green New Deal' can save the world's economy, says UN, October 12 topic

August 2008

 * A Wiki for the Planet: Clay Shirky on Open Source Environmentalism, wired.com, August 20, 2008 topic

July 2008

 * G8 2008 futile rethoric on climate - Reacting to the statement released by the G8 in Hokkaido, Friends of the Earth spokesperson Karen Orenstein said that G8 leaders spewed futile rhetoric that will do nothing to stop the toll that global warming is taking on people and the planet. July 8 topic

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