Comment Global Jan-Feb 2010

February


 * Growing e-waste threat to health and the environment. Urgent need to prepare developing countries, says UN, 22 February topic

Bangladesh, India: The Relationship Between Water Crisis And Migration, February 19 Sowmya Suryanarayanan at Strategic Foresight opines that the lack of freshwater resources in Bangladesh “is a massive threat and will remain a primary reason for cross border migration in the future.”


 * India: Managing Mountain Waste, February 17  Caroline At India Climate Solutions writes about some “creative and passionate individuals committed to changing the waste cycle” in the mountains of Himachal Pradesh in India.


 * Emergent Urbanism, or ‘bottom-up planning’, February 14 topic


 * Why maps will become THE way we pool very local information. February 13th, 2010 topic


 * Worried about the looming water shortage in many parts of Thailand, writer Veera Prateepchaikul calls for the drafting and implementation of a comprehensive water policy in the country, February 13

Inequality as Policy? Feb 09 topic


 * When Coal Flows Between Countries, Who ‘Owns’ the CO2? February 9 topic

January


 * Copenhagen Accord recycles old climate commitments, leaving the world heading for catastrophic climate change, 31 January topic


 * Crisis in policymaking for people and planet demands new approach to policymaking that gives citizens a greater say in decisions that affect them, 27/01/2010 topic


 * "I want my country back " 26 January Environmental blogger Hemant Anant Jain aka Munna, writes a thought-provoking post on 26th January, the nation's 61st Republic Day, urging people to look beyond the commercial “growing market” tag and work towards restoring the rich environmental heritage of the amazing country that is India.


 * The Next Decade's Top Sustainability Trends, WorldChanging Team, 5 Jan 10 topic

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