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US Not Keen To Have Its Emissions Targets Bound By Any Treaty??
“The United States is not keen at all on having its emissions targets bound in any treaty. It left the Kyoto Protocol years ago, and the Congress is unlikely to agree to join any new climate treaty. The US says it can join a new treaty but sets the impossible condition that major developing countries [...]
climate change \ poverty \ sustainability
Sustainability is NOT Exclusive
Sustainability is not exclusively or even primarily an environmental issue. It is fundamentally about how we choose to live our lives, with an awareness that everything we do has consequences for the seven billion of us here today, as well as for the billions more who will follow. Over the years, prosperous nations have not [...]
mega cities \ population \ sustainability \ urbanization
Urban Future – A BIG Question Mark?
Trailing thoughts -> World population (2030) will be 8 billion -> 60% of these will live in cities -> almost 5 billion urban dwellers -> 20% of these will live in slums and similar deplorable conditions, that is 1 billion -> we are sitting on a time bomb without adequate urban infrastructure, water and sanitation, [...]
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Environment Report Card for America – Walking the Talk?
Its the World Environment Day and I thought of checking the Environment Report Card for the country – great timing! Several years ago, the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP) and the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) of Columbia University took an initative, in collaboration with the World Economic Forum [...]
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