New Zealand’s “Kyoto forests” sow the seeds foa a massive emissions surge
New Zealand’s ‘Kyoto forests’ sow the seeds for a massive emissions surge
When New Zealand’s sink forests are harvested in the 2020s, as is likely, all that carbon will return to the atmosphe
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- guardian.co.uk, Thursday 19 November 2009 08.05 GMT
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Rainforest in New Zealand. Sometime in the 2020s, New Zealand will become responsible for a massive surge in emissions from its forests. Photograph: Joseph Van Os/Getty Images
The government of New Zealand responded with some irritation to my column last week, which castigated a national strategy for meeting its Kyoto climate targets by allowing greenhouse gas emissions to rise by 22% from 1990 to 2007.
Heartfelt plea from young girl to world leaders
Please watch this hearfelt impassioned plea to the world leaders by a yonng girl. You will find it very moving and emotive from our younger generations, who have to suffer decisions we are now making, Neville Gillmore. —– Original Message —– From: Footprints To: cawg@lists.nsw.greens.org.au Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 5:17 AM Subject: Continue Reading →
How 7.4% of Americans can block humanity’s efforts to save itself
How 7.4% of Americans can block humanity’s efforts to save itself
The absurd procedural chokepoints in the US Senate are what is really killing climate legislation. From Grist, part of the Guardian Environment Netwo
- guardian.co.uk, Friday 13 November 2009 11.10 GMT
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A couple weeks ago I wrote a piece on what’s really killing climate legislation: the absurd procedural chokepoints in the U.S. Senate, coupled with an unprincipled minority devoted to obstruction. I’m happy to report there’s been an uptick lately in people trying to draw attention to this problem. From the last week or two:
Catastrophic Climate Change
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Are your emissions ‘survival or ‘luxury’ ?
Are your emissions ‘survival’ or ‘luxury’? Daniel Scharf 11th November, 2009 A runner-up in the Ecologist/nef essay competition, Daniel Scharf suggests that the whole concept of a carbon ‘market’ is radically flawed… How do you price the extra tonne of carbon that, once burned, tips the balance and triggers potentially catastrophic, irreversible global warming? The Continue Reading →
