A low-carbon future is the one we must all fight for UN negotiations in Doha are just a sideshow. The real climate change battle is being staged elsewhere Share155 inShare.21 Email Michael Jacobs The Guardian, Sunday 2 December 2012 17.30 GMT Jump to comments (144) A wind farm near Dessau in Germany, a country that Continue Reading →
World ‘on collision course with nature’, OECD green growth report warns OECD says not curbing greenhouse gases will have disastrous impact on quality of life, particularly for people in poor countries Share41 inShare.0 Email Mark Tran guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 4 December 2012 14.18 GMT A Masaai herdsman looks after his cattle near turbines in Kenya. The Continue Reading →
Growth slows in NSW regional cities AAPDecember 4, 2012, 8:19 pm tweet Email Print NSW’s regional cities are growing at a rate well below the national average. The State of Australian Cities 2012 report shows Newcastle has an annual growth rate of 0.9 per cent, Wollongong’s is 0.7 per cent and Albury-Wodonga’s is 0.8 per Continue Reading →
Climate change compensation emerges as major issue at Doha talks US and Europe oppose idea that rich countries should pay for loss and damage caused in vulnerable areas Share127 inShare.10 Email John Vidal in Doha guardian.co.uk, Monday 3 December 2012 11.30 GMT A flooded village in Kenya’s Tana River district in 2006. Rich countries reject Continue Reading →
Monbiot.com ——————————————————————————– Forbidden Planet Posted: 03 Dec 2012 08:45 AM PST We cannot restrain climate change without a political fight against plutocracy. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 4th December 2012 Humankind’s greatest crisis coincides with the rise of an ideology that makes it impossible to address. By the late 1980s, when it became Continue Reading →
Urban sprawl and climate change issues for Perth ABCUpdated December 4, 2012, 4:56 pm tweet1 Email Print ABC © Enlarge photo The Conservation Council says new data on Australia’s cities should be a wake up call to Perth to tackle urban sprawl. The state of Australian cities report found Perth is the second fastest growing Continue Reading →