Posts Tagged ‘South Africa’

• The Durban climate deal saves the talks, but not the climate

  The hopes that COP17 would result in a new and strong climate deal were, to be frank, extremely low if not nonexistent. With only three days left of negotiations, UN chief Ban Ki-moon even warned that an agreement would probably …

• Obama sends US troops to Uganda to help combat the LRA – but is oil the true reason?

  Oil have been found in the underground below Lake Albert on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Western companies are working with the Ugandan government to get development under way but a myriad of issues …

• Nicholas Stern: Climate change will create billions of refugees, extended world war

  Lord Nicholas Stern, British economist and academic who is most known for the Stern Review said, during an improvised speech at a Cape Town hotel in South Africa, that if we don’t act quickly and determinedly to address climate change …

• South Africa’s Climate Change Plan Includes Carbon Tax

  Last week South Africa’s government unveiled an “ambitious” climate change plan that includes rigorous energy efficiency measures and a carbon tax on CO2 polluting industries. “The world faces a global climate emergency. It is now clear that only action by …

• Australian Rudd Labor Government plans to kill Great Barrier Reef?

  Photo from the Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Australia. Photo: Icelight. An extraordinary admission by the Australian Federal Government has passed unnoticed by the Mainstream media in the “look away” Land of Oz, the Antipodean Land of Flies, …

• Climate Emergency and Sustainability Emergency: Part 2

  This is the final part of Climate Emergency and Sustainability Emergency, a two part article. A few days ago at a social function I was asked by a top US atmosphere scientist – in Australia to work with top Australian …

• Climate Emergency and Sustainability Emergency: Part 1

  “Climate Emergency and Sustainability Emergency” – Submission from Dr Gideon Polya to the Garnaut Climate Change Review Garnaut Climate Change Review, Level 2, 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne, VIC 3002 This submission by a senior scientist is in response to a …

• Clever ad: Use electricity wisely

  Here comes another clever environment ad. This one is from the national power company Eskom in South Africa. Related: Clever ad on bridge in Amsterdam via WattWatt