Read what our writers around the world are saying about climate change.
Speaking in Christchurch this week Helen Clark has said that countries must invest in disaster prevention and preparedness and donors and aid organizations must prioritize such support to poor countries to sustain gains in human and economic development. "For every dollar invested in minimizing risk, about seven dollars will be ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in August 2012, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Deforestation, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Earthquake, Environmental Disasters, Infrastructure, Politics & Government, Population, Poverty & Development
Honda’s ambition to support New Zealand's biodiversity takes another step forward this week, with the achievement of a significant tree planting milestone. Through its highly regarded TreeFund initiative, Honda is now officially responsible for the accumulated funding of 480,000 native trees. The most recent planting took place ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in March 2012, about Business & Biodiversity, Children and Families, Climate Change, Corporate Social Responsibility, Deforestation, Environment & Wildlife, Forestry
The carbon footprint of New Zealand milk could be much larger than Fonterra claims.A new report released today reveals that Fonterra’s continued use of palm kernel expeller (PKE) as a supplementary feed on dairy farms could have produced up to 8.9 million tonnes of carbon emissions. That ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in December 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Advertising, Corporate Social Responsibility, Deforestation, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Palm Oil (2 comments)
Harmful carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels made their biggest ever annual jump in 2010, according to the US Department of Energy's latest world data released this week.China led the way with a spike of 212 million metric tons of carbon in 2010 over 2009, compared to 59 ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in November 2011, about Carbon Sequestration, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Climate Scepticism, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Emissions, Lifestyle & Behavior
Climate change is threatening coffee crops in virtually every major coffee producing region of the world.Higher temperatures, long droughts punctuated by intense rainfall, more resilient pests and plant diseases—all of which are associated with climate change—have reduced coffee supplies dramatically in recent years.Dramatic declinesBecause coffee ... keep reading
Written by Union of Concerned Scientists in November 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Climate Change, Conservation, Consumerism, Deforestation, Poverty & Development, Sustainability
Want to start a new Christmas tree tradition without the pineneedles all through the house? Want to do something different this Christmas. Why chop down a pine tree to decorate, then leave it to die in a couple of weeks? Environmental charity Greenfleet wants you to think about starting a ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in November 2011, about carbon certification, Carbon Sequestration, Children and Families, Climate Change, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Forestry (1 comment)
According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation, 2.2% or about 1,687,000 ha of Pakistan is forested. Pakistan has 340,000 ha of planted forest. And that has been declining rapidly. Between 1990 and 2010, Pakistan lost an average of 42,000 ha or 1.66 ... keep reading
Written by Naseem Sheikh in October 2011, about Children and Families, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environmental Disasters, Events, Forestry, Logging, Water (1 comment)
James Powell has produced a Kindle eBook, Rough Winds: Extreme Weather and Climate Change , which in brief compass links climate change to the extreme weather events increasing across the globe. As a Kindle Single it has the advantage of being right up to date with what has been happening in ... keep reading
Written by Bryan Walker in September 2011, about Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Climate Change, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Infrastructure, mining, Politics & Government, Population
Oxfam today launched a major new report, Land and Power, to highlight the growing pace of large-scale land deals abroad, often brokered at the expense of poor communities that lose homes and livelihoods - sometimes violently - with no prior consultation, compensation or means of appeal.Preliminary research indicates as much as ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in September 2011, about Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Climate Change, Deforestation, Environment & Wildlife, Farming, Finance & Money, Food, Forestry, Industry & Business, Poverty, Poverty & Development
Cottonsoft toilet rolls were in a big display in the supermarket today and causing some debate there. Interesting to watch. But the director of corporate affairs Steve Nicholson has changed tack a bit this week and says that Cottonsoft is now engaging in the process of seeking Environmental Choice certification ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in September 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Branding, Corporate Social Responsibility, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Fairtrade, Palm Oil, Rainforest (1 comment)
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