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Peter Gleick cleared of forging documents in Heartland expose | Environment
Scientist who admitted to deception to obtain internal Heartland documents was found in investigation not to have faked material
Even if humankind manages to limit global warming to 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees F), as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recommends, future generations will have to deal with sea levels 12 to 22 meters (40 to 70 feet) higher than at present, according to research published in the journal Geology. Between 1998 and 2010, temperatures rose by 0.11C, 0.04C more than previously estimated. Before it was thought the hottest years were 1998 followed by 2010, 2005, 2003 and 2002.
climate code red: Science update
The verdict is in on climate change - latimes.com
Recently I had jury duty, and during jury selection something remarkable occurred. Early in the proceedings, the judge posed a hypothetical question to the 60 or so potential jurors in the room: "If I were to send you out now and ask you to render a verdict, what would it be? How many of you would vote not guilty?"
There is a question from a gentleman in the fourth row. He introduces himself as Richard Rothschild. He tells the crowd that he ran for county commissioner in Maryland’s Carroll County because he had come to the conclusion that policies to combat global warming were actually “an attack on middle-class American capitalism.” His question for the panelists, gathered in a Washington, DC, Marriott Hotel in late June, is this: “To what extent is this entire movement simply a green Trojan horse, whose belly is full with red Marxist socioeconomic doctrine?” The task of our time is to insist that we can afford to build a decent society—while at the same time, respect the real limits to what the earth can take.
Capitalism vs. the Climate | The Nation
Durban - Twelve heads of government and state have said they will participate in UN climate talks in Durban, UN climate chief Christiana Figueres said on Friday. About 130 ministers will also descend on the coastal city for negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), she said. African leaders from the Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Gabon, the Republic of Congo and Senegal are set to attend the 12-day talks which wrap up on December 9, Figueres said. Nauru, Honduras, Samoa, Monaco, Fiji, Niue and Norway will also be represented by their heads of state.
12 heads of state to attend COP 17 talks | News24
check out the COPpuccino COP17 talks | urban sprout
Richard Calland hosting COPpuccino The University of Cambridge Programme of Sustainable Leadership has created an "Oasis of fresh thinking and leadership for a low climate risk economy" just outside the ICC. Their COPpuccino talks are well worth tuning in for as they feature thought leaders with international profiles and international networks. Guests have included: Christina Figueres (UNFCCC Executive Director), Kumi Naidoo (Greenpeace Executive Director), Stefan Raubenheimer (SouthSouthNorth), Laurence Brahm (The Himalayan Consensus). The discussions are hosted by the astute Prof Richard Calland of IDASA and the media get to ask guests questions afterwards. If you're not in Durban the COPpuccino talks are being recorded for viewing on the Cambridge CPSL YouTube channel .
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cc S D cc G P In Nigeria, the powers that be have decided that opposition politicians, people like Senegal's Macky Sall, will have to wait for sixty years before they can ever become president. cc Wikimedia Almost all the flexibilities in policy choice that Africa and other developing countries won under the WTO are lost under the EPAs. cc BBC Social policies and instruments will need to be developed to ensure that the Green Economy not only alleviates poverty and improves equity, but that the interests of the people who depend on Green Economy are deliberately safeguarded from the very outset.
ISS - Monograph 184: Carbon Trading in Africa, A Critical Review, Edited by Trusha Reddy
Africa is marginal to the carbon market, and the carbon market has been irrelevant to the continent’s efforts to tackle climate change – Oscar Reyes, Carbon Trade Watch This monograph presents a critical review of carbon trading in Africa. It comprises a compendium of essays by an expert group of authors, each analysing key issues from a corruption and governance perspective. The chapters include a discussion on the context of and trends in the carbon market in Africa, offset projects in Uganda, Ethiopia and South Africa, carbon finance and regulation.
GDA comment: Rehad Desai | Durban Climate Justice
Sutcliffe organises his own Green Bombers to intimidate the South African left Mike Sutcliffe, the City Manager of Durban Metro had originally insisted that the march route stay out of Durban CBD. He then reneged as CI7′s lawyers pushed him into a corner, where he was forced to accept the march route that was originally proposed by Civil Society. Obviously smarting from his failure to impose his will on our right to assembly and protest, he hired 150-200 ‘Host City Volunteers’. These Green Bombers were generally well built young men recruited from the local ANCYL branches and paid R180 for their services. Their first attempt was to capture the front of the C17 march.
