Posted on 12 December 2011 by admin
Por Stephen Leahy
DURBAN, Sudáfrica, 12 dic (Tierramérica) – El mundo se encamina a un peligroso calentamiento planetario. Pero cuando la decimoséptima cumbre climática concluía en Sudáfrica este domingo 11, los gobiernos aceptaron discutir un nuevo tratado global para abatir las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero. Continue Reading
Posted on 11 December 2011 by admin
By Stephen Leahy

As the United Nations climate negotiations ended with the world’s nations still to agree on a new global treaty to reduce carbon emissions, others urge: "Stop Talking. Start Planting." Credit: Tinus de Jager/IPS
DURBAN, South Africa, Dec 11 (IPS) – The world is increasingly committed to dangerous levels of global warming with yet another failure by nations of the world to agree to needed reductions in carbon emissions here in Durban. However, as the 17th Conference of Parties ended early Sunday morning, members did agree to talk about a new global treaty to reduce emissions.
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Posted on 09 December 2011 by admin

La comunidad de Olonana Ole Pulei es una tribu de la etnia maasai de Kenia. Crédito: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS
Por Isaiah Esipisu*
DURBAN, Sudáfrica, 9 dic (IPS) Para la comunidad laibon, una tribu de la etnia maasai de Kenia, el bosque Loita, de 33.000 hectáreas, es un santuario.
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Posted on 09 December 2011 by admin

Durban leading the African response to climate change? Credit: IPS Africa
By Stephen Leahy
DURBAN, South Africa, Dec 9, 2011 (IPS) No one is happy late Friday at the very contentious U.N. climate talks that went into extra time on Saturday. As the lights flicker on a rainy night here, the partial power failure echoes the failure of the multilateral process, according to civil society and some countries. Continue Reading
Posted on 09 December 2011 by admin

¿Durban conduce la respuesta africana al cambio climático? Crédito: IPS Africa
Por Stephen Leahy
DURBAN, Sudáfrica, 9 dic (IPS) Nadie estaba feliz al anochecer de este viernes 9 en las peleadas negociaciones climáticas de la ONU, que entraron en alargue hasta este sábado. Mientras las luces parpadeaban en la noche lluviosa de la ciudad sudafricana de Durban, el fallo eléctrico recordaba el fracaso del proceso multilateral. Continue Reading
Posted on 09 December 2011 by admin

Complejo de almacenaje de granos y oleaginosas en Mato Grosso. La agroindustria es clave en la promesa de Brasil de reducir sus emisiones de gases contaminantes. Crédito: Mario Osava/IPS
Por Mario Osava
RIO DE JANEIRO, dic (IPS) – Brasil pretende cumplir sus metas climáticas en el sector agrícola estimulando algunas técnicas ya conocidas, que reducen las emisiones de gas carbónico, pero que pueden incrementar el uso de agrotóxicos, según activistas.
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Posted on 09 December 2011 by admin

WWF climate scientist Regine Günther. Credit: Kristin Palitza/IPS
Kristin Palitza spoke to REGINE GÜNTHER, climate protection and energy policy chief at the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), about the dangers climate change poses to security and livelihoods.
DURBAN, South Africa, Dec 9 (IPS) - Despite the high risk, it remains difficult to convince politicians to take immediate action to prevent further climate change and make available the necessary funds to do so. Scientists have warned repeatedly of the effects of climate change: If governments will not act fast, they will cause an irreversible catastrophe.
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Posted on 09 December 2011 by admin

Casi nadie cree posible un segundo periodo de compromiso del Protocolo de Kyoto. Crédito: Zukiswa Zimela/IPS
Por Kristin Palitza
DURBAN, Sudáfrica, 9 dic (IPS) – La conferencia climática de la ONU llega a su fin, pero casi nadie cree que se logre un acuerdo para un segundo periodo de compromiso del Protocolo de Kyoto para la reducción de emisiones contaminantes.
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Posted on 09 December 2011 by admin

South African Bishop Geoff Davies (L) and Mardi Tindal, Moderator of the United Church of Canada
By Stephen Leahy
DURBAN, South Africa, Dec 9 (IPS) - African and international faith leaders urged governments attending the final day of climate change negotiations to do what is right and necessary to keep global temperature from rising no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius.
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Posted on 09 December 2011 by admin
Kristin Palitza
DURBAN, Afrique du Sud, 9 déc (IPS) – Les économies émergentes - la Chine, l’Afrique du Sud et le Brésil – ont manifesté leur ouverture aux objectifs légalement contraignants de réduction des émissions de carbone à partir de 2020 lors du sommet des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques à Durban.