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.
Posted on 05 December 2011 by admin
La secretaria ejecutiva de la CMNUCC, Christiana Figueres, en la conferencia de Durban. Crédito: Zukiswa Zimela/IPS
Por Stephen Leahy
DURBAN, Sudáfrica, 5 dic (IPS) Cuando la cumbre de las Naciones Unidas sobre el clima entra en su recta final en la ciudad sudafricana de Durban, Estados Unidos se yergue como el mayor obstáculo para lograr un nuevo régimen climático internacional.
Posted on 05 December 2011 by admin
By Kristin Palitza
DURBAN, South Africa, Dec 5 (IPS) – Emerging economies China, South Africa and Brazil have indicated their openness to legally-binding carbon emission reduction targets from 2020 during the United Nations climate change summit in Durban, South Africa.
Posted on 30 November 2011 by admin
Kashmir's rice paddies are giving way to horticulture for water shortages. Credit:Athar Parvaiz/IPS
By Athar Parvaiz *
SRINAGAR, Nov 30, 20112011 (IPS) Sammad Sheikh of Tangchekh village in north Kashmir cannot understand why the rice fields that his family cultivated for generations are drying up.
Posted on 28 November 2011 by admin
Julio Godoy
Berlim, Alemanha, 28/11/2011, (IPS).- O mundo em desenvolvimento chega à conferência de Durban com as credenciais de ter contribuído de modo substancial para reduzir a contaminação que causa a mudança climática. Continue Reading
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