Small island faces huge threat from climate change
When the United Nations Security Council took up the issue of climate change for the first time in four years last month, the president of the world’s smallest island nation delivered a grim warning and impassioned appeal to the international community. Marcus Stephen of Nauru described to the council how rising sea levels are threatening [...]
Solomon Islanders relocate to flee the effects of climate change
People living in the low-lying areas of the Solomon Islands are migrating inland in an effort to escape the effects of climate change, including rising sea levels, coastal erosion, droughts, cyclones, storm surges, and water contamination. The government is also beginning a three-year climate change action program, funded by the European Commission, which will resettle [...]
Peruvians fight for their environment
Two foreign-owned mining and damming projects have been canceled in the Puno region in Peru after thousands of protestors rose up to protect their river, environment, and indigenous way of life. At least four Peruvians died in clashes with police and at least 24 more were injured as 1,000 protestors attempted to take over a [...]
Climate-Smart Agriculture: The future of global food security
Climate change has pronounced effects in agriculture, such as shifts in temperature and precipitation patterns, and prevalence of pests and diseases. Developing countries that get by with minimal productivity and limited technology are in danger of enduring lower and erratic production, aggravating both the farmers’ livelihood and the population’s food supply. As the Food and [...]
Is all green energy, good energy?
Recent events in Japan illustrate the unpredictable consequences of natural disasters. No one foresaw that an earthquake and tsunami would lead to the near meltdown of a nuclear power plant, a water crisis, a food crisis and, most recently, the dumping of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean.
Geothermal is hot for developing countries
Renewable energy is growing in demand; solar, wind, and biomass sources are acclaimed as the way to a greener future. For certain developing countries however, geothermal might be an even more promising option to displace fossil fuels and achieve energy independence. “Geothermal has all the climate change benefits that other forms of renewable energy does [...]
Geo-engineering: should the world have a plan B?
Imagine the day when time has run out to decrease carbon emissions. We find ourselves in a world where the temperature has risen upwards of 7 degrees Celsius. It is a world where both New York City and Bangladesh are under water, a world where category five hurricanes ravage unsuspecting coastlines, and drought pushes millions more people into starvation.
Philippines makes climate change resolutions
By Toni Bacala 25 January 2011 [MediaGlobal] In the Philippines, floods and landslides marked a traumatic entry into 2011. Affecting more than 1.3 million people and causing approximately $28 million worth of property damage, the calamity of these disasters attests to the devastating consequences of poor urban planning, especially with the emerging hazards of climate [...]
Panama Canal: Economics trump environment
7 November 2010 [MediaGlobal]: When the French began digging the Panama Canal in 1878, tropical diseases and technical issues inhibited their success. The United States took over and completed the engineering masterpiece in 1914. As plans to widen the canal are underway, the original dredges that were abandoned by the French over a century ago [...]
The grassroots movement in Panama: How small efforts have become driving forces in Panama’s orchid conservation movement
30 October 2010 [MediaGlobal]: El Valle de Anton sits in the crater of a dormant volcano in Central Panama. Although tourist flock to its year-round springtime climate, at its core, El Valle is a quaint rural village with a spirit all its own. Boasting about five hours of rain each day, the environment’s fresh dewy [...]
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