Big Wide World
Environment
If the Earth stopped spinning
What moves at 1,667 kilometers per hour and has been saved by Bruce Willis? That would be the planet Earth.
Lessons from a rainy kingdom
Each year in South East Asia, the months from June through October see monsoon rains, consisting of torrential daily rainfall. This is a predicable annual event in Cambodia, where 75% of the country lies no more than 100m above sea level, and sophisticated irrigation systems and reservoirs were built a thousand years ago. As increasing population, tourism and industrialisation hamper Cambodia’s ability to manage flooding, what can we in the UK still learn from Cambodia about flood management?
Fauna & Flora at Copenhagen
Fauna & Flora International, a conservation organisation with an emphasis on threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, are at Copenhagen to keep an eye on REDD negotiations and biodiversity / conservation issues (criminally overlooked in the scramble for agreements on carbon emissions targets) – they’re keeping a blog which you can read here.
5 less than useful things to say at Copenhagen
With the Copenhagen climate change conference now only five days away, I thought I might offer some guidance to attendees on some things that are less than useful to say. It will be essential to foster an atmosphere of constructive cooperation in Copenhagen, so let’s save some pain now by following some simple guidelines and avoiding saying certain things.
Sustainable palm oil? There’s no such thing.
Were you hoping that the cosmetics or other goods you bought that were RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) certified were from genuinely sustainable sources? Think again.
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