Tag: Developing Nations - Page 7
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New UN Climate Financing Group Is Another All-Boys Club
We just passed two milemarkers which make this next one all the more poignant: First, two days ago was International Women's Day and, second, we've just been told that in many places women are going to be hit harder
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Timberland's New Recycled Tees Help Haiti
From recycled plastic bottles to the 100% locally sourced tee, Kara's list of 7 dark green t shirts we'd actually wear showcased some of the best in sustainable apparel. But what if you could get a sustainable,
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More Than Jobs, We've Outsourced Our Carbon Emissions
We've written about the phenomenon of outsourced carbon emissions a number of times, with the example of perhaps up to one third of China's emissions coming from manufacturing goods destined for consumption abroad being most
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Food, Water, and... Permaculture? Rethinking Disaster Relief for Haiti and Beyond
A growing number of environmentalists are re-envisioning 'disaster relief' as something that can provide hope for the future, not just a hot meal and somewhere to sleep. Their tool of choice? Permaculture.
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Global Warming Hits World's Women Hardest - Especially When They Don't Have Equal Rights
It's already well known that climate change is not an equal-opportunity threat, with its impacts on food production,
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Rich South Africans Oppose Green New BRT Lines; Say They 'Damage Property Values'
Last month, we applauded the five developing cities nominated by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy for its 2010 Sustainable Transport Award. The list
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Why Conservation Matters in Conflict Zones
It's easy to be cynical or pessimistic about the spotting of a rare type of bird, the creation of a national
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Oxfam: Tajikistan on the Brink from Climate Change
The already harsh life
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!F Film Festival: Thai Director's Lost 'Agrarian Utopia'
The "heavenly home in the field" that is the Thai title of the experimental documentary/drama Sawan Baan Naa is increasingly unattainable for the farmers depicted in the the movie, a film-festival
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Urbanization & Export-led Agriculture Now Main Causes of Deforestation
Think everyone moving to cities and global trade increasing incomes will slow deforestation? Think again. A new study in Nature Geoscience,
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Out of the Ruins, A More Sustainable Haiti?
With over a million left homeless and its capital city all but destroyed, Haiti is set to become the focus of an enormous rebuilding effort. Internationally, many are calling for a full-fledged "Marshall Plan" to rebuild the
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American University Students Help Create Afghanistan's First List of Protected Species
The ongoing conflict in Afghanistan has made it nearly impossible for
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Iceland Leads World in Environmental Performance - US in 61st Place Narrowly Beating Venezuela
A new survey of how well nations are meeting their environmental policy goals has been presented at the World Economic Forum and Iceland comes out on top. Produced by Yale University and
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US Official Tells Wind-Powered World Bank to Stop Funding Coal Power Plants
There's all sorts of pot and kettle talk going on in this one. The Times of India reports that US Executive Director at the World Bank Group Whitney Debevoise has written a letter saying the World Bank and other
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Air Pollution Can Harm Human Reproduction
As if more evidence was needed to combat air pollution caused from burning fossil fuels, two recently released reports articulate a human toll that may be higher than previously imagined. The studies, both out of Brazil, measure how
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Developing Cities from India to Colombia Leapfrog Ahead With Clean, Green Bus Rapid Transit Systems
Ahmedabad, India, leads the pack as cities in developing nations race ahead of
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Bird Spotted Just Twice in 139 Years Found Breeding in Northeastern Afghanistan (UPDATED)
The remote and rugged Pamir Mountains surrounding the Wakhan Corridor in northeastern Afghanistan are among the planet's highest
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Bolivia Enters the Cola War With New "Coca-Colla"
Bolivian President Morales is the first to openly chew coca leaves in the UN. Photo via MercoPress Bolivia has a standing army of around 55,500 soldier. Coca-Cola has a workforce of 71,000 worldwide. Being outnumbered, however, is not discouraging the
