Tag: United Nations - Page 2
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Agenda 21 Plot Exposed in the New York Times and Grist
The newspaper of record picks up on the issue that we have been covering for some time. Grist finds it all very funny; It's not.
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By 2050 We're All Likely To Be Using Fewer Resources, Whether We Like It Or Not
The latest UN report on sustainable development reads like the TreeHugger archive, in terms of sustainable development solutions.
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Experts and Executives Agree: The Profit Motive Hinders Sustainability
A survey of academics and business insiders agrees, the short-term push for corporate profits is one of our biggest barriers to environmental sustainability.
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U.N.'s New Sustainability Plan: Double Renewable Power Worldwide, Give Energy Access to All
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announces the official launch of the ambitious sustainability initiative.
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Leaked Rio+20 Document Has Lots For Treehuggers To Like, With One Glaring Shortcoming
My overall impression remains that while it certainly hits all the right points in terms of what the issues are, the central failing will be that all of it is based upon voluntary national actions.
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Countries To Be Asked To Sign 10 Sustainable Development Goals At Rio+20 Summit
It's just about six months until the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development takes place in Brazil and details are emerging (well, being leaked) about what nations will be asked to sign on to.
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John Birch Society Is Back: Municipal Planning & Environmentalism Targeted
John Birch Society-style paranoia has the T-partiers fired up against planning, environmental protection, and climate change adaptation.
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Barcelona Soccer Star Carlos Puyol Steps Up to Save Orangutans
FC Barcelona captain Carlos Puyol has teamed up with UNEP to halt the deforestation that's killing orangutans.
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COP17: Pursuit of a Global Climate Pact Now Underway in Durban, South Africa
Everything you need to know about the climate talks in Durban.
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Yann Arthus-Bertrand & Edward Norton Make the Case for Saving Our Forests in a Gorgeous Short Film
The short film "Of Men and Forests" pushes viewers to consider the threat facing the world's forests on a background of amazing images.
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Should Regional Climate Deals Be Given More Emphasis Than A Global One?
The former head of the London School of Ecnomics makes the case for de-emphasizing a global climate deal through the UN and instead focusing on bilateral and regional deals.
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2012 is UN International Year of Cooperatives: Why Co-ops Could Be The Fastest-Growing Business Model (Video)
Earlier this year, the United Nations declared that 2012 will be the International Year of Cooperatives. It's great timing, considering events such as Occupy Wall Street, which highlight the fact that our currently corrupted
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If Kyoto Protocol Dies At COP17 Climate Talks, So Does Our Climate
Not only is the Kyoto Protocol the only binding international climate law we've got, it's fair and actually working. TckTckTck's Kelly Rigg makes a compelling case that if we let Kyoto die at COP17, it's the death knell for our climate.
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UN Moves Forward with Ambitious Plan to Clean Up Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria is vital to the livelihood of about 30 million people in East Africa. But as the region urbanizes, pollution levels in the lake have increased and access to clean water for disadvantaged
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UNESCO Says No To Three Wind Turbines Near France's Most Famous Monsastery
On Monday, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), rejected a proposal to build a series of wind turbines in the vicinity of the Mont Saint Michel, France's most
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Small-Scale Sustainable Farming Key To Global Food Security, Poverty Reduction: UN
A United Nations report has once again stressed that the key to increasing food production so that the world's coming nine billion people can be fed without increasing climate change and further reducing biodiversity, is small-scale sustainable
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Tiny Investment in Stopping Deforestation Has Huge Returns For Climate, Jobs, Biodiversity: UNEP
Culminating World Environment Day itself, backing up this year's theme of Forests: Nature At Your Service, UNEP has highlighted the social, ecological and economic value
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World Environment Day Festivities Kick Off In Delhi: Reforestation Projects & A Great Green Haat
TreeHugger is on the ground in India, traveling with UNEP and the winner of our joint blogging contest Ximena Prugue for the next couple of days, attending World Environment Day 2011 activities in Delhi and
