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Tale Of Two Droughts: Venezuela and India Hit By El Nino Energy Shortages

Posted on 23. Dec, 2009 by Ross.

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One nation left Copenhagen happy with the weak international climate change deal; the other left screaming at the developed world and capitalism. Both have experienced severe energy shortages as a result of climate-induced droughts which have decimated the two countries’ hydroelectric power stations.
The difference between India and Venezuela, however, is that India has averted the [...]

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Copenhagen Conundrum 3: Deforestation and REDD

Posted on 14. Dec, 2009 by Ross.

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The Copenhagen Conference is all about carbon reduction. Reducing industrial carbon emissions and reducing economic carbon intensity tends to gain the mainstream attention for the impact that it may have on the quality of life of Westerners, but one of the main sources of man-made carbon emissions is not from the developed world but the [...]

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Carbon Offsets: Will the Martin Luther of Climate Change Please Stand Up?

Posted on 24. Sep, 2009 by Ross.

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The Catholic practice of selling indulgences – exchanging absolution from minor sins for a price which the Church happily pocketed – was one of the chief motivating factors for German priest Martin Luther to nail his 95 questions to the door of Wittenburg university cathedral in 1517: a primary catalyst of the Reformation and the [...]

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Kyoto 2.0 Set To Fall At The First Hurdle

Posted on 14. Apr, 2009 by Ross.

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With eight months to go before representatives from 170 countries attempt to agree on a follow-up to the Kyoto Climate Protocol at the Copenhagen Climate Convention, the early indications are that insurmountable differences between key players will prevent any dramatic new action to curb global carbon dioxide emissions.
Whilst much has already been made of the [...]