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Protecting forests AND the rights of forest peoples
Laura Sevier
8th December, 2009
The plans currently under consideration for saving forests might help the trees, but they could ride roughshod over indigenous communities. Here are some ways to change that more...Carbon trading to net £1bn for UK's richest man
Ecologist
7th December, 2009
Airlines also likely to see profits double under the next phase of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme more...Copenhagen deal taking world to 3.5 degree rise
Ecologist
7th December, 2009
Industrialised countries need to decrease their emissions to between 25-40 per cent on 1990 levels by 2020, according to IPCCmore...
Agriculture: Copenhagen's blind spot
Peter Melchett
7th December, 2009
By not properly discussing agriculture at national or international climate negotiations, we are avoiding tackling not just a huge source of emissions, but also a potential carbon sink more...Jim Hansen in the same bed as Exxon and Shell?
Dan Box
7th December, 2009
It's an unlikely alliance, but when one of the world's leading climate scientists and the world's biggest fossil fuel companies declare a common interest, it should draw attention more...Graphic: London's carbon footprint
Ecologist
4th December, 2009
A new graphic shows the major contribution of household energy and transport to London's carbon footprint more...Coca-Cola just part of India’s water ‘free-for-all’
Tom Levitt
4th December, 2009
Water scarcity and mis-management in India are creating a significant human and ecological crisis that will only be worsened by climate change more...Sceptics and greens reject Australian carbon trading plan
Ecologist
2nd December, 2009
Emissions under the carbon trading proposals would not have started to decline until after 2030 say campaigners more...RBS: where the public money has gone
Ecologist
1st December, 2009
Treasury accused of writing a 'blank cheque' with taxpayers' money for bank to make environmentally-damaging investments more...Can we control pollution?
Edward Goldsmith
December, 1979
Thirty years ago Edward Goldsmith’s article ‘Can we control pollution?’ wondered what happens to pollution once we have ‘disposed’ of it more...Will sugar be the oil of the 21st century?
Matilda Lee
1st December, 2009
You can turn it into everything from fuel to plastics. But will the surge in demand for sugar end up having a serious environmental impact? more...EU could easily make 40 per cent cuts by 2020
Ecologist
1st December, 2009
Phasing out fossil fuels, encouraging faster take-up of renewables and making radical improvements in energy efficiency would double Europe's emission cuts, says study more...
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Shame on the 'climategate' scientists
Mark Anslow
27th November, 2009
Ecologist Editor Mark Anslow explores the fallout from the leaked email exchanges between climate scientists more...Deforestation in central London
Laura Sevier
17th November
An installation featuring giant tropical tree stumps in Trafalgar square is designed to symbolise threatened rainforest trees throughout the world more...Throw Canada out of Commonwealth for climate record
Ecologist
27th November, 2009
Rising emissions and support for tar oil sands leads prominent figures to call for suspension more...The Prince's Rainforests Project: keeping forests standing
Emma Bocking
9th November, 2009
It's the best hope for creating a critical mass of support for tough action on tropical deforestation, and its website offers a wealth of information for all more...Will the US get 'squatters' rights' to the atmosphere?
Navroz K. Dubash
25th November, 2009
India has a substantial part to play in a climate deal, but failing to acknowledge historical responsibility is akin to giving the US 'squatters' rights' to the atmosphere more...Google, McDonalds and Amazon dodge carbon disclosure
Ecologist
25th November, 2009
Survey of whether UK's biggest brands are reducing their carbon emissions finds more greenwash than progress more...Climate change linked to civil war in Africa
Ecologist
25th November, 2009
Higher temperatures cause declines in crop yields and 'economic welfare' which increases the risk of conflict more...Carbon pricing is planetary Russian Roulette
Andrew Hutt
20th November, 2009
How much would you have to be paid for each bullet loaded into a gun in a game of Russian Roulette? A runner-up in the Ecologist/nef essay competition... more...Clamping down on logging in Brazil moves it to Paraguay
Ecologist
20th November, 2009
Former Paraguayan government minister makes plea for West to intervene in runaway illegal logging situation displaced from Brazil more...Three Thousand Days of Action - until 18 Dec
The BTCV launches its Carbon Army's on 25th November in London's Highgate - be part of the action during December more...Album review: Gift of Gab's Escape 2 Mars
David Hawkins
19th November, 2009
Rapping about climate change, big pharma and peak oil brings a new edge to a medium still saturated with lyrics of violence and consumerism more...All carbon is not born equal
Eric Marx
17th November, 2009
Are we risking serious problems if action to tackle deforestation assumes that a tonne of tree carbon is the same as a tonne of fossil carbon? more...Atlantic Rising: Gambia’s national clean-up day
Tim Bromfield
17th November, 2009
Gambia needs serious adaption policies rather than monthly clean-up days to cope with rising sea levels and drainage problems more...