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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 IPCC
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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...

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