Environment

Doha Climate Summit Ends With No New CO2 Cuts or Funding

By Stephen Leahy
The United Nations climate talks in Doha went a full extra 24 hours and ended without increased cuts in fossil fuel emissions and without financial commitments between 2013 and 2015.
The glaciers of the Andes Mountains are threatened by global warming. - Julieta Sokolowicz/IPS

Chile Follows in South Africa’s Footsteps for Climate Change Mitigation

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Chilean government has decided to adopt a model developed by South Africa to explore pathways to a low-carbon economy.
Environmental monitors inspecting an old oil well. - Courtesy of Amazon Indigenous Peoples United in Defense of their Territories

Peruvian Indigenous Communities Take Charge of Environmental Monitoring

By Milagros Salazar and - -
They work with the precision of technicians and the enthusiasm of volunteers. They are indigenous inspectors documenting the damages caused by oil industry activity in three river basins in the Peruvian Amazon region.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Researchers Preserve Genes of Threatened Amazon Monkeys

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Researchers at the Federal University of Pará in Brazil are collecting and storing genetic material from monkeys in the genus Saimiri, commonly known as squirrel monkeys, to prevent the extinction of a sub-species endemic to the Amazon rainforest.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: In Search of Greater Transparency in the Extractive Industries

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The World Bank will be advising Honduras on the requirements to join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI).

Ecobreves – CHILE: Approval of Thermoelectric Plant Sparks Protest

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Environmental organizations in Chile have expressed outrage over the ministerial approval granted for the construction of the Punta Alcalde thermoelectric power plant in the municipality of Huasco, 645 km north of Santiago.

Farming in the Sky in Singapore

By Kalinga Seneviratne
With a population of five million crammed on a landmass of just 715 square kilometres, the tiny republic of Singapore has been forced to expand upwards, building high-rise residential complexes to house the country’s many inhabitants.

Swiss Battery May Lose Power

By Ray Smith
Swiss energy companies are determined to turn the country into a 'battery for Europe'. Vast investments are made in big-scale water power projects. But it is not certain they will eventually pay off.
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Environmentalist Ends Hunger Strike Over Trinidad Highway

By Peter Richards
For 21 days Wayne Kublalsingh sat in the scorching sun outside the office of Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar. He sat in support of his belief that constructing a highway in southern Trinidad would damage the environment and affect hundreds of lives in the surrounding area.
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A Hotter World Is a Hungry World

By Stephen Leahy
Food prices will soar and hundreds of millions will starve without urgent action to make major cuts in fossil fuel emissions. That is what is at stake here on the last day of the U.N. climate talks known as COP 18, scientists and activists say.

An Empty Table at Doha Climate Talks

By Stephen Leahy
United Nations climate talks are on the edge of collapse Thursday, according to a coalition of civil society and representatives from half of the world's countries.

A Storm Brews in Doha

By Stephen Leahy
While the Philippines copes with the aftermath of powerful super-typhoon Bopha, which killed more than 300 people this week, tempers flared at the U.N. climate summit here.

Landfill in Argentine Capital “Kills Slowly”

By Marcela Valente
"This isn’t like a tsunami, which appears all of a sudden, but a silent enemy that kills you slowly, as you breathe and drink the water,” says Hugo Ozores, who lives in González Catán, a working-class district in Greater Buenos Aires.

Conflict Kills Culture in Kashmir

By Athar Parvaiz
Nestled in a valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range, Kashmir is an idyllic and culturally rich region, a cradle of Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist religious relics and architectural sites.

Deaf Ear Turned to Local Opposition to Mines in Guatemala

By Danilo Valladares
As the mining industry booms in Guatemala, local communities are increasingly opposed to the operations of the mainly foreign companies because of the potential negative effects on the environment and on their villages.

Antigua Prepares for Consequences of Superstorm Sandy

By Desmond Brown
Tourism-dependent Antigua may have been spared the ravages of superstorm Sandy, but the island is nevertheless feeling its effects on environmental, political and economic fronts.

Brazilian Communities Revitalise the São Francisco River

By Mario Osava
José Geraldo Matos fondly recalls the massive traíras (Hoplias sp), carnivorous freshwater fish found in the lagoons and rivers of Brazil, that he used to catch in the Dos Cochos River just a few metres from his house.

Rural Co-ops in Central America Speak Out on Climate Change

By Edgardo Ayala
Brenda Salazar has her sights set on two things: a good organic cacao harvest for the cooperative she belongs to in northern Nicaragua, and for the governments of Central America to heed the ideas of peasant farmers who have organised to fight climate change.

From Doha to Dakar, Food Insecurity is the Norm

By Mantoe Phakathi

Qatar may be one of the richest countries in the world, but it has something in common with its African counterparts – food insecurity.

The Big Fight in Doha Is Over Climate Finance

By Stephen Leahy
The new Green Climate Fund to help developing countries cope with climate change may one day have a bigger budget than the World Bank. At the moment, however, the Fund is empty.
One of the small dams near the Dos Cochos River with water from a recent rainfall. - Mario Osava/IPS

Brazilian Communities Revitalize the São Francisco River Through Its Tributaries

By Mario Osava and - -
Communities along the banks of a tributary of the São Francisco adopt innovative measures to adapt to the diversion of the famous river’s course.
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