Sustainable projects
Put women at core of climate change debate
BANGKOK, 13 October 2009 (IRIN) –
Women are being excluded from the debate over climate change, despite being most at risk, and governments should do more to ensure their situations and views are represented, campaigners and experts say.
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More than 1 billion trees planted in 2007
OSLO (Reuters) – The world has surpassed a U.N. goal of planting 1 billion trees in 2007 to help slow climate change, led by huge forestry projects in Ethiopia and Mexico, the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) said on Wednesday.
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Earth Day 2058: A Vision
Here is an educated guess at what the world might look like by Earth Day 2058 — not a prediction or a warning, but more of a natural extension of current trends, some of them hopeful ones:
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Egypt plan to green Sahara
Egypt plan to green Sahara desert stirs controversy
CAIRO (Reuters)
It looks like a mirage but the lush fields of cauliflower, apricot trees and melon growing among a vast stretch of sand north of Cairo’s pyramids is all too real… read more
The biggest footprint
UAE Beats Americans’ Environmental Harm
When it comes to squandering the earth’s natural resources, residents of this desert land of chilled swimming pools, monster 4x4s and air-conditioned malls are on a par with even the ravenous consumption of Americans, according… read more