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Written by Jonathan Maslow
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Wednesday, 28 November 2007 |
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"As president of the United States, I promise in my first year in
office to negotiate, to sign and to have Congress ratify a global
treaty that will include all countries and enforce mandatory greenhouse
gas emissions controls sufficient over time to avert the risk of
catastrophic global warming."
Sometimes a simple statement can tell us more about a presidential candidate than all their speeches, debates and ads.
Such is the case with the issue of climate change. When the United
States walked away from the Kyoto Treaty under President George W.
Bush, it crippled the effort to bring the global community together to
meet the climate crisis, and destroyed the chance that developing
industrial nations like China, India and Brazil would join the treaty
process.
Our country and the world cannot afford another such abdication of American leadership by the next American president.
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Written by Lore Schultz-Wild
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Tuesday, 22 May 2007 |
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The Founding Congress of the World Future Council (WFC) was celebrated at the Hamburg Town Hall in mid-May 2007, together with the spectacular opening of its permanent co-ordinating secretariat in the city’s dynamic “warehouse-city” area.
Fifty prominent founding members and councilors of the WFC became “guardians of future generations,” elaborating solutions for our planet’s problems, both ecological and social, from fair trade and anti-corruption campaigns to peace education. They include human rights activist Bianca Jagger, environmental activist Vandana Shiva, anti-poverty activist Youssou N’Dour, and Prince El Hassan Bin Talal, the president of the Club of Rome.
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Written by Jonathan Maslow
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Sunday, 25 March 2007 |
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Though many questions remain about the extent and pace of global
warming—its affects on sea level rise, polar ice melt, severe storms,
droughts, floods, diseases and economic losses—the important debate has
now shifted to economic policy. Specifically, putting a price on carbon
emissions, to signal world markets that the long free ride is really
over.
What is the most feasible, effective, fair and efficient
way to price carbon, in order to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
before they reach levels where the damages go beyond the ability of
humans to adapt? Where the natural systems underlying the economy of
nations could collapse? Or where abrupt and catastrophic climate
changes occur?
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