Chief G-77 Negotiator Lumumba Stanislaus Di-Aping
US-Backed Proposals Mean Death for Millions of Africans * With the talks entering the final twenty-four hours, a leaked UN document—exposed yesterday on Democracy Now! with French news website Mediapart—has created a firestorm of controversy here at the summit. The UN memo determines that global temperatures would rise by an alarming three degrees Celsius, or 5.4 degrees Fahrenheit, under the current emissions targets being discussed. We speak to Lumumba Stanislaus Di-Aping, the chief negotiator for the G-77, the largest developing country bloc represented at the COP15.
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/12/18/chief_g77_negotiator_lumumba_stanislaus_di
Showing posts with label Africa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Africa. Show all posts
12/20/2009
8/12/2009
It's the Resources
African Development Hindered by Vast US Corporate Interests in Continent's Land, Resources
As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Nigeria today, we turn to the issue of US corporate interests in Africa's natural resources. Clinton's seven-country tour of Africa includes both Nigeria and Angola, the continent's top two oil producers. We speak with Amy Barry of Global Witness, an anti-corruption watchdog that focuses on natural resources. http://www.democracynow.org/2009/8/12/land
As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Nigeria today, we turn to the issue of US corporate interests in Africa's natural resources. Clinton's seven-country tour of Africa includes both Nigeria and Angola, the continent's top two oil producers. We speak with Amy Barry of Global Witness, an anti-corruption watchdog that focuses on natural resources. http://www.democracynow.org/2009/8/12/land
4/03/2009
Cotton, World's Dirtiest Crop
Cotton is "the world's dirtiest crop": The Deadly Chemicals in Cotton, a joint report by Pesticide Action Network UK and the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), notes that $2 billion worth of chemicals are used on the world's cotton fields every year and "cotton is responsible for the release of 16% of global insecticides."
The World Health Organization classifies the cotton pesticide aldicarb as "extremely hazardous" while the joint report calls the organochlorine pesticide endosulfan "the most important source of fatal poisoning among cotton farmers in West Africa." Cotton chemicals also pose a major health risk to workers and children in Uzbekistan, India and other high-production countries. EJF's "White Gold- The True Cost of Cotton" about cotton's impacts in Uzbekistan won the Environmental Activism & Social Justice Award at the 9th Annual Earth Vision International Environmental Film Festival in Santa Cruz, CA this month.
The World Health Organization classifies the cotton pesticide aldicarb as "extremely hazardous" while the joint report calls the organochlorine pesticide endosulfan "the most important source of fatal poisoning among cotton farmers in West Africa." Cotton chemicals also pose a major health risk to workers and children in Uzbekistan, India and other high-production countries. EJF's "White Gold- The True Cost of Cotton" about cotton's impacts in Uzbekistan won the Environmental Activism & Social Justice Award at the 9th Annual Earth Vision International Environmental Film Festival in Santa Cruz, CA this month.
2/20/2009
Job Losses in Mining
Anglo American to cut 9,000 jobs
Mining giant Anglo American is to cut 9,000 jobs, on top of the 10,000 losses already announced at its Anglo Platinum unit. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/business/7900925.stm
Mining giant Anglo American is to cut 9,000 jobs, on top of the 10,000 losses already announced at its Anglo Platinum unit. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/business/7900925.stm
10/18/2008
1/27/2008
Seed Vault, Norway
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_f__willi_080123__22doomsday_seed_vault.htm
10/09/2007
African Honey Bee
Bees to make elephants 'buzz off'
African elephants' fear of bees could help keep them out of valuable crop fields, researchers suggest.
Full story:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/science/nature/7033830.stm
African elephants' fear of bees could help keep them out of valuable crop fields, researchers suggest.
Full story:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/science/nature/7033830.stm
5/16/2007
It's the Petrol
Locals seize Nigeria oil facility
Ogoni youths take over an oil facility in Nigeria's volatile Niger Delta leading to oil production cuts, officials say.
Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/africa/6658773.stm
Ogoni youths take over an oil facility in Nigeria's volatile Niger Delta leading to oil production cuts, officials say.
Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/africa/6658773.stm
5/05/2007
Bush Doesn't Matter
Rice-breeder joins world leaders
A Sierra Leone scientist is voted among the world's most influential people by the US Time magazine.
Full story:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/africa/6625931.stm
A Sierra Leone scientist is voted among the world's most influential people by the US Time magazine.
Full story:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/africa/6625931.stm
4/02/2007
The Poor Get Poorer
from democracynow.org
West Underfunding Global Warming Recovery for Poorer Nations
In environmental news, the New York Times reports the U.S. and Western Europe are spending billions of dollars to deal with the consequences of global warming while ignoring treaty obligations to pay for those same efforts in poorer countries.
The U.S. and Western Europe account for emitting two-thirds of carbon dioxide. African countries account for just three percent but have been the hardest hit.
Spending on environmental recovery and adaptation in the world’s most vulnerable areas has reached just forty million dollars per year. Meanwhile a new UN report on climate change is set to predict global warming will continue to most severely effect the world’s poorest nations.
The intergovernmental panel on climate change says global warming could melt of most of the Himalayan glaciers by the year 2030 and increase hunger in Africa.
Stephanie Tunmore of Greenpeace International: "Greenpeace research shows that it is technical and economically feasible to halve global CO2 emissions by 2050 with a massive uptake of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Governments and policy makers need to listen to what the scientists are telling to act immediately and decisively. We need an energy revolution while there's still time."
West Underfunding Global Warming Recovery for Poorer Nations
In environmental news, the New York Times reports the U.S. and Western Europe are spending billions of dollars to deal with the consequences of global warming while ignoring treaty obligations to pay for those same efforts in poorer countries.
The U.S. and Western Europe account for emitting two-thirds of carbon dioxide. African countries account for just three percent but have been the hardest hit.
Spending on environmental recovery and adaptation in the world’s most vulnerable areas has reached just forty million dollars per year. Meanwhile a new UN report on climate change is set to predict global warming will continue to most severely effect the world’s poorest nations.
The intergovernmental panel on climate change says global warming could melt of most of the Himalayan glaciers by the year 2030 and increase hunger in Africa.
Stephanie Tunmore of Greenpeace International: "Greenpeace research shows that it is technical and economically feasible to halve global CO2 emissions by 2050 with a massive uptake of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Governments and policy makers need to listen to what the scientists are telling to act immediately and decisively. We need an energy revolution while there's still time."
2/07/2007
African Oil
US to get Africa command centre
President George W Bush approves Pentagon plans for a US military command centre for Africa.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/americas/6336063.stm
President George W Bush approves Pentagon plans for a US military command centre for Africa.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/americas/6336063.stm
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