…some group, country or person cease the opportunity to call for stronger environmental protection during conflict. This year Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suggest the UN adopt a convention to ban destruction of forests or pollution to reduce the pressure on the environment and natural resources. The occasion is, of course, International Day for Preventing the…
Month: November 2010
What does climate change have to do with conflict?
Rebecca Sargent at a piece of conflict has been reading CLIMATE CHANGE, CONFLICT AND FRAGILITY – Understanding the linkages, shaping effective responses, a report by Dan Smith and Janani Vivekananda of International Alert. (It’s from November 2009 and a copy of it has been waiting on my hard disk for me to read it for…
The Yes Men adbusts Chevron greenwash
A day-long comedy of errors began when the Yes Men, supported by Rainforest Action Network and Amazon Watch, pre-empted Chevron’s enormous new “We Agree” ad campaign with a satirical version of their own. The activists’ version highlights Chevron’s environmental and social abuses – the same abuses they say Chevron is attempting to “greenwash.” From the…
Water wars!… or climate peace?
Two climate change stories: one driving African tribes into new conflict and another leading old foes on a shared diplomatic course. The conflict For thousands of years, nomadic herdsmen have roamed the harsh, semi-arid lowlands that stretch across 80 percent of Kenya and 60 percent of Ethiopia. […] As temperatures in the region have risen…