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Infographic: Dense for a Reason? Urban Density and Ecological Sustainability

Tim de Chant, founder of Per Square Mile, made an infographic illustrating the densities of some of the world’s major cities. It shows the amount of land those cities would occupy if they had to accommodate the world’s popu...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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Is Our Food Wasting Away?

When, exactly, do you decide that a system isn’t working? At what point do you admit defeat? Our global food system is so dysfunctional and warped that we must surely be accelerating towards this point. Last week, a report ...
by Urban Times
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Could 2013 Kill Australia’s Carbon Tax?

Believe it or not, we all survived the Mayan apocalypse. It looks like we might even survive this fiscal cliff nonsense, and we all survived the first 6 months of Australia’s supposedly ‘catastrophic’ carbon tax. What a m...
by Chris Wright
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Special Features

COP18: Doha Briefs – Pulling off the blinders

Ambition has been the buzzword of late at COP18, and this is especially with regards to finance and cutting down of Green House Gas emissions. Ambition Lacks There has been a constant outcry by the least developing countries a...
by Kennedy Mbeva
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Ethiopia

Water, Water Everywhere

Last May, when Ethiopia began diverting the course of the Blue Nile as part of a project aimed at building the biggest hydroelectric dam in Africa, Egypt’s reaction was fierce. Following the June 1st report of the trilateral...
by Anna Lazzarin
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North America

A Tribe Fights to Move Beyond Coal to Clean Energy

Southern Nevada’s Moapa Band of Paiutes called for the closure of the Reid Gardner coal plant and a transition to clean renewable energy future for Nevada. The tribe has successfully managed to close most of the Reid Gard...
by Natasha Lipman
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Youth and Environmental Volunteerism

It is clear that the world now faces multiple environmental challenges that if not addressed wholly and timely, will explode to a state of irreversibility. Some people may even argue that it has already reached a point of no re...
by Daniel Wasonga
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Special Features

COP20: Trickling progress on day 4

Thursday in Lima, Peru at the UN climate change negotiations saw an intensified focus on our common future. When discussing climate change, it’s hard not to think about tomorrow, and the role of future generations in shaping ...
by Cleo Verkuijl
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BRICS Summit 2013
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Enhanced Economic Growth of BRICS = Increased Emissions & Climate Change

The Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) Summit held in Durban draws to a conclusion today. The one issue that has not been discussed at this forum is the need to reduce emissions, something which the BRICS cou...
by Kamleshan Pillay
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