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Entering a new age in the relationship between humans and ecosystems

The year 2015 will be punctuated by a flurry of major international conferences. Three of these conferences are of great importance: the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, which will be held in June in...
by Kennedy Mbeva
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The environmental case against the TPP and why it fails

Every day brings a new set of protests against the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) with protestors marching in the streets on New Zealand against corporate greed. The full details of the TPP are scant and negotiations between a...
by Aparna Chandrasekar
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COP18: Brazil deforestation highs and lows

Yesterday, the Brazilian Government announced that deforestation of the Amazon rainforest had hit a record low. Brazil has come a long way since deforestation peaked in 2004, at which time twenty percent of the Amazon rainfores...
by Sophie Trevitt
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Copenhagen Tries To Stop Wasting So Much Food

Copenhagen is already pretty good at being sustainable. It’s trying to become the first carbon-neutral capital city. It’s great for cycling. Now it is turning its attention to food waste. The amount of food wasted in th...
by Kieran Toms
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Talk Is Cheap: Can UN Climate Change Summit Turn Rhetoric Into Action?

The world holds its breath: protesters rally on the streets of New York ahead of Tuesday’s United Nations’ Climate Change Summit, 2014.
by Kamleshan Pillay
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Animal Rights

Food for Thought: How to Treat Poachers

So here’s a question, how should poachers (those who kill endangered species for a living or extra income) be treated when found by authorities? Should they be thrown in prison? Fined? Scourged then sentenced to forced labor?...
by Conor Sullivan
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COP18: African Union

Perhaps one of the biggest misconceptions about Africa is that up until a few years ago, measures to tackle climate change within the continent were non-existent. Africa didn’t have environmental protection laws, right? Wrong...
by Ruth Nyambura
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The US Heat Wave And The Climate ‘Debate’

Western USA is feeling the burn. Not only was last month Nevada’s hottest June ever recorded, but when the temperature peaked at 47.2°C (116°F) in Vegas just two days ago, it tied with the hottest temperature ever record...
by Urban Times
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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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