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INTERVIEW-New book puts cost of saving planet at $190 bln
07 Mar 2008 10:19:00 GMT - Written by: Timothy Large
What would it cost to wipe out world poverty, guarantee universal health care, stabilise population growth and roll back the ravages of global warming?
About $190 billion a year, or the equivalent of a third of U.S. annual military expenditure, a prominent environmental economist says in a new book.
"Once you accept that climate change, population growth, spreading water shortages, rising food prices etcetera are threats to our security, it changes your whole way of thinking about how you use public resources," Lester Brown told Reuters in an interview

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Nobel Peace Prize 2007 - Al Gore, U.N. climate panel win Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change"
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change.
Indications of changes in the earth's future climate must be treated with the utmost seriousness, and with the precautionary principle uppermost in our minds. Extensive climate changes may alter and threaten the living conditions of much of mankind. They may induce large-scale migration and lead to greater competition for the earth's resources. Such changes will place particularly heavy burdens on the world's most vulnerable countries. There may be increased danger of violent conflicts and wars, within and between states.

Sir Richard Branson and Al Gore announce the Virgin Earth Challenge, a $25 million global science and technology prize to encourage a viable technology which will result in the removal of at least 1 billion tons of atmospheric carbon dioxide equivalent per year.

The Ecologist is the world’s most respected environmental affairs magazine.
Each month we examine the connection between a wide range of subjects. Whether it’s food, war, politics, pharmaceuticals, farming, toxic chemicals, corporate fraud, mass media or supermarkets, the ecologist challenges conventional thinking and empowers readers to tackle global issues on a local scale.
For over 35 years the Ecologist has helped set environmental and political agendas around the world by focusing on the root causes, not just the after-effects, of current events.
With thought-provoking, entertaining features by leading experts; topical debates and world-class photojournalism, the ecologist is an indispensable

The Solutions Site was created by HORIZON International, in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund, UNICEF, HORIZON's colleagues at Harvard University, Yale University, and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada.
The purpose of the site is to provide a forum for the presentation of solutions to vital concerns in the areas of health, population, development and the environment. Initatives are gathered through a number of different means, including direct user submissions, the substantial efforts of partner institutions, and HORIZON's own research activities

China Will be world's biggest polluter by 2020
GUANGZHOU, CHINA Yang Ailun opens the venetian blinds on her ninth-floor office to reveal a curtain of yellowish-grey haze descending over the city skyline.
For the Greenpeace activist, the daily smog is a red flag. Two years ago her environmental group set out to paint Red China green, but a booming economy is pushing pollution into the stratosphere.
"Normally you can't even see the buildings right in front of us," Yang grumbles, peering at the clogged roadways and high-rises sprouting around her.
Second only to the United States in emitting the greenhouse gases that cause global warming, China is destined to become the world's biggest polluter within 15 years. Demand for coal-fired power plants that belch carbon dioxide fumes into the air is soaring faster than environmentalists like Yang can catch their breath.
Seven of the world's 10 most polluted cities are in China, where filth invades your eyes and coal dust clogs your throat. Yet here in the southern province of Guangdong, which bills itself as factory to the world, conservation is a hard sell.
Yang is one of 40 Greenpeace staffers campaigning to raise environmental consciousness across China, where economic growth is surging by nearly 9 per cent a year. Unlike flamboyant Greenpeace activists elsewhere, she can't organize publicity stunts or call public protests lest the Communist government shutter her office

From Antarctica: Feeling the heat
(02:30) Reuters Video Report
Jan 22 - Antarctica is getting warmer rather than cooling as widely believed, according to a study that fits the icy continent into the wider trend of global warming.
A review by a group of U.S. scientists of satellite and weather records for Antarctica showed that freezing temperatures had risen by about 0.5 Celsius (0.8 Fahrenheit) since the 1950s.

OpenEco is a new global on-line community that provides free, easy-to-use tools to help participants assess, track, and compare business energy performance, share proven best practices to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and encourage sustainable innovation.

Stop Global Warming Virtual March - This is a movement about change, as individuals, as a country, and as a global community. Join the 840,380 supporters of the Stop Global Warming Virtual March, and become part of the movement to demand our leaders freeze and reduce carbon dioxide emissions now. We are all contributors to global warming and we all need to be part of the solution.

FastChanging-Planet.com
FastChangingPlanet, the site about the rapid changes in the global environment and on Planet Earth  

EcoMoto is a digest of Environmental Trends, Green Innovation, Electric Cars and Hybrid Cars. We crave innovation, love the bizarre and seek to inspire. EcoMoto is part of the TREND HUNTER Network.

The Union of Concerned Scientists works to ensure that all people have clean air  and energy, as well as safe and sufficient food.

The Jane Goodall Institute - Founded by renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, the Jane Goodall Institute is a  global nonprofit that empowers people to make a difference for all living ...

dhlovelife.com - Hosted by Daryl Hannah, dhLoveLife explores inspirational and cutting-edge  developments in green culture and lifestyle.

Marine Conservation Biology Institute (MCBI) began in 1996 with a new approach: to encourage scientists who want to safeguard the oceans’ web of life. Advance the science of marine conservation biology and secure protection for ocean ecosystems

EarthTrends, an online collection of information regarding the environmental, social, and economic trends that shape our world. Committed to the principle that accurate information drives responsible decisions by governments and individuals, EarthTrends offers the public a large breadth of statistical, graphic, and analytical data in easily accessible formats.
Much of the environmental information on the internet is fragmented, buried, or only available at a price. EarthTrends gathers data from the worlds leading statistical agencies, along with WRI-generated maps and analyses, into a single database for rapid searching and retrieving. To facilitate the comparison of data from different sources, EarthTrends supplements its content with detailed metadata that reports on research methodologies and evaluates the information’s reliability. All of these resources are made available to the public at no charge.

WWF Press Release - WWF's Top 10 Rivers at Risk, Rio Grande Makes List
For Release: 03/19/2007- WASHINGTON - The Rio Grande is among the world's top ten rivers at risk, according to a report by the same name released today by World Wildlife Fund. The WWF report, World's Top 10 Rivers at Risk, names the world's rivers that are facing widespread degradation while millions of people depend on them for survival. Download Full Report

Global Warming: Early Warning Signs - The Earth is heating up. The early warning signs of global climate change are  in -- heat waves and warmer weather, spreading disease, earlier spring arrival ...

eco.psfk is a celebration of being conscious. It's a celebration of brands, organizations and people who strive to make conscious decisions about their impact on the world around them. eco.psfk will also be a campaigner against those who carry on regardless, ignoring the view of the many. http://eco.psfk.com/

BBC News | Technology | Hurricane machine to flatten home - A computer-controlled wind simulator is being built to help understand how  buildings stand up to hurricanes.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5109844.stm

Global Awareness - Workshops and Volunteering Qualifications - Global Community Service and Global Environmental Conservation Profile of  Achievement certificates, Provision of global awareness workshops, educational and ...
www.global-awareness.com/

China Environment - in Cooperation with the Institute of Environment and Development (Beijing) ... report says China's longest river is growing more polluted(01/26/02) ... www.ifce.org/pages/environment.html

China's environment - A great wall of waste - Economist.com -But China's relationship with its environment has long been uneasy. ... There is  no need to be unremittingly gloomy about China's environment, nevertheless. ...
www.economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3104453

Hot Times or Hot Air: The Sun in the Science of Global Warming - Hot Times or Hot Air: The Sun in the Science of Global Warming ... But the  satellite readings (validated by independent balloon experiments) show that the ... www.marshall.org/article.php?id=11

 Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment - Stockholm 1972 - Both aspects of man's environment, the natural and the man-made, are essential  to his well-being and to the enjoyment of basic human rights the right to ...
www.unep.org/Documents/Default.asp?DocumentID=97&ArticleID=1503

Europe-Environment Climate Change-European Commission - Environment - Climate Change. ... The EU's Contribution to  Shaping the Future Global Climate Change Regime ...
europa.eu.int/comm/environment/climat/future_action.htm

Foundation for the Future: Environmental Programs-Environmental programs in the United States. Description of the program. We have  chosen to develop this program in Seattle, one of the more environmentally ...
www.fundacionfuturo.es/environmentalProgram.htm

EPA: EPA Global Warming Site-Focuses on the science and impacts of global warming or climate change, and on  actions by governments, corporations, and individuals that help address ... www.epa.gov/globalwarming/

FAQ  About the Politics of Global Warming-Around 15% of today's global warming is down to methane, and some of it may be  bubbling ... say the trend can no longer be blamed on short-term variability ...
www.newscientist.com/channel/earth/climate-change

GEO: Global Environment Outlook-The State of the Environment: Past, Present, Future? Hard Facts: Tough Choices  as UNEP Launches the Global Environment Outlook-3 30 Years UNEP: Environment...
www.unep.org/GEO/press.htm

Pollution from the most comprehensive global news network on the internet.  International News and analysis on current events, business, finance, economy, ... www.pollution.com/

CO 2 Science-On effects of increasing atmospheric CO2 levels on the biosphere, with emphasis  on studies that suggest a beneficial impact from rising C02.
www.co2science.org/

Home| Greenpeace International-Greenpeace is the world's most effective environmental activist group dedicated  to the issues of climate change, saving our ancient forests, ... www.greenpeace.org/

World Nuclear Association| Information and Issue Briefs, The April 1986 disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine was  the product of a flawed Soviet reactor design coupled with serious mistakes ...
www.world-nuclear.org/info/chernobyl/inf07.htm

Global Warming yields “glacial earthquakes”- future sea level rise, World Science, the first and only global science news site. See the top science  news here - long before it's in the papers.
www.world-science.net/othernews/060323_glacialfrm.htm

Renewable Energy- provides latest Energy World News from the most comprehensive  global news network on the internet. News and analysis on energy, electricity ... www.renewableenergy.com/

Renewable Energy Policy Project- This is the Internet information service of the Renewable Energy Policy Project. www.crest.org/

Renewable Energy Access- A portal for renewable energy information. Search the renewable energy business  directory, participate in a live products auction, get the latest solar ... www.renewableenergyaccess.com/

The Amazon in 2050 : Implementing the Law Could Save a Million... The future expansion of deforestation will not affect all forests and ... Of the  major highways planned for paving, the Manaus-Porto Velho highway will be ... www.whrc.org/pressroom/press_releases/PR-2006-03-23-Amaz-2005.htm

Environment: students speak out; Fishing the Future: The Need for... Overfishing by these fleets depletes wild fish stocks and jeopardizes an ecosystem  that ... Martin, Richard W. "Fish farming: Does it have a future? ...
www.actionbioscience.org/environment/hsu.html

Green Nature, http://greennature.com/

Green Pages- The Global Directory for Environmental Technology, Environment Directory - information and reference source on green products and  technology for government departments, utility companies, ...
eco-web.com/

Beyond Recycling: The Future of Zero Waste- Organizations are working to eliminate waste at the source by requiring manufacturers  to take back their products when they are no longer useful. www.grrn.org/zerowaste/articles/enough_spring_2003.html

Canadian Tar Sands Disaster- From The Wilderness Publications has been as much as a year ahead of the mainstream  media on major stories. Now, as the world is undergoing one of the ...
www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/052703_tar_sands.html

Environmental Defense Fund WorldWide - Where is air the worst? Tell us how pollution affects you. Take a survey.  There's still time. ... Tell Our Leaders to Act on Global Warming ... www.environmentaldefense.org/

GEO3 - Global Environment Outlook - World energy supply is still dominated by the fossil fuels coal, oil and gas ... Urban air pollution is one of the most important environmental problems. ...
www.unep.org/GEO/geo3/english/366.htm -

Natural Resources Protection - Future Trends Final Report for Dafra... Natural Resource Protection Future Trends Study “ 30/09/05. Page 2 of 178 ... Wave power and water desalination increasingly important joint roles ...
www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/natres/pdf/future-trends-final-report.pdf

Energy & Climate Change - World Energy Council -Working Paper - The World Energy Council (WEC) addresses climate change in relation to its ... The evolution of human behaviour must also play a very significant role in ...
www.worldenergy.org/wec-geis/publications/reports/ecc/ecc.asp