By Shyamalie SatkunanadnanWith more than one billion of the world’s population reliant on fish as their main source of protein and up to 90 per cent of fish disappearing in some parts of the oceans, the impact of illegal, unregulated......more
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Climate change is about people not polar bears
By Christine Ottery If Amnesty International is campaigning against it, that means climate change has become a global humanitarian issue.Better known for supporting prisoners of conscience, Amnesty has recently begun to turn its attention to using human rights as a......more
Tonight at the club: What is the human cost of climate change?
The UK government should keep the promises it gave to the 2009 Copenhagen climate summit and give more funds to halting harmful emissions and their effects on poorer countries. That's according to a report released on Thursday by the World Development Movement, which scrutinises developed countries'......more
Drawing the Horizon line: Public apathy and the oiligarchy
Despite the recently - or temporarily - ended Gulf of Mexico oil spill debacle, governments, oil companies and the public are not going to get serious about shifting away from oil or really clamping down on the industry any time......more
Inconvenient timing: Selling the climate change story after climategate
While last autumn's climategate scandal has not completely decimated the public's belief in global warming, campaigners and scientists need to reach out to unconventional audiences and getter better at communicating the facts if they want to tell - and sell......more
What now for the climate change debate?
This discussion is in association with the Global Campaign for Climate Action and Communications INCBy Camilla HedborgOur discussion on Tuesday 18 May will be devoted to the issue of climate change and asking what challenges are ahead for campaigners and......more
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