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Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut - 25 March 2012) - Twenty years after the world gathered in Rio de Janiero for the Earth Summit, we are still trying to figure out what sustainable development looks like and, more important, how we get t ...

There are decidedly mixed reviews of the agreement produced after marathon overtime negotiations in Durban, South Africa on the weekend. The delegates have gone home. The offices, banks of computers, displays, and the temporary restaurants se ...

The climate change talks in Durban continue to be dominated by two main issues: the future of the Kyoto Protocol and the Green Climate Fund. As well, negotiators need to make clear decisions that will bring last year’s Cancun Agreements to life ...

Kyoto isn’t the only protocol being broken in Durban. Seems that I slipped at the launch of the UNFCCC Secretariat’s new Momentum for Change initiative. Special guests at the event included South African President Jacob Zuma, United Nations S ...

The Durban climate change negotiations are about three gaps. The first is scientific and has to do with the amount of Greenhouse gases we are pumping into the atmosphere, and the levels we need to reduce to in order to prevent irreversible ch ...

What does the frozen Arctic with its ice and snow have in common with small tropical islands where it is hot all year round?

Sizeka Nkwitshi is in Grade 9 at the Hunt Road Secondary School in Durban. He's a small boy, shy with a quiet voice but when he took the microphone to read a poem, he was confident and his voice filled the exhibition room. "Mother Nature Dena ...

Yesterday the Expo site outside the Durban International Convention Centre was a chaos of small, interconnected construction sites. To enter required a hard hat. “A what?” This was news to the crowd of exhibitors that turned up, ready to as ...

It’s cold here. Well, cold by Durban standards. By northern hemisphere standards, it’s mild. Shirtsleeve weather, but Durbanites and the local media are full of tales about the last six weeks of rain. The Mercury, one of the local papers, repor ...

If a bear charges, stand your ground and prepare to fight. Bluff charges are rare. Safety in Polar Bear Country Parks Canada We’re not sure if this is the kind of advice we want to hear. The first zodiac ashore always carries the bear gua ...