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		<title>Heated debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Baan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There's no such thing as right and wrong when it comes to tackling climate change, says Mike Hulme. That’s why we need to stop looking for scapegoats and start engaging in honest discussion ]]></description>
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		<title>COP15 in retrospect, and our common future</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbaan.org/2009/12/22/cop15-in-retrospect-and-our-common-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Baan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What did the 'Mother of all Conferences' in Copenhagen do to us, and how did it change the way we see the world?]]></description>
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		<title>COP15</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Baan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The battle of minds - New perspectives on responses to climate change.
No public issue or scientific discipline is as confusing and complex as climate change is currently. In the wake of potential catastrophes, we are trying to grapple with the alignment of widely opposing discourses, seemingly impossible to unite in a world ridden by confusion and uncertainty.]]></description>
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		<title>350: 24 October is the day</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbaan.org/2009/10/21/350-24-october-is-the-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Baan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[October 24th is shaping up to be the most widespread day of environmental action in the history of the planet (more than 4000 activities in 170 countries). All events are designed to do one thing: show the support for the most important number in the world: 350.]]></description>
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		<title>How on earth do we want to live together?</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbaan.org/2009/10/15/blog-action-day-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Baan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, on October 15th 2009, more then 13,000 bloggers all over the world are writing about “Climate Change”, the topic of the 2009 Blog Action Day.]]></description>
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		<title>Climate Collaboratorium: Harnessing Collective Intelligence to Address Climate Change Issues</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbaan.org/2009/09/28/climate-collaboratorium-harnessing-collective-intelligence-to-address-climate-change-issues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Baan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global climate change is perhaps the most pressing and important problem currently facing humanity. It is also unique by virtue of being a truly systemic problem of vast complexity: it affects every one of us, and is directly affected by every one of our actions. Like nothing else, dealing with climate change calls upon us to engage in effective collective decision making on a global scale. The spectacular emergence of the Internet and associated information technology has enabled unprecedented opportunities for such interactions. To date, however, these interactions have been incoherent and dispersed, contributions vary widely in quality, and there has been no clear way to converge on well-supported decisions concerning what actions, both grand and ground-level, humanity should take to solve its most pressing problems. The goal of this project is to address this important challenge through the creation of a new class of web-mediated discussion and decision making forum, called the &#8220;Collaboratorium&#8221;. This system, currently under development, will use an innovative combination of internet-mediated interaction, collectively generated idea repositories, computer simulation, and explicit representation of argumentation to help large, diverse, and geographically-dispersed groups systematically explore, evaluate, and come to decisions concerning systemic challenges. Read more at the MIT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Number games: 2 degrees Celsius, 2050 and the G8. But does it all add up?</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbaan.org/2009/07/12/number-games-2-degrees-celsius-2050-and-the-g8-but-does-it-all-add-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Baan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[G8 leaders have come out with a land mark climate change agreement on the back of meetings in L’Aquila in Italy (read the full communiqué here). Is this good news? In a word, yes. Is it jump for joy and do an embarrassing dance kinda news? In another word, no. Why? Well, the answer lies in the numbers. Read more at Adopt A Negotiator.org&#8230; or at the official G8 2009 meeting website&#8230;. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and US President Barack Obama during the G8 working session today, 08 July 2009, day 1 of the L’Aquila G8 Summit. G8website/Ansa photo by: Ciro Fusco People who looked at this item also looked at&#8230; Top 5 inspiration sources A Checklist for Sustainability The essentials in Copenhagen 350: 24 October is the day Related items HOME: It&#8217;s Too Late To Be A Pessimist The final countdown World Refugee Day: Displacement in the 21st Century. A new paradigm Earth Hour Tackling Climate Change, Reducing Poverty]]></description>
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		<title>The essentials in Copenhagen</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbaan.org/2009/06/27/the-essentials-in-copenhagen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Baan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rather than getting every small detail of a new global climate treaty done in Copenhagen, UN climate chief Yvo de Boer hopes the conference will reach agreements on four political essentials. Read more at COP15&#8230; People who looked at this item also looked at&#8230; A Checklist for Sustainability Top 5 inspiration sources 350: 24 October is the day Number games: 2 degrees Celsius, 2050 and the G8. But does it all add up? Subscribe Related items Breaking out of the Prisoner’s Dilemma HOME: It&#8217;s Too Late To Be A Pessimist The Climate for Change The 100 Day Action Plan to Save the Planet A new chapter for America on climate change?]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking out of the Prisoner’s Dilemma</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbaan.org/2009/06/16/breaking-out-of-the-prisoner%e2%80%99s-dilemma/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Baan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With six months left to the Copenhagen climate negotiations the world faces multiple crises. All are a direct or indirect result of an economic policy that stimulates value creation on the short term with disastrous effects on the medium or long term. Sustainable development forms the core of the solutions for these crises. Between 1992, when the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was singed, and 2012, when the Kyoto Protocol’s objectives must be realised, 7300 days have passed and worldwide CO2 emissions have been reduced by 5,3%. Between December 2009 and 2020, which is 3650 days, the world should lessen over 30% in their CO2 emissions. That means that in half the time we must realise six times more emission reduction than in the twenty years before. These figures show that if we want to solve the multiple crises we need to act now. There have been attempts to speed up this process but all failed. One of the most important reasons was the enormous distrust between nations to implement and execute the proposed plans. The USA are waiting for countries like China, India and Brazil to take action, but these countries are waiting for the USA to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HOME: It&#8217;s Too Late To Be A Pessimist</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbaan.org/2009/06/06/home-its-too-late-to-be-a-pessimist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;If we can improve the images of the world, perhaps we can improve the world&#8217; Wim Wenders Wim Wenders&#8217; words have perhaps never been more relevant to a movie than in the case of Home. Following directly on from Al Gore&#8217;s An Inconvenient Truth, Home is, of course, a film with a message that sets out to shift people&#8217;s perceptions, make us aware of the tectonic movements at work and incite us to act. Although there is a general trend in our societies towards an awareness of ecological issues, concrete action is still too little, too slow—which constitutes in some ways the creed of the movie: It&#8217;s too late to be a pessimist. But Home is more than a documentary with a message, it&#8217;s a magnificent movie in its own right. Every breathtaking shot shows the Earth—our Earth—as we have never seen it before. Every image seems to be saying, &#8220;Look how beautiful the Earth is, look at what we&#8217;re destroying, and above all look at all these wonders that we can still preserve.&#8221; When I started working on the project with Yann, I was convinced that the idea of shooting a movie entirely from up in the sky, without [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good 50&#215;70 poster contest: Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbaan.org/2009/06/01/good-50x70-poster-contest-climate-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Baan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever thought you can&#8217;t combine a serious topic like climate change and biodiversity with beautiful design? Here&#8217;s the proof you can! Good 50&#215;70 called out a poster design contest on climate change. Click here to watch the results&#8230; People who looked at this item also looked at&#8230; This is SCHOOL Virtual Water Design for the other 90% Give one. Get one The Lotus &#8211; A Practice Guide for Authentic Leadership in Strategic Sustainable Development Related items Heated debate COP15 in retrospect, and our common future COP15 350: 24 October is the day How on earth do we want to live together?]]></description>
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		<title>Using Human Rights Law to Address Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbaan.org/2009/06/01/using-human-rights-law-to-address-climate-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Baan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What are the legal and human rights implications of climate change? As the evidence becomes stronger and the science more serious, people in countries, companies, institutions and professions everywhere are taking up the issue of climate change and sounding the alarm. Among these concerned global citizens are lawyers and legal professionals. To gather this community together, law students at the University of Washington organized a conference called Three Degrees: The Law of Climate Change and Human Rights Conference. On May 28 and 29, members of the legal community and others came together to further explore the possibility of using human rights law as a way to address climate change. According to the conference organizers, &#8220;the application of both codified and customary international and national human rights law will be critical in addressing the massive humanitarian crises ignored by technical market solutions to climate change and moderate political reforms.&#8221; Read more at Worldchanging&#8230; People who looked at this item also looked at&#8230; Climate Collaboratorium: Harnessing Collective Intelligence to Address Climate Change Issues Green Economy Initiative Related items HOME: It&#8217;s Too Late To Be A Pessimist Green Economy Initiative Earth Hour How our economy is killing the Earth The Climate for Change]]></description>
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		<title>Green growth is essential to any stimulus</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbaan.org/2009/04/20/green-growth-is-essential-to-any-stimulus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Baan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ban Ki-moon and Al Gore Economic stimulus is the order of the day. This is as it must be, as governments around the world struggle to jump-start the global economy. But even as leaders address the immediate need to stimulate the economy, so too must they act jointly to ensure that the new de facto economic model being developed is sustainable for the planet and our future on it. Read more on FT.com&#8230; Related items Tackling Climate Change, Reducing Poverty How our economy is killing the Earth The Climate for Change We need a ‘Green New Deal’ to tackle ‘triple crunch’ of credit, oil price and climate crises The truth beyond the food crisis]]></description>
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		<title>Green Economy Initiative</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbaan.org/2009/04/04/green-economy-initiative/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Baan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mobilizing and re-focusing the global economy towards investments in clean technologies and &#8216;natural&#8217; infrastructure such as forests and soils is the best bet for real growth, combating climate change and triggering an employment boom in the 21st century. On 22 October 2008, UNEP and leading economists launched the Green Economy Initiative (GEI) aimed at seizing an historic opportunity to bring about tomorrow&#8217;s economy today. The GEI, which will initially run for a period of two years, has three key elements: the Green Economy report, that will provide an overview, analysis and synthesis of how public policy can help markets accelerate the transition towards a green economy; The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB), a partnership project focusing on valuation issues; and finally the Green Jobs report, published in September 2008, that looked at employment trends. Read more at UNEP.org&#8230; Joint Statement &#8211; Towards a Green New Deal: Economic stimulus and policy action for the double crunch A Global Green New Deal &#8211; Policy Brief Or read the Ideas 4 Development Blog: Elements of a Global Green new Deal People who looked at this item also looked at&#8230; Earth Day International Youth Day 2009 Climate Collaboratorium: Harnessing Collective Intelligence to Address [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Earth Hour</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbaan.org/2009/03/27/earth-hour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Baan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow, from 8.30 PM onwards for one hour, the world will cast a first truly global vote: between the planet or global warming. Last year, 2.2 million people and several companies in Sydney switched off their lights for one hour, resulting in an equivalent of 48.000 cars being taken off the road and saving 10,2% energy in the city. This year again&#8230;? Read it at voteearth2009.org People who looked at this item also looked at&#8230; How on earth do we want to live together? COP15 in retrospect, and our common future 080808: Let the Games Beijng Related items HOME: It&#8217;s Too Late To Be A Pessimist International Youth Day 2009 Tackling Climate Change, Reducing Poverty The Climate for Change We need a ‘Green New Deal’ to tackle ‘triple crunch’ of credit, oil price and climate crises]]></description>
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		<title>Tackling Climate Change, Reducing Poverty</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbaan.org/2009/02/08/tackling-climate-change-reducing-poverty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Baan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It a time of rising unemployment and economic insecurity, some argue that protecting the environment is a &#8216;luxury&#8217;; but a new report, Tackling Climate Change, Reducing Poverty shows that tackling climate change actually offers a huge opportunity to boost the economy and tackle UK poverty at the same time. For example, government investment in home insulation, public transport and community projects to improve local resilience would not only cut carbon emissions, they would also create new &#8216;green collar jobs&#8217; and help those living on low incomes. The report, from a new coalition of leading UK environmental and social justice groups (convened by Oxfam and nef, including Friends of the Earth and the Royal College of Nursing) called on government to take a joined-up approach to tackling climate change and poverty. Read more at the New Economics Foundation&#8230;. People who looked at this item also looked at&#8230; This is SCHOOL Design for the other 90% Elkouria “Rabab” Amidane wins student peace prize Related items HOME: It&#8217;s Too Late To Be A Pessimist Earth Hour The Climate for Change We need a ‘Green New Deal’ to tackle ‘triple crunch’ of credit, oil price and climate crises Land, Water And Conflict]]></description>
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		<title>How our economy is killing the Earth</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbaan.org/2008/12/06/how-our-economy-is-killing-the-earth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Baan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The graphs climbing across these pages (see graph in detail, or explore the data) are a stark reminder of the crisis facing our planet. Consumption of resources is rising rapidly, biodiversity is plummeting and just about every measure shows humans affecting Earth on a vast scale. Most of us accept the need for a more sustainable way to live, by reducing carbon emissions, developing renewable technology and increasing energy efficiency. But are these efforts to save the planet doomed? A growing band of experts are looking at figures like these and arguing that personal carbon virtue and collective environmentalism are futile as long as our economic system is built on the assumption of growth. The science tells us that if we are serious about saving Earth, we must reshape our economy. This, of course, is economic heresy. Growth to most economists is as essential as the air we breathe: it is, they claim, the only force capable of lifting the poor out of poverty, feeding the world&#8217;s growing population, meeting the costs of rising public spending and stimulating technological development &#8211; not to mention funding increasingly expensive lifestyles. They see no limits to that growth, ever. Read the full article [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global Climate Action Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbaan.org/2008/12/06/global-climate-action-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Baan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, hundreds of people are gathering in Poznan to show their commitment to successful climate negotiations at the 14th Conference of Parties (COP14). The 6th of December is announced as Global Climate Action Day. At YouTube, The Big Ask posted this great video: On 10th August, more than 6,000 people took part in the recording of The Big Ask-video clip at Oostende on the Belgian coast. This was the largest event against climate change ever organised in Belgium. The film clip was made possible due to the engagement of volunteers from Friends of the Earth, and many film industry professionals including award winning director Nic Balthazar, film crews, production houses, actors, &#8230; Music has been supplied by Hooverphonic. 350.org, is also helping coordinate a wide range of activities.  They are a great organisation that are spreading awareness about carbon levels and climate safety.  All around the world communities are taking action to spread the number 350 ppm, the safe level of CO2 in the atmosphere measured in parts per million, and make sure world leaders are on course to reach that target. Read more at 350.org, at The Big Ask&#8230; or check the Climate Change Series in The Financial Times&#8230; Related [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Climate for Change</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbaan.org/2008/12/02/the-climate-for-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Baan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[- by Al Gore Op-Ed Contributor Ny Times The inspiring and transformative choice by the American people to elect Barack Obama as our 44th president lays the foundation for another fateful choice that he — and we — must make this January to begin an emergency rescue of human civilization from the imminent and rapidly growing threat posed by the climate crisis. Read more at the NY Times&#8230;. The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Pozna? opened this morning. The Conference is a milestone on the road to success for the processes which were launched under the Bali Road Map. The meeting comes midway between COP 13 in Bali, which saw the launch of negotiations on strengthened international action on climate change, and COP 15 Copenhagen, at which the negotiations are set to conclude. Climate policy negotiations at the COP 14 at Poznan this week&#8230; People who looked at this item also looked at&#8230; International Youth Day 2009 Earth Day Green Economy Initiative Related items HOME: It&#8217;s Too Late To Be A Pessimist We need a ‘Green New Deal’ to tackle ‘triple crunch’ of credit, oil price and climate crises The truth beyond the food crisis The final countdown Land, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 100 Day Action Plan to Save the Planet</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbaan.org/2008/11/30/the-100-day-action-plan-to-save-the-planet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Baan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the 44th President of the United States is elected, he will face urgent crises on three major fronts: the American economy, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the growing threat to the world environment caused by climate change. This short, powerful book shows the way forward: a clear action plan for the new President’s first 100 days, that if implemented will set America on course for dynamic job creation and economic growth, reduce our conflicted dependence on foreign oil, and produce energy that is green, affordable, and renewable. Backed by sound science and based on the best ideas of America’s experts, The 100 Day Action Plan to Save the Planet outlines practical steps that include: Launch a “clean energy surge” and create a powerful new workforce of green manufacturing, supply, technology, management, and support jobs. End carbon subsidies that make fossil fuels much cheaper than their actual cost. Create a market by requiring all federal buildings, facilities, and transportation to be fueled by renewable green energy. Reward innovation and early adoption of renewable energy in the private sector. Work constructively with other nations for global solutions to the climate crisis. It’s not too late; climate change can be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A new chapter for America on climate change?</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbaan.org/2008/11/24/a-new-chapter-for-america-on-climate-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Baan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watch this address by president-elect Barack Obama and see it yourself. Rather impressive? Or not ambitious enough yet? Related items The essentials in Copenhagen Breaking out of the Prisoner’s Dilemma HOME: It&#8217;s Too Late To Be A Pessimist The Climate for Change The 100 Day Action Plan to Save the Planet]]></description>
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		<title>World Energy Outlook 2008</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbaan.org/2008/11/10/world-energy-outlook-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is the world facing a supply crunch due to geology or to inadequate investment?  What type of post-Kyoto policy framework could stabilise greenhouse gases at low concentration levels? The answers to these burning questions and more are laid out in the World Energy Outlook 2008. Read more at World Energy Outlook&#8230; Related items The essentials in Copenhagen Breaking out of the Prisoner’s Dilemma HOME: It&#8217;s Too Late To Be A Pessimist The Climate for Change The 100 Day Action Plan to Save the Planet]]></description>
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		<title>We need a ‘Green New Deal’ to tackle ‘triple crunch’ of credit, oil price and climate crises</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world needs leaders with the vision to forge New Deal-type policies to confront the potentially disastrous combination of climate change, high inflation and economic slowdown, a British research group said. The recommendation is made in &#8220;A New Green Deal,&#8221; a report by the New Economics Foundation. It uses the convergence of the credit crisis, climate change and booming food and fuel prices to argue for new economic policies similar to those instituted in the United States from 1933 to 1938. Read more at the International Herald Tibune, or at the New Economics Foundation. You can download the report here. Also in The Netherlands, the buzz is in, by Green Party leader Femke Halsema urging for a Green Deal in the Netherlands to revive from the credit crisis and to develop (a.o.) moral codes of behaviour and investment  for banks. Let&#8217;s see how this works out in some months, when the big international banks probably fail to stay alive, despite the huge injections from governments in the US and major European countries. Are we ready for a Green New Deal? Or already too late? Related items The Climate for Change The truth beyond the food crisis HOME: It&#8217;s Too Late To [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going green is the largest economic opportunity of the 21st Century!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The best way to predict the future…is to invent it! The second best way is to finance it! Going green is the largest economic opportunity of the 21st Century! So make going green your next big thing! Those who were before us didn’t know about the problem! Those who come after are powerless to do anything about it! John Doerr: Seeking salvation and profit in greentech: (via WijZijnKoel) Read more about the recent visit of Al Gore to the Netherlands (in Dutch), where he delivered a speech to 2000 well-paying businessmen with a comparable message&#8230; Take a look at Al Gore&#8217;s challenge to repower America: John Doerr: Seeking salvation and profit in greentech Related items Green Economy Initiative How our economy is killing the Earth The Climate for Change We need a ‘Green New Deal’ to tackle ‘triple crunch’ of credit, oil price and climate crises The truth beyond the food crisis]]></description>
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		<title>Two degrees of separation between hope and despair</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbaan.org/2008/10/11/two-degrees-of-separation-between-hope-and-despair/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A young people&#8217;s summary of the  United Nations Human Development Report 2007/2008 The young people of the world have produced a Youth Booklet that includes drawings, poems and human stories on climate change and development, entirely made by and for young people! The booklet has been developed by Peace Child International jointly with HDRO, and launched on Youth Day 2008. Read more at the UNDP&#8230; Related items HOME: It&#8217;s Too Late To Be A Pessimist The Climate for Change We need a ‘Green New Deal’ to tackle ‘triple crunch’ of credit, oil price and climate crises The final countdown Land, Water And Conflict]]></description>
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		<title>Too Little, Too Late? McCain v. Obama on Global Warming</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbaan.org/2008/10/05/too-little-too-late-mccain-v-obama-on-global-warming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I fear I may have poisoned my objectivity on this one after a recent post I did on Sarah Palin and her views on the cause of global warming; there’s no getting around that Gov. Palin’s viewpoint is at odds with what I consider to be good policy and sound science. Palin’s views aside though, the good thing about both Barack Obama and John McCain is the both have indicated that they will take action to combat global warming: Which is reassuring considering a number of sobering statements made towards the end of the summer about the state of arctic climate change. Read more at Treehugger&#8230; Related items The essentials in Copenhagen Breaking out of the Prisoner’s Dilemma HOME: It&#8217;s Too Late To Be A Pessimist The Climate for Change The 100 Day Action Plan to Save the Planet]]></description>
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		<title>Green is the New Black</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbaan.org/2008/09/28/green-is-the-new-black/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 11:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Green is the new black. No buzz-phrase better sums up both the excitement many of us feel about the blooming environmental and social consciousness around us and the essential hollowness of the answers being promoted by many newly-minted eco-pundits. The flood of environmental magazine cover stories, documentaries and advertisements has pushed us over a public-opinion threshold, which is great. But the solutions being touted by many of our new-found allies are themselves creating a new kind of problem &#8212; people who should know better are selling a muddle-headed, style-over-substance, &#8220;lite green&#8221; environmentalism at a time when we need to be rebuilding our civilization to avoid disaster. To be blunt, we&#8217;re being sold out. Read more at Worldchanging.com&#8230; Related items HOME: It&#8217;s Too Late To Be A Pessimist Earth Hour The Climate for Change We need a ‘Green New Deal’ to tackle ‘triple crunch’ of credit, oil price and climate crises The final countdown]]></description>
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		<title>International Youth Day 2008</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbaan.org/2008/08/12/international-youth-day-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[YOUTH AND CLIMATE CHANGE: TIME FOR ACTION Today is World Youth Day, a day that youth organisations and movements worldwide gather to take action and stand up  on climate change. A major focus of the Day is practical action to further encourage the empowerment and participation of youth in the processes and decisions that affect their lives. The media have especially important role to play in support of the observance of the Day to promote public awareness of youth issues. Read more at Youth at the United Nations&#8230; or read more at the site of the UN Youth Delegates. Take a look at the different youth initiatives being held worldwide&#8230; &#8230; or read the column by the Dutch UN Youth representative for sustainable development, Don Gerritsen, on climate change (in Dutch) in the nrc next newspaper. Read more about the recently held Tällberg Forum (an international conference for thinkers and leaders from seventy nations for four days of conversations and workshops related to the opportunities and challenges of global interdependence. Central and common question was &#8216;How on earth can we live together?&#8217; The Tällberg Forum proposed a Call fopr Action for the EU to tackle climate change: For the EU [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The final countdown</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbaan.org/2008/08/09/the-final-countdown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 21:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Usually I&#8217;m quite an optimist when talking about future-related trends, how to act on climate change etc. But this article in The Guardian struck me quite a lot&#8230; Time is fast running out to stop irreversible climate change, a group of global warming experts warns today. We have only 100 months to avoid disaster. Andrew Simms explains why we must act now &#8211; and where to begin. Read more at The Guardian&#8230; or check the One Hundred Months website. Image: ‘Blue Marble‘, © by NASA. More lovely images at the Visible Earth directory. The Britain-based New Economics Foundation has published a brief &#8216;Green New Deal&#8217; which shows how the UK can tackle the ‘triple crunch’ of credit, oil price and climate crises. Read the article about it here, or download the Green New Deal report. At the same time in the US, in a crucial period where it is on the brink to cast its vote on a new American president, former vice-president Al Gore challenges America to shift to 100% renewables-based energy within 10 years, to get rid of its oil dependency, to avoid fatal consequences of climate change and to tackle the soaring oil prices at the same [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Al Gore: A Generational Challenge to Repower America</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbaan.org/2008/08/01/al-gore-a-generational-challenge-to-repower-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Al Gore takes the opportunity to address one of the key challenges of this time: he calls upon bold action to make a 100% reduction in non-renewable energy commitment within 10 years, in the US. Can this be called one of the defining moments of the beginning of the 21st century? Would other leaders in both western and non-western countries take this challenge, too? See it here, or read the related article at Worldchanging&#8230; Or take a look at Gore&#8217;s new campaign website, wecansolveit.org Related items The final countdown Land, Water And Conflict HOME: It&#8217;s Too Late To Be A Pessimist Earth Hour The Climate for Change]]></description>
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