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COP15

December 6th, 2009 · No Comments

From today onwards, I will be reporting on the UN Climate Conference, COP15, in Copenhagen, representing the WSC-SD.
To give a kick-start, below is the first article.
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Tags: Actuality · Articles by Christopher Baan · Climate & Energy · Developing Countries · Earth & Environment · Economic Development · Globalization & Global Culture · Human Rights · Science · Society · Sustainable Development · World · Youth

HOME: It’s Too Late To Be A Pessimist

June 6th, 2009 · No Comments

‘If we can improve the images of the world, perhaps we can improve the world’
Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders’ words have perhaps never been more relevant to a movie than in the case of Home.
Following directly on from Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, Home is, of course, a film with a message that sets out to shift [...]

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Tags: Actuality · Climate & Energy · Developing Countries · Earth & Environment · Globalization & Global Culture · Human Rights · Photography & journalism · Politics & International Relations · Society · Sustainable Development · World

Elkouria “Rabab” Amidane wins student peace prize

February 28th, 2009 · No Comments

Today, students are playing crucial roles in opposition movements throughout the world, fighting for democracy and the implementation of human rights. Though they often are the first ones to climb the barricades, sadly they are also the first ones to be forgotten. The purpose of the Student Peace Prize is to make their voices heard, [...]

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Tags: Actuality · Developing Countries · Society · War & Terrorism · World · Youth

Tackling Climate Change, Reducing Poverty

February 8th, 2009 · No Comments

It a time of rising unemployment and economic insecurity, some argue that protecting the environment is a ‘luxury’; 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 [...]

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Tags: Climate & Energy · Developing Countries · Economic Development · Society · Sustainable Development · World

Annan: Africa needs a green revolution

September 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

WAGENINGEN, Netherlands: Bringing a green revolution to Africa and feeding the continent’s 200 million hungry people is one of the greatest development challenges of this century, former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan said Monday.
Annan said a 50 percent jump in staple food prices in the last year has deepened the crisis for the average African farmer [...]

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Tags: Actuality · Developing Countries · Earth & Environment · Sustainable Development