Source: YES! Magazine Rich and poor countries are in this together. If either fails to step up, the planet is in trouble. A climate deal must take into account the Global North’s responsibility for nearly 70 percent of greenhouse pollution and the Global South’s need to move out of poverty. The North must cut back sharply [...]

Source: Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON – Humanity would need five Earths to produce the resources needed if everyone lived as profligately as Americans, according to a report issued Tuesday. As it is, humanity each year uses resources equivalent to nearly one-and-a-half Earths to meet its needs, said the report by Global Footprint Network, an international think tank. “We are [...]

por Rómulo Pardo Silva 12 de noviembre, 2009 Se apoderan de los recursos naturales cada vez más escasos por medio de la guerra de las armas o del trato con dinero. La extinción de pueblos en desarrollo no les importa. El uso de las tierras arables alcanzó su límite y para continuar destruyen selvas; el cambio climático no [...]

por Franz Chávez CHACALTAYA, Bolivia, 27 oct (IPS) – La rápida desaparición de glaciares y el consecuente agotamiento de las fuentes de agua empujan a la pobreza a los pueblos andinos y obligan a crear conciencia sobre el cambio climático, dijeron expertos bolivianos a IPS. Un incremento de la temperatura determina pérdidas de nieve y hielo en [...]