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October 11th, 2009
Climate Change is Top News in all the news – maybe time to reconsider your way of living and become part of the solution! See here:
Alternet: Countries Are Preparing for Rising Seas But the U.S. Is Far Behind: By 2100, a projected sea level rise of up to seven feet will have tremendous impact around the world.
Alternet: Here’s How to Stop Using Toilet Paper and Save Water, Trees and Energy – Making a roll of toilet paper uses 1.5 pounds of wood, 37 gallons of water and 1.3 KWh of electricity. I really recommend reading this article and reconsider your use of toilet paper, if you do use it…
Reuters Alertnet: Philippines’ floods put fresh impetus to climate change talks – NGOs – As climate negotiators prepared to sit down in Bangkok to one of the last major negotiating rounds before Copenhagen, they got a brutal reminder of why the talks matter: Typhoon Ketsana tore into the Philippines, submerging part of Manila and bringing a 40-year record in rainfall.
Reuters Alertnet: No climate justice without gender justice – “The result of women’s vulnerability becomes all too visible when climate disasters occur. More women are injured or killed during hurricanes, floods and cyclones. They are less likely to hear official warnings and to be able to swim or to escape quickly, especially if carrying young children…”
ODI Blog: A long way to go on climate change: seven issues to consider from the World Development Report 2010 – and more on climate change on the ODI website.
Breaking News: Climate change must enlarge, not constrict possibilities for development and empowerment: Ansari – Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Thursday said any action on climate change must enlarge, not constrict, the possibilities for development and empowerment of the world’s poor. Addressing the inaugural session of the Observer Research Foundation’s “Global Summit on Sustainable Development and Climate Change” held at the Taj Mahal Hotel in New Delhi, Ansari said that the human aspiration for leading a life of dignity must not be the outcome of the dice of geography…
See also:
- Water Advocates improve access to water for women and girls (October 11th, 2009)
- Call for Papers for Special Issue of SAWAS (August 22nd, 2009)
- Net news: WWW2009 – Nepal’s Public Toilets – Gender & Water in Latin America (August 22nd, 2009)
- GW-News from the Net: Jamaican Women and the IMF – GDI addition – China building dams – UNIFEM Call (July 28th, 2009)
- People and Development – a new Blog and more on Gender (June 21st, 2009)
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