Everyone should read this great piece of information, providing tips on how we can all contribute to creating a green future !
Click here for the UNESCO Climate Change Lifestyle Guide.
Added by Samantha Marie Wilson on November 24, 2011 at 10:57pm — No Comments
Working Together: Saving Tomorrow Today. The COP17 Durban Conference is Only Three Days Away !
As the Durban conference approaches I would like to share this official COP17 website so everyone can stay updated !
Click here for the official COP17 website and…
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More than 50 Members of Congress Call on Obama Administration to Pursue Ambitious Agenda at Durban Climate Change Summit
For Immediate Release: November 22, 2011
Contact: Patricia Brooks, ActionAid USA, patricia.brooks@actionaid.org, (202) 351-1757
Washington D.C. – Just days before the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) summit…
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Event: Addressing The Gender Dimension of Vulnerability: An Adaptation Framework that Works for Everyone
by WEDO Advocacy Coordinator Rachel Harris
CARE International and the Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) are partnering on a side event at UNFCCC COP-17 on November 30, 2011 from 6:30-8pm in the Hex River Room. This event will use an interactive discussion format to explore the complexities of vulnerability from a gender perspective and make recommendations to input into an adaptation framework that works for everyone.
The side event seeks to challenge…
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The upcoming UN Conference on Sustainable Development in June 2012, also known as Rio+20, is a challenge and an oportunity for the world's leaders to confront the economic, ecological and social crises gripping the world today.
However, many civil society groups and even some governments express concern that the chosen major themes fo the 2012 UNCSD-the "Green Economy in the Context of Sustainable Devlopment and Poverty Eradication" and the "Institutional Framework for Sustainable…
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