In an interview at COP 20, Lima, with a speaker from Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA), who spoke on the issue of smallholder farmers having the simultaneous roles of ‘Risk’ and ‘Information’ managers in today’s farming environments with the added complexities and challenges of climate change as well. In terms ...
Read More »COP 20 Stuart Scott Interview on Neo Classical Economics
At an interview with Stuart Scott during COP 20 LIMA, he spoke on the subject of Neo Classical economics and expanded on his analysis of Earth’s Money and Economics defective operating system. The greatest threat to humanity is the collapse of Agriculture. Agricultural zones of the planet would move further ...
Read More »COP 20 Korean Climate Change Impacts, Trends and Adaptation
Presenters from Korea Adaptation Centre for Climate Change (KACCC) speak on Korea’s Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation efforts, including International Cooperation for Adaptation, at COP 20, Lima, Peru. Currently the degree of climate change on the Korean Peninsula is greater than the global average, even with Korean Government’s strong commitment, ...
Read More »COP 20 Azeb Girmai IofC-Ethiopia on Adaptation & Mitigation Actions
Ms. Azeb Girmai of Initiatives of Change (IofC) and LDC Watch in conjunction with other panel speakers, addressed the issues of lack of support and funding from developed countries for LDC’s (Least Developed Countries) and Africa in terms of adaptation and mitigation, as well as binding adaptation actions not being ...
Read More »Press briefing by CAN Intl. – Expectations of COP 22, Marrakech
At an Opening Press Briefing by Climate Action Network, Ms Dharini Parthasarathy (Comms CoOrdinator) introduces Panel Speakers Alden Meyer (Union of Concerned Scientists), Harjeet Singh (Action Aid) and Julien Treisetti (Green Peace Intl.) to give an overview of Expectations from COP 22 conference in Marrakech. Ambitions set in Paris in ...
Read More »Global Drought rears its ugly head, the status and solutions
Jason Sole covers the spread of global drought and the impacts that it is having across the world. This topic seems to be emerging more and more as climate change spreads its grip creating extreme weather phenomena. In a nutshell it could be argued that the current El Nino could ...
Read More »SA Wild Bees Part Three – Biodiversity and Habitats
In our follow up interview with bee researcher, Ms Jenny Cullinan, (co-founder of UJUBEE), we covered Disease in bees, Artificial insemination versus natural breeding and Self medicating to maintain healthy immune systems in the colonies, and in this final interview we conclude with protection of bees (legislation), biodiversity and healthy ...
Read More »South African Wild Bees Part Two – Disease and Health in the Wild
In our first interview with bee researcher, Ms Jenny Cullinan, (co-founder of UJUBEE), we covered the research of South African wild bees for the last 3 years, mainly at Cape Point Nature Reserve, bee conservation and collaborative work with related international institutions. In Part Two we look at disease in ...
Read More »Sustainable Marine Resource harvesting – Local divers
The small mining community of San Juan de Marcona, one of five districts in the province of Nazca, Southern Peru, depends on the port and most of its 20 thousand inhabitants who are fishermen and local divers who practice sustainable marine resource harvesting. The major industry here is the Marcona ...
Read More »COP 20 – Solutions for Green Sustainability and Innovation – Businesses and Cities
COP 20 Lima, Mr Peter Bakker, President of World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) speaks on the Integration of Green Sustainability into every aspect of cities and business worldwide and the key component for up-scaling of environmental solutions is Innovation. Business has finance and management skills, innovative power and ...
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