Recent articles:
- At the UN there is no left HOPENHAGEN in COPENHAGEN, except for Ban Ki-moon’s smiley face still saying wherever he can “Seal the Deal.” October 29, 2009 Bangkok and Vienna came to New York and did not even try to present a UN deal. In November President Obama goes to China – is this the new source of hope? (October 31st, 2009)
- An Art Exhibit at the UN in Geneva. Joe Zammit-Lucia, the delegation of Malta, and the IUCN put a mirror to what we do to nature. Is this a Halloween show? (October 31st, 2009)
- AP Reports from the Turku shipyards, Finland about “THE OASIS OF THE SEA” or the biggest floating contraption that is fit to be a floating out-of-the-harbor resort. Despite many energy-saving devices this is a slap to eco-tourism. (October 31st, 2009)
- Today, the UN voted for a “Strong and Robust” Arms Trade Treaty -USA, UK, France, Germany, and the rest of the UN except 20 States ranging from Russia, Saudi Arabia, Nicaragua, China, and their close friends, who abstained – voted YES. Zimbabwe was the only clear NO! (October 30th, 2009)
- From the Carnegie Council – HOW THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD. (October 30th, 2009)
- Invitation to Press Conference in Barcelona: Feeling the Heat: Child Survival in a Changing Cimate (October 30th, 2009)
- Friday November 6, 2009, U. of Maryland Major Meeting of Iran Experts. (October 30th, 2009)
- Climate Change Adaptation: It’s about Water! (October 30th, 2009)
- From 350.org event of the October 23-24, 2009 weekend. An incredible video–and what comes next. (October 29th, 2009)
- AOSIS and not the Pacific Leaders’s position on climate change! It seems that Australia and the EU have different ideas they try to suggest to the Small Island States of the Pacific. (October 28th, 2009)
- Sealing the Deal on an ambitious climate agreement in Copenhagen may indeed still be a fairy tale – but at least some enjoy telling it. (October 28th, 2009)
- UPDATED on ELECTION EVE: SustainabiliTank Backs Bill Tallen – Column “H” – the GREENS – for Mayor of New York City. (October 28th, 2009)
- The UN University Is Becoming The Institution of Research it Was Intended to Be: It Deals Now With Subjects Like The Possible Updating of the UN Security Council; Other Effective Governing Tools; The Concept of Ethics in Adam Smith in the light of the Present Global Crises; or the Prospect of International Mediation of Conflicts. (October 27th, 2009)
- Direct posting sites for George Soros lectures at the Central European University in Budapest and at The Financial Times. Soros calls Wall Street profits “GIFTS FROM STATE.” He creates an Institute to Rethink Economics. (October 27th, 2009)
- The Economy was a scam, the American Empire is in trouble, Fox TV and the News Corporation distort the news – read Joe Bageant, Michael T. Klare, and Rachel Maddow & Keith Olberman. (October 27th, 2009)
- From Politiken – Denmark’s Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen wants a UN climate agreement to take effect from New Year 2010. We wish he is right but know that his position is rather assured as Commander of Chief of NATO. In September, after the special High Level meeting organized by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Rasmussen was more honest in his statements then now a month later. The UNSG continues to talk “SEAL THE DEAL” and we ask – What Deal? There is still Barcelona and Copenhagen is only 40 days away. (October 26th, 2009)
- The Obama Family Portrait (October 26th, 2009)
- On October 24th Greenpeace will walk from Manhattan across the Brooklyn Bridge, then head back to Times Square. (October 24th, 2009)
- New York City events on Climate Action Day, Saturday, rain-or-shine, warm-or-cold, October 24, 2009. Main event at Times Square at 3pm. (October 24th, 2009)
- Bill McKibben writes of the dawning of climate action day that started in New Zealand then moved via Australia to Thailand, Mongolia, and the Indian Sub-Continent. (October 24th, 2009)
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