Increasing scientific evidence of human interference with the climate system, coupled with growing public concern over global environmental issues, began to push climate change onto the political agenda in the mid-1980s. Recognising the needs of policymakers for authoritative and up-to-date scientific information, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the UN Environment ... ဆက်လက်ဖတ်ရှုပါ
Climate Change
OPIC, Ex-Im, and Climate Change
OPIC, Ex-Im, and Climate ChangeBusiness as Usual? An Analysis of US Government Support for Fossil Fueled Development Abroad, 1992-98 SEEN/IPS/TNI with Friends of the Earth and the International Trade Information Service, 28 April 1999 This report is available in PDF Key findings The two U.S. export credit/investment insurance agencies (ECAs), the Overseas Private Investment Corpo... ဆက်လက်ဖတ်ရှုပါ
Banking on Climate Change
Banking on Climate ChangeHow Public Finance for Fossil Fuel Projects is Short Changing Clean Development Kate HamptonSEEN/IPS/TNI, 17 November 2000 This report is available in PDF Key Findings While hopes for carbon emissions reductions and clean technology transfer are pinned on the Clean Development Mechanism, these anticipated benefits are vastly outweighed by the continued tr... ဆက်လက်ဖတ်ရှုပါ
Environmental NGOs Call for Closure of World Bank Climate Change Fund
Environmental NGOs Call for Closure of World Bank Climate Change FundCarbon Trade WatchTNI Press Release, 19 April 2004 Today, over fifty environmental and social justice NGOs and other groups sent a letter of protest to the World Bank calling for the closure of its new emissions trading fund, The Prototype Carbon Fund. In the year of the World Bank's 60th anniversary and in the r... ဆက်လက်ဖတ်ရှုပါ
Environmental NGOs Call for Closure of World Bank Climate Change Fund
Today, over fifty environmental and social justice NGOs and other groups sent a letter of protest to the World Bank calling for the closure of its new emissions trading fund, The Prototype Carbon Fund. In the year of the World Bank's 60th anniversary and in the run-up to intense protests in Washington D.C. at their annual meeting this month, the groups state that the Bank's new fund is destruc... ဆက်လက်ဖတ်ရှုပါ
Who's Afraid of Climate Change Now? The Pentagon
George W. Bush may not know it, but one influential part of his government is finally taking global climate change seriously. An extraordinary new report by an elite Pentagon planning unit has declared that climate change is a national security threat of the greatest urgency and demands an immediate response. Directly contradicting Bush and other right-wingers, the report by the Pentagon's Off... ဆက်လက်ဖတ်ရှုပါ