IDN InDepthNews informs on topics related to globalization, global governance and international cooperation http://indepthnews.net/area2.php?key=CC Fri, 09 Jul 2010 03:01:59 +0100 http://indepthnews.net/images/rechts.jpg http://indepthnews.net/area2.php?key=CC 292 117 IDN InDepthNews | Analysis That Matters de-de rjaura@globalommedia.com(Ramesh Jaura) jbusse@globalommedia.com(Joerg-Werner Busse) 60 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-09%2003:01:59&key2=1 By Ramesh Jaura IDN-InDepth NewsViepoint BERLIN (IDN) - 2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity. And we all have a rendezvous with Planet Earth this year. In order that as many of us as possible feel encouraged to make it to the venue at the right point in time, the United Nations has launched some of the most innovative initiatives. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-09%2003:01:59&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-28%2020:19:49&key2=1 By Mannava Sivakumar* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint GENEVA (IDN) - The impacts of climate change are now nowhere more visible than on the lives of billions of poor farmers around the world. In the last 50 years the world population has more than doubled -- from 3 billion in 1959 to 6.7 billion in 2009. According to the International Labour Organization, the economically active population in the world grew from 1.89 billion in 1980 to 3.21 billion in 2009. A large majority of this increase has occurred in the developing countries. While the economically active population in the more developed regions grew from 519 millions in 1980 to 623 million in 2009 . . . http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-28%2020:19:49&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-28%2019:53:49&key2=1 By Shada Islam* IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BRUSSELS (IDN) - It's no secret: international efforts to curb global warming continue to divide Asia and Europe. European and Asian governments did not see eye to eye at the climate change summit held in Copenhagen last December, and as preparations intensify for another international meeting on global warming -- this time in Cancun, Mexico -- at the end of the year, prospects for a credible and enforceable agreement remain elusive. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-28%2019:53:49&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-25%2000:00:01&key2=1 By Yvo de Boer * IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint BONN (IDN) - Climate change is at the front of political leaders' minds, on the agendas of corporate boardrooms, and reflected in the hopes and fears of billions of people around the world. Without the media to report what is happening in the field of climate change, this simply would not have been the case. Around 3,500 media representatives came to Copenhagen . . . http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-25%2000:00:01&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-15%2015:29:05&key2=1 By Jaya Ramachandran IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BERLIN (IDN) - As a first step towards scaling up its advocacy work on corruption risks in climate governance, Transparency International (TI) is calling on governments to work towards strong surveillance measures that can safeguard current and future climate change financing. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-15%2015:29:05&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-11%2020:58:22&key2=1 By IDN Environment Desk IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis (IDN) - Sanguinity mingled with scepticism as the latest round of global climate change talks concluded on June 11, with the UN's top official Yvo de Boer -- who is being succeeded by Christiana Figueres -- cautioning against bringing in "legal rigour" in the negotiations. IUCN's Claire Parker welcomed "the renewed spirit of cooperation and confidence governments showed in Bonn", Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) warned that U.S. intransigence was threatening vital progress in the talks. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-11%2020:58:22&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-09%2015:41:27&key2=1 By IDN Environment Desk IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis (IDN) - But for the World Oceans Day, that "continuous body of water" covering about 71 percent of the Earth's surface will be hardly on anyone's radar screen. In fact, the United Nations too started focussing worldwide attention on the oceans only in 2009 by marking June 8 as the World Oceans Day. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-09%2015:41:27&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-08%2018:11:35&key2=1 By Erna Wolf IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BERLIN (IDN) - Bangladesh, Indonesia and Iran are most at risk from extreme weather and geophysical events, according to a new study ranking 229 countries on their vulnerability to natural disasters. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-08%2018:11:35&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-04%2022:17:53&key2=1 By Karen Orenstein* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint (IDN) The U.S., other developed countries, and the World Bank aim for control of climate finance at UN negotiations, but many developing countries and civil society are pushing back. The Copenhagen Accord, a controversial document "taken note of" but not adopted by parties to the UNFCCC in December 2009, set out parameters for climate finance which have largely shaped the debate in 2010. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-04%2022:17:53&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-02%2016:05:12&key2=1 By Brenda Sorensen IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis COPENHAGEN (IDN) - High expectations are being placed on a new technology that would capture and store carbon and help mitigate climate change. But a new report says that the technology known as Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) cannot work wonders and bring about required reductions in CO2 emissions that are known to contribute to global warming. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-02%2016:05:12&key2=1