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Cycling in Copenhagen: A model for clean energy
No commentsWhat would it take for you to leave your comfortable car at home and jump on a bicycle to get to work, school, or even to go shopping? Sounds a not so pleasant idea, and many would imagine that bicycles are for the poor who cannot afford to drive. But as cities focus more and more on clean energy, residents of Copenhagen, a developed city, have adopted cycling as the preferred mode of transport. Even the high and mighty in society are not left out. Rosalia Omungo reports on the Copenhagen cycling experience.
»First comes the gun, then the choking air
No commentsImagine a scenario where the threat to the inhabitants of conflict-torn Kashmir won’t be the gun, but the quality of their air. The pollution trends in this part of the globe suggest that it has almost reached that point.
»Worrying times for the world’s waste-pickers
1 commentSalvaging recyclable material from urban waste saves resources, and gives poor people a livelihood. But the survival of the waste-pickers is under threat.
»Of culture, climate and cycling
No commentsCycling is popular in Copenhagen, with nearly half the city’s population regularly taking to the saddle. Could it show the way to the rest of the world?
»Riau Province supports Indonesian President’s emissions target
No commentsThe Governor of Indonesia’s Riau Province has backed the Indonesian President’s pledge to reduce the country’s emissions by 26 percent by 2020 with a plan to ensure the effectiveness of the Riau Climate Change Center.
»Nigeria Links Gas Flareout To Carbon Trade
No commentsNigeria officially makes the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol the fulcrum of its drive to put a stop to carbon emissions from gas flaring.
»Bangladeshi PM for deep and legally binding cuts of greenhouse gas emissions
No commentsBangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday made a call to all nations to take immediate action on climate change and sustainable development.
»South Africa’s Split Personality
No commentsA day before the UN climate conference began in the Danish capital, South Africa announced a reduction in growth of fossil fuel emissions. Now, though, environmental groups accuse the continent’s biggest economy of hypocrisy.
»PNG’s position on REDD may give rise to human rights issues
No commentsPapua New Guinea’s position in terms of safe guards under REDD expected to give rise to human rights issues.
»No increase over 2 degrees after 2015 — Pachauri
1 commentMore than two degree average global temperature increase after 2015 would melt snow and ice across the globe and raise seas 0.4 to 1.4 meters, which could submerge several small island states and Bangladesh, warned a top climate scientist at UN talks here.
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