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Transgenic soya cultivation and its consequences in Argentina

Submitted by Emmi Lappalainen on 30 June, 2010 - 05:54.

Soybean cultivation covers 57 % of all agricultural area in Argentina. Nearly 100 % of all cultivated soya in Argentina is transgenic soya and its planting requires glyphosate herbicide patented by Monsanto Company, which dominates around 90 % of the global market for genetically modified seeds. It has been proven that Glyphosate causes environmental damage, and in recent years the situation has become worse when the transgenic plants have started to become increasingly resistant to glyphosate and thus, it is being replaced by other even more toxic herbicides such as dicamba.

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Carbon Footprint: Measure, Plan and Reduce yours

Submitted by Finley Gana on 23 June, 2010 - 13:07.
Many people, multinational companies, big cities, and nations have started measuring their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, so as to enable them make positive changes from the complex the global results of our lifestyle around the world.

The impact of human activity on the environment has increased alarmingly and is a call for concern. The carbon footprint measures the amount of Green House Gas (GHG) we individually produce by burning of fossil fuels daily through domestic energy consumption, heating, for electricity, transportation etc.

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Reservoir lakes: Sami people’s rights ignored

Submitted by sivari on 11 June, 2010 - 12:27.

The Lokka and Porttipahta reservoir lakes in Sodankylä, Finnish Lapland, were built during the 1960s and 70s to serve hydroelectric power generation. The impacts of these reservoirs were downplayed for decades and the indigenous rights of Sami people ignored. A project coordinated by the United Nations Association of Finland will examine the reservoir building processes from a Sami point of view.

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Cochabamba Report - World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth

Submitted by Adriana Gomes G... on 10 May, 2010 - 14:42.
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Traditional ecological knowledge, indigenous people and sustainable development

Submitted by Administrator on 6 April, 2010 - 12:18.
United Nations has declared the year 2010 as the International Year of the Biodiversity. The links between the protection of biodiversity, combating poverty and climate change are widely recognized, as pointed out by the choice of the Year's Theme Day: Biodiversity, Development and Poverty Alleviation.
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Ilmastosopimus ”joskus myöhemmin”

Submitted by Administrator on 10 February, 2010 - 13:59.
Ympäristöministeri Paula Lehtomäen mukaan joulukuussa 2009 neuvoteltu Copenhagen Accord antaa hyviä eväitä ilmastotyöhön kuluvalle vuodelle. Ministeri tosin korosti, ettei paperi vastannut EU:n tavoitteita, se ei ollut laillisesti sitova, eikä sisältänyt konkreettisia lukuja. Lehtomäki puhui ilmastopolitiikasta Tampereella Tulevaisuusfoorumissa, jossa esiteltiin Valtioneuvoston viime vuoden lokakuussa hyväksymää tulevaisuusselontekoa.

Kööpenhaminan parhaina paloina Lehtomäki piti rahoitusta, jonka suhteen kokouksessa edettiin merkittävästi.

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Wanted: a climate leader

Submitted by Administrator on 23 January, 2010 - 06:29.
According to the European Union environment ministers, the EU is not
going to move from the 20-percent cut into the 30-percent
cut in GHG emissions in comparisons to the 1990 level. The EU promised
ahead of Copenhagen that the block would cut the GHG emissions by 30 percent, if other industrialized countries took similar steps.

The debate is escalating because the UN deadline
is approaching; the countries are supposed to announce their cuts by
the end of January.

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Take less out of the south

Submitted by Administrator on 4 January, 2010 - 15:41.
'Take less out of the south', is what radical scientist, environmentalist and human rights advocate Vandana Shiva urged at Klimaforum09 December 13. Vandana Shiva told that we have to take control over the food system. There is no time to wait for the governments; we have the solutions in our hands.

Food production generates a significant part of our greenhouse gas emissions. At Klimaforum09 this fact was widely acknowledged; the importance of agriculture came up in several speeches. Organic farming and local food were offered to solve the problem created by industrial agriculture.

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The voice of civil society

Submitted by Administrator on 18 December, 2009 - 18:28.
Almost a week ago in the huge demonstrations on December 12 I felt that the voice of civil society must be heard; there were 100 000 people, old and young alike from all over the world, marching on the streets of Copenhagen and demanding climate justice. 

During this week there have been many difficulties and delays in the negotiations. It seems that the result might not be the legally binding treaty that the civil society has been trying to reach. Perhaps we will only get a political declaration. Then the negotiation process will continue.

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Ei ilmastonmuutos vaan ilmastokriisi

Submitted by Administrator on 9 December, 2009 - 10:05.
COP15 and Climate Justice -seminaarissa 3. joulukuuta kuultiin Intian kansalaisjärjestötoimijoiden ja alkuperäisväestön edustajien adivasien näkemyksiä ilmastoneuvotteluista sekä itse ilmastonmuutoksen vaikutuksista adivasi-elämäntapaan. Seminaarin järjestivät Siemenpuusäätiö, Kepa ja Citizens Global Platform.

Ilmastonmuutoksen seuraukset näkyvät vaatimattomasti elävien adivasien arjessa. Adivasien elämäntapaa uhkaa muun muassa muutokset vesivaroissa: vettä sataa vähemmän talvella, mikä vaikeuttaa pienviljelyä.

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