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| China seen onboard for climate pact goal |
China is committed to seeking a climate change pact at key talks next year, the prime minister of Denmark said on Thursday, urging countries not to use global economic upheaval as a reason for delaying a deal. Read on… |
| World leaders call for action on sanitation at World Water Week |
| STOCKHOLM, Sweden - The 2008 World Water Week opened with powerful statements from political leaders and 2400 assembled experts declaring that leadership at all levels must prioritise sanitation or the world will fail to achieve its Millennium Development Goals. Read on… |
| Filipino wins Pulitzer Prize |
| WASHINGTON, D.C. — A very young and Internet savvy Filipino American, Jose Antonio Vargas has at 27, won the Pulitzer Prize in the breaking news category. He shares this award with other Washington Post reporters for a package of nine stories, two of which he wrote. Read on… |
| Food crisis to worsen if droughts remain unresolved |
| Drought and unsustainable water management are pinned down as the culprit in the alarming food crisis around the world fearing worse scenario unless intervention is done to solve the interconnected problem, the United Nations report today. Read on… |
| "India can take lead on climate control" Al Gore |
| NEW DELHI, India - Advanced developing countries like India can take the lead in addressing climate change, Nobel laureate, Al Gore said on Saturday. Read on… |
| Philippines phasing out incandescent bulbs to cut Greenhouse gas |
| MANILA, Philippines - In a first for Asia, the Philippines plans to phase out inefficient incandescent bulbs in favor of more energy-efficient compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and cut household energy costs. Read on… |
| The Philippines Switches Off |
| WWF Manila - In the country's greatest display of solidarity against climate change, more than 50 major Philippine cities and towns switched off their lights to join the rest of the world for Earth Hour. Read on… |
| China's freak snowstorms: 'the new normal'? |
| BEIJING, China - The unprecedented scale, cost, and human impacts of China's freak month of snowstorms, its worst in 50 years, herald a need for the world to get ready for "new kinds of disasters," according to Sálvano Briceño, Director of the secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR). Read on… |
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