About Caspar Henderson
Caspar Henderson was openDemocracy's Globalisation Editor from 2002 to 2005. He is an award-winning writer and journalist on environmental affairs.
Articles by Caspar Henderson
What is the carbon counter?
openDemocracy’s carbon counter measures the second-by-second rise of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Caspar Henderson explains how it works.
Portraits from the World Social Forum
Brazilian landless workers, Indian child labour campaigners, Canadian media activists all carried their hopes to the fifth World Social Forum. openDemocracy’s Porto Alegre team – Caspar Henderson, Solana Larsen, Vince Medeiros – talked to them.
Tsunami coming for us all
The tsunami that swept across the Indian ocean on 26 December 2004 was cataclysmic. Our Globalisation Editor Caspar Henderson asks what it means for the future of an interconnected world.
Over half the world’s population lives within 60 km (40 miles) of a shoreline. Our arts and cultures editors explored this border in its realities and our imagination, in over thirty compelling essays with poems pictures. Everything begins… and ends… on the beach.
Top ten in 2004
openDemocracy readers voted with their mouse clicks for their top ten articles in 2004. They showed themselves to be concerned above all about Iraq, terrorism and US power, reports Caspar Henderson. Many readers did pause, however, to consider how bridges may be built between cultures.
The marriage of Mars and Venus? Europe's search for human security
A proposed new “human security doctrine for Europe” launched on 15 September 2004 in Barcelona is an opportunity to examine what Europeans can do about massive human rights violations in the 21st century.
A Pacific odyssey
Caspar Henderson visits a remote atoll in the Pacific Ocean state of Palau to help protect coral reefs against the effects of global climate change. In the process he encounters a world of natural beauty, enriching humanity, and surprising history that makes him reflect on life’s fundamentals.
I spent most of June 2004 on Helen, a tiny island on a coral atoll in the south-west Pacific Ocean, working with scientists and locals on a project that might help save the world.
The daze after tomorrow
A new Hollywood disaster film fantasises the convulsive effects of global climate change. But it’s the real world of Haiti and the Dominican Republic that blows Caspar Henderson away.
Cotton wars
Does a preliminary ruling by the World Trade Organisation against US cotton open the way for radical change in the world trade system, indicating that international law can sometimes protect the weak from the strong?
Iraq's past and future: remembering Sayyid Abdul Majid Khoei
In April 2003, the moderate Shi’a cleric Sayyid Abdul Majid Khoei returned to his Iraqi homeland after more than a decade in exile in Britain, and was murdered in the holy city of Najaf. Had he lived, Khoei might have played an important role in political developments in Iraq. Caspar Henderson attended a 2 April event commemorating his life, work and legacy.
Rwanda, Sudan and beyond: lessons from Africa
On the tenth anniversary of genocide in Rwanda, ethnic cleansing and mass murder continues in Sudan. Will international attention come too late to prevent further tragedy in Africa’s largest country? Meanwhile, even greater loss of life from sources other than direct violence is neglected. New thinking and action are needed.
Madrid in the world's eyes
The terrorist atrocities in Madrid on 11 March, and the national election three days later, raise hard questions for Spaniards and Europeans, for Muslims and world citizens. What should they – we – do? openDemocracy invited 100 people from twelve countries to discuss the meaning and implications of these events. Caspar Henderson summarises a quietly passionate discussion.
Barefoot and pregnant
“Iraq is in the most crucial few months of its history since its formation as a modern state in the 1920s”, the Iraqi activist Isam al-Khafaji told Globolog this week. If he’s right, careful thought, word and action is more important now than ever. And the role of women in Iraq’s future is central.
Einstein's gravediggers
Does a new Pentagon study indicate that the US government is finally getting serious about climate change?
Unforgettable fire
The Millennium Development Goals cannot be achieved by their target date of 2015 without more US support. Could this be secured by an innovative proposal that combines self-interest and sympathy?
The incredible shrinking bank
What is the World Bank for? More than ever, civil society groups challenge its credibility. Should it dwindle or morph? And what new development policies are needed?
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