Is the UK government's stance on climate change all wind and no substance? Sometimes it helps to step back a little to appreciate just where one stands.
What
Mohsen Sazegara, an outspoken Critic of the Islamic Republic and now a visiting fellow at The Washington Institute, does not think so.
In this article, he argues that presidency role
Today on openDemocracy, Fred Pearce offers some advice for the G8 leaders when they meet in Scotland in July. Read it here first.
There is, he says, a window of
I'm interning at openDemocracy this summer. As a European Studies student, I have joined at an exciting time.
A diverse debate is kicking off between various bloggers across
Nobody more than "Akbar Ganji":http://www.pen.org/freedom/hm/ganji.htm , the outspoken activist and writer who has been in jail for the past six years,
The BBC news online site today features comments from around the world on wther enought is being done regarding global warming (see here).
Voices from the US to Singapore and
May 27, 2005â A UN food agency warned Thursday that people in sub-Saharan African countries are most in danger of starvation and food security difficulties in the light of
A few years ago, a UK commentator said that one transatlantic flight, with its impact on the climate, was tantamount to child abuse.
The comparison was inappropriate, and some would
It may already be too late to stop rapid climate change. The results will be terrible for coral reefs and other life systems.
So argues Thomas Goreau of the Global
Summarising his work in central Asia today on openDemocracy, Stephan Harrison concludes:
"Few non-scientists recognise the extreme rapidity with which climate can alter, and the non-linear and
Paul Foreman, the Dutch head of the charity Medicins Sans Frontieres in Sudan was arrested and released on bail yesterday for "crimes against the Sudanese state", and the
African Bullets & Honey offers a very different perspective on the African "brain drain" issue. The writer is a "stressed doctoral candidate" in the UK of
