CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE – Dec 3-14 – Bali, Indonesia
No Deal in Sight at Bali
Analysis by Anil Netto
PENANG – As a major United Nations conference on climate change crossed into its second half on Monday, the official view is one of optimism that progress has been made in laying the “building blocks” for a future agreement. But others say the discussions are hopelessly deadlocked and that proposals could fall far short of the drastic emission cuts required to curb global warming.
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‘Not Fair Picking on India, China’
T V Padma
NEW DELHI – Painting China and India as the villains of climate change, while letting rich industrialised countries get away with rising emissions of greenhouse gases that cause global warming, is patently unfair says the Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment.
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Trade, Finance Issues Add to Wrangling in Bali – By Marwaan Macan-Markar
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Survival of Pacific Islands Rests on Bali Outcome – By Shailendra Singh*
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Confronting Climate Change – More IPS News
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The Week with IPS
Here are some of the most-read stories of the past week — and stories you shouldn’t go without reading:
IRAQ: Education Becomes the New Casualty in Baquba
Ahmed Ali*
BAQUBA – The alarming security situation in Diyala province north of Baghdad has killed off much of the education system.
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Is Iran NIE a Blessing in Disguise for Israel?
Analysis by Trita Parsi*
WASHINGTON – The U.S. National Intelligence Estimate’s assertion that Iran currently does not have a nuclear weapons programme has caused much frustration in Israel. Deputy Defence Minister Ephraim Sneh referred to the report as a lie at a recent breakfast in New York, and Infrastructure Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer reportedly “doesn’t buy” its findings.
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The Bitter Taste of Cocoa in Côte d’Ivoire
Michael Deibert
BINAO – Hacking his way through the lush forest with a machete, his rubber boots sinking into the moist earth, Lambert Kwame surveys the plot of land that his family has worked for over 30 years, harvesting cocoa.
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COLOMBIA: Jail the Messenger
Constanza Vieira
BOGOTA – The treatment given to messengers has sparked wars or has been seen as a sign of political will and mutual trust and confidence.
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IRAQ: Refugees Caught Between Deportation and Death Threats
Ali al-Fadhily*
BAGHDAD – Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis driven out of their country by violence are now faced with detention abroad, or a homecoming to death threats.
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US: Made Homeless by Katrina, Now Gov’t Bulldozers
Abra Pollock
WASHINGTON – Low-income residents of New Orleans are frantically struggling to secure the right to return to their homes before the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development begins demolishing thousands of public housing units next week.
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KENYA: For a Woman Candidate, It’s Good To Be a Man
Kwamboka Oyaro
NAIROBI – As with political candidates everywhere, women running in this month’s general elections in Kenya are doubtless keeping a close eye on the media to see how they are being portrayed by news outlets. Then again, these women may simply be concerned about whether they are portrayed at all.
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Nascent Biofuel Market Has Birth Defects
Mario Osava – Tierramérica
RIO DE JANEIRO – The development of an international market for crop-based fuels could reduce climate changing gas emissions and mitigate the inflationary impacts of the current euphoria surrounding this energy alternative, but it is a process that will take years.
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