Full Coverage: Oceania
04/28/2008
The significant shifts driven by climate change in the polar regions present new opportunities and pressures for development. These are challenges which demand holistic, integrated responses (PDF briefing).
Read moreFrom: International Institute for Environment and Development Related: [Antarctica] [Canada] [Greenland] [Norway] [Russian Federation] [Energy] [Fisheries] [Climate Change] Image: Offshore oil and gas exploration are likely to increase © Global Witness
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04/28/2008
Ilmastovaikutustensa nollaamiseen tähtäävät valtiot, kaupungit ja yritykset löytävät toisensa kasvavassa Climate Neutral Network -verkostossa. Valtioista mukana ovat Costa Rica, Norja, Islanti ja Uusi-Seelanti.
Read moreFrom: Suomen YK-liitto Related: [Costa Rica] [Iceland] [New Zealand] [Norway] [Climate Change] Image: - © Journeyman Pictures
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04/25/2008
A full recovery of the stratospheric ozone hole could modify climate change in the Southern Hemisphere and even amplify Antarctic warming, according to a new study.
Read moreFrom: Science Daily Related: [Antarctica] [Climate Change] [Science] |
03/31/2008
Australia will officially launch its first demonstration of carbon dioxide geosequestration, on 2 April.
Read moreFrom: Green Car Congress Related: [Australia] [Climate Change] [Pollution] [Science] Image: The easy way to get rid of carbon dioxide © Geographical
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02/14/2008
The Pacific island nation of Kiribati has established the world's largest marine protected area - an ocean wilderness of pristine coral reefs and rich fish populations threatened by over-fishing and climate change.
Read moreRelated: [Kiribati] |
01/25/2008
The first season is complete on a major effort to retrieve the most detailed record of greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere over the last 100,000 years.
Read moreFrom: Science Daily Related: [Antarctica] |
01/15/2008
Brysseliin kokoontuneet afrikkalaiset ja eurooppalaiset ay-aktiivit osoittivat äskettäin mieltään Euroopan unionin ja kehitysmaiden epäedullisia taloussopimuksia vastaan. Samaan aikaan EU julkaisi muistion "Kuusi tavallista väärinkäsitystä taloudellisista kumppanuussopimuksista".
Read moreFrom: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus Related: [Africa] [Caribbean] [Trade] Image: - © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
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12/12/2007
Alkuperäiskansojen oikeuksien puolesta toimivat tahot nimesivät alkuperäiskansojen kannalta ongelmallisimmat maat vuonna 2007. Länsimaista listalle joutuivat Yhdysvallat, Kanada, Australia ja Uusi Seelanti.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld España Related: [Australia] [Canada] [New Zealand] [United States] [Indigenous Rights] Image: © Pan American Health Organization
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12/11/2007
The 10th anniversary of the Kyoto Protocol today which requires industrialised countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by at least five per cent from the 1990 level was marked by a warning that the treaty is under threat at the UN climate change negotiations in Bali, Indonesia.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld UK Related: [United States] [Japan] [Indonesia] [Canada] [Australia] Image: Kyoto Protocol demonstration
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12/07/2007
China was named Good Guy at the UN climate change negotiations in Bali on Friday, Malaysia was condemned to join Saudi Arabia, Japan and Canada in the Bad Guys group and Australia and India were told to make up their mind which category they wanted to be in.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld UK Related: [Saudi Arabia] [Malaysia] [Japan] [India] [China] [Canada] [Australia] |
11/30/2007
Australia's newly elected prime minister concentrated on policy rather than vision while campaigning. But in office he may yet usher in a new Australia, says Tim Soutphommasane.
Read moreFrom: Prospect Related: [Australia] |
11/27/2007
Sharp deviations from Australia's political or economic trajectory are an unlikely consequence of the Labor Party's return to power, but the long overdue comeuppance of John Howard's government at the hands of voters was delightful to witness, says Mahir Ali.
Read moreFrom: Share The World's Resources Related: [Australia] |
11/15/2007
NEW YORK, Nov 14 (OneWorld) - A new study by an independent think tank names and shames the power companies responsible for high levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the United States and abroad.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Australia] [United States] [Energy] [Corporations] [Business] [Climate Change] [Pollution] |
10/25/2007
New Zealand has set landmark goals to become the world's first carbon neutral nation in electrical, stationary manufacturing, and transport energy by 2040. WorldChanging reporter Josie Howitt says the timetable can be met.
Read moreFrom: World Changing Related: [New Zealand] |
10/25/2007
KPO Australia 2007 will bring together enterprise, government and outsourcing providers to promote the key benefits of Knowledge Process Outsourcing at Sydney, from 7 - 9 Nov 2007.
Read moreRelated: [Asia and the Pacific] [Australia] [Economy] [ICT] [Knowledge] |
10/23/2007
This years ozone hole over Antarctica is smaller than recent years' due to mild winter temperatures, and is not a sign of ozone recovery, reports the UN. Scientists expect a bigger hole during spring.
Read moreFrom: Environment News Service (ENS) Related: [Antarctica] |
10/22/2007
Inuit activists argue that the right to be cold is part of their basic human rights, which is being diminished by global warming caused by pollution emanating from other parts of the world.
Read moreThis is just one of many questions that will be addressed at a series of climate change talks at the British Library. Related: [Antarctica] |
09/25/2007
Rarely is St Kitts and Nevis (pop: 39,382), not to mention St Vincent and the Grenadines (pop: 125,882), at the centre of a titanic diplomatic struggle. But no nation is too tiny for China and Taiwan to squabble over. Lindsey Hilsum explains why.
Read moreFrom New Statesman Related: [China] [Nauru] [Taiwan] |
09/14/2007
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 13 (OneWorld) - Despite strong objections from the United States and some of its allies, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution Thursday calling for the recognition of the world's 370 million indigenous peoples' right to self-determination and control over their lands and resources.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Australia] [Canada] [New Zealand] [United States] [Indigenous Rights] [Ethics & Value Systems] [Geopolitics] [United Nations] |
09/06/2007
SYDNEY, Sep 5 (IPS) - As 21 world leaders representing 3 billion people prepare to meet at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit this weekend, civil society groups are calling for an instant end to poverty and the war in Iraq and immediate action on climate change.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related: [Asia and the Pacific] [Australia] [Development] [Aid] [Energy] [International Cooperation] [Labor] [MDGs] [Poverty] [Business] [Climate Change] [Environmental Activism] [Activism] [Civil Society] [Governance] [Conflict] [Peace] |



