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A report assembled by the Rights and Resources Initiative and conservation partners argues the failure to reach a concrete initiative at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen demonstrates the West does not have an adequate plan to implement or enforce Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, its program for curbing deforestation.
Though REDD has [...]
Archive for januari, 2010
Who will watch the rainforests?
Posted by ChangeMaker on januari 28th, 2010
Hope for Haiti now!
Posted by ChangeMaker on januari 24th, 2010
The Hope for Haiti Now global telethon is also an extraordinary digital album including performances by lots of famous artists, along with a bonus track from Jay-Z, Bono, the Edge and Rihanna. You can also own the two-hour telethon video.
All proceeds from album and video sales will go to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, Oxfam [...]
Posted in Environment, Grassroots, Health, Human Rights, Hunger, Water 
Tags: Haiti, Health, Hunger, UNICEF, Water, Women 
No Comments »Grameen Foundation asks for YOUR Donations
Posted by ChangeMaker on januari 17th, 2010
Posted in Children, Environment, Grassroots, Health, Human Rights, Hunger, Sanitation, Water Tags: Earthquake, Environment, Grameen Fundation, Haiti, Human Rights No Comments »The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund
Posted by ChangeMaker on januari 17th, 2010
The White House Blog
That’s what former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton both asked as the devastating impact of the earthquake in Haiti became clear. This question brought them to a place they both know well, the Oval Office. There they met with President Obama and agreed to lead a major fundraising effort [...]
Posted in Environment, Grassroots, Health, Human Rights, Sanitation, Water Tags: Bill Clinton, Children, Earthquake, George W. Bush, Human Rights No Comments »Haiti’s earthquake a global challenge
Posted by ChangeMaker on januari 14th, 2010
There were no saving graces in the devastation. The earthquake leveled schools, hospitals, the cathedral, U.N. peacekeeping headquarters, countless homes and the presidential palace. It destroyed a prison, allowing inmates to escape, the last thing needed in a country reeling in chaos, grief and trepidation.
Every now and then, a disaster strikes with such consequence that [...]
Puma, UNEP unite to promote biodiversity
Posted by ChangeMaker on januari 8th, 2010
Cameroon star forward Samuel Eto’o, whose side is one of the 12 teams being sponsored by Puma at the African Nations Cup finals which start in Angola on Sunday, took part in the unveiling of the new uniform.
German sportswear giant Puma has teamed with the United Nations Environmental Programme to support the 2010 International Year [...]
Posted in Environment, Grassroots Tags: Africa, Biodiversity, Environment, Sustainable, UNEP No Comments »Save Lake Naivasha
Posted by ChangeMaker on januari 6th, 2010
Kenya’s biodiversity is under serious threat. An expanding population is putting severe pressure on the environment. Deprived and poverty stricken people are forced to use resources unsustainably, taxing the capital rather than the annual renewal or interest rate. Natural habitats continue to be cleared and transformed in and around Lake Naivasha. Land is degraded and [...]
Posted in Climate Change, Environment, Grassroots, Water Tags: Distans, Environment, Kenya, Lale Naivasha, MKFC No Comments »Indian official’s Twitter feed tweaks higher-ups
Posted by ChangeMaker on januari 1st, 2010
It takes a lot fewer than 140 characters to say, ”Do you want to keep your job?”
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shashi Tharoor is a big fan of tweets. His superiors say the messaging service is no place for his government grievances.
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shashi Tharoor, a junior minister in India’s government, has [...]
