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Der UN-Generalsekretär fordert die USA und China zu aktiver
Klimapolitik auf.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/26/26631/1.html

Die Chance der Krise

Lange Zeit waren wir so naiv und glaubten, das Öl ginge nie zu Ende und Benzin wäre billig für alle Zeit. Inzwischen wissen wir es besser: Der Liter Benzin kostet bald zwei Euro und mittelfristig gar drei Euro oder mehr.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741682506ms73



Internationale Energieagentur täuscht weiter über die Erdölversorgungssicherheit

Die IEA hat heute einen in wichtigen Teilen realitätsfremden "World Energy Outlook" vorgestellt.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741682518ms73

The growth in human population and rising consumption have exceeded the planet's ability to support us, argues John Feeney. In this week's Green Room, he says it is time to ring the alarm bells and take radical action in order to avert unspeakable consequences.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7078857.stm


From Information Clearing House

Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters, writes: "Climate change could end globalization by 2040 as nations look inward to conserve scarce resources and conflicts flare when refugees flee rising seas and drought."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/110607S.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=drought
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Deborah+Zabarenko

http://tinyurl.com/yteyxs



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Lovelock

A total of 46 nations and 2.7 billion people are now at high risk of being overwhelmed by armed conflict and war because of climate change. A further 56 countries face political destabilisation, affecting another 1.2 billion individuals.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/nov/04/climatechange.scienceofclimatechange


Informant: NHNE

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/nov/03/food.climatechange


Informant: Teresa Binstock



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=John+Vidal

Lee Jong-Heon, UPI Asia, writes that "Delegates from 136 countries, representing local governments, vowed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and use renewable and clean energy sources to combat climate change, at the second World Congress of the United Cities and Local Governments. Some 2,000 mayors, councilors, and other officials of local autonomies from around the world attended the four-day Congress, in the South Korean resort island of Jeju, which concluded today."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/103107EC.shtml