The International Herald Tribune, October 1, 2009 Thursday – Here is an inconvenient truth about renewable energy: It can sometimes demand a huge amount of water. In a rural corner of Nevada reeling from the recession, a bit of salvation seemed to have arrived last year. A German developer, Solar Millennium, announced plans to build [...]

HUNGER STRIKE VOLUNTEERS Climate change will result in the deaths of many of the world’s children over the coming years. Every day there are a growing number of people least able to deal with climate change who are severely affected by hunger – increasing droughts, crop losses, weather variability, unseasonal rains, flooding, soil erosion/ desertification, [...]

Beijing, China (October 14, 2009) – Australia’s Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, attended the second Australia – China Ministerial Dialogue on climate change with Chinese National Development and Reform Commission Vice Chairman Xie Zhenhua.  The need for a global agreement in Copenhagen in December was the key issue discussed during the Dialogue. [...]