developing countries
-
Important actions can be accomplished at climate negotiations in Cancun
We are not going to get a binding treaty in Cancun, Mexico when 194 countries meet to continue negotiations on international efforts to address climate change. And we are not going to finalize all of the details of new international efforts. But if you believe, as I do, that real action can occur without a "binding" agreement or having all the details completed you’ll be surprised to learn that some key things might actually happen in Cancun.
-
Climate action plan: Innovate first, regulate later
Technology policy -- not carbon caps -- is our best hope for fighting climate change.
-
Taking on the global energy investment challenge
A report released today provides a progress report on commitments to clean energy development in China, India, Nigeria, and South Africa.
-
Stove pollution causes 2 million deaths annually
The U.S. is expected to announce $50 million toward clean stoves for developing countries. Also, global warming good for bubonic plague, the FBI's mistreatment of activists, and more.
-
Let's move beyond the “population vs. consumption” debate
Can't we please give all women in the world the information and family-planning services they need to prevent unwanted and unintended pregnancies?
-
Is the population bomb ever going to explode? [AUDIO]
Environmentalists and human-rights advocates regularly point to a growing world population as a potential source of strife. But one environmental journalist doesn’t agree. Fred Pearce, author of The Coming Population Crash, argues that fears of a population explosion are overblown. His recent post on Grist sparked a sharp rebuttal from Robert Walker, executive vice president […]
-
A Few Final Thoughts on the Population Issue
I’ve looked over all of the comments on both population-related posts and I’ll end with a few final observations: 1. A lot of this argument is one of semantics and logic. Many of the population-is-the-problem folks posit the issue like this: A. Humans are doing destructive things B. There are lots of humans C. There […]
-
Response to the population doomsayers and Robert Walker
Thanks for all of the responses over the past two days to my queries about proposed solutions to the population problem and the "optimum" global population. So here are some observations followed by my response to the questions Robert Walker posed in his piece claiming that population is still a major issue.
-
Of course population is still a problem
There are already 6.8 billion of us …Photo courtesy James Cridland via FlickrFred Pearce keeps on saying that population growth is no longer a problem. He said it again yesterday as part of his World Population Day message. In Fred’s view, it’s very simple. Fertility rates have come down sharply over the past half century. […]