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Wed, 19 Feb 2014 01:21 AM

By Bryant HarrisWASHINGTON, Feb 19 2014 (IPS) - In an effort to reduce oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, President Barack Obama on Tuesday directed his administration to develop new fuel efficiency and emissions standards for trucks within the year. The new directives follow a previous mandate to set tightened emissions standards for cars and smaller vehicles and encompass the president's next step […]

Thu, 6 Mar 2014 22:16 PM

By Stella PaulANANATAGIRI, India, Mar 6 2014 (IPS) - Chintapakka Jambulamma, 34, looks admiringly at a solar dryer. It's the prized possession of the Advitalli Tribal Women's Co-operative Society- a collective of women entrepreneurs that she leads. She opens up a drawer in the dryer, scoops out a handful of the medicinal plant Kalmegh and exclaims, "Look, it's drying so fast." Around her, women […]

Tue, 5 Aug 2014 18:28 PM

By Jewel FraserPORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Aug 5 2014 (IPS) - Buildings are among the largest consumers of earth's natural resources. According to the Sustainable Buildings and Climate Initiative, they use about 40 percent of global energy and 25 percent of global water, while emitting about a third of greenhouse gas emissions. Anthony Clayton, a professor of sustainable development at the University of the West Indies, […]

Tue, 26 Aug 2014 04:00 AM

By Jessica FaietaUNITED NATIONS, Aug 26 2014 (IPS) - Having lived and worked for more than a decade in four Caribbean countries, I have witnessed firsthand how Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are extremely vulnerable to challenges ranging from debt and unemployment to climate change and sea level rise. Such aspects make their paths towards sustainable development probably more complex than non-SIDS countries. That […]

Mon, 2 Jun 2014 04:01 AM

By Suvendrini KakuchiTOKYO, Jun 2 2014 (IPS) - Undaunted by Japan's national consensus to boost the economy, which has been mired in lackluster growth for decades, environmentalists are taking baby steps towards incorporating climate change into national legislation. Proponents of the plan to make Japan more environmentally friendly are up against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's popular ‘Abenomics' regime that promises to accelerate the […]

Thu, 5 Jun 2014 11:01 AM

By Jewel FraserPORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jun 5 2014 (IPS) - An initiative to reduce the carbon footprint of Tobago's tourism sector may be stymied by "bread-and-butter issues" and the failure of government authorities to vigorously pursue the initiative. In 2012, the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) completed a pilot project for the Caribbean Carbon Neutral Tourism Programme (CCNTP) […]

Mon, 17 Feb 2014 17:15 PM

By Desmond BrownJONAS ROAD, Antigua , Feb 17 2014 (IPS) - Antigua is one of the most drought-prone countries in the Caribbean. So whenever it rains, the inhabitants generally regard the weather as "showers of blessing". But that is starting to change. Many farmers now see the rains as a curse and are now fighting an uphill battle to save their crops, vital for both the […]

Mon, 4 Aug 2014 17:25 PM

By Joel JaegerUNITED NATIONS, Aug 4 2014 (IPS) - The headline of every article about the relationship between climate change and conflict should be "It's complicated," according to Clionadh Raleigh. Director of the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, Raleigh thinks that researchers and the media have put too simplistic a spin on the link between climate change and violence. In recent years, […]