Climate Adaptation  |
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Now, following the Copenhagen
Conference on Climate Change, focus will
now fall on the pressing priority of adapting to
climate change. These lectures, sponsored by St
Edmund’s College and the Centre for Energy
Studies, Cambridge, provide a variety of papers,
opinions and points of view that bring together
Amartya Sen’s focus on individual potentialities
and the United Nations’ concern about the
changing environment in which we live. 
Copenhagen Accord |
The full text of the Copenhagen Accord - the outcome of the December 2009 UNFCCC COP-15
Nobel Cause |
NOBEL LAUREATES CALL FOR A GLOBAL DEAL ON CLIMATE CHANGE From 26-28 May 2009, Nobel Laureates from across the disciplines were joined by world experts in climate change to discuss the connections between global warming and other urgent environmental, economic and development challenges facing our world. The Symposium was hosted at The Royal Society and St. James’s Palace under the patronage of HRH The Prince of Wales. It concluded with a Memorandum that was signed by Literature Laureate Wole Soyinka and Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai, as well as by Laureates in Chemistry, Physics and Economics, calling for immediate action by the world's leaders. For more information, http://www.nobelcause.org The NEW Climate Deal |  A Pocket Guide:What YOU need to know English Version Version française Today's Environmental News
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