OUR PLANET 9.3
November 1997
Climate Change
Editorial
Elizabeth Dowdeswell,
Executive Director, UNEP
The heat is on
Robert Watson explains that the decisions
taken at Kyoto will affect the world for millennia
Everything to gain
Robin Cook describing global warming as a
threat without parallel, says that those that
move to combat it now will gain economically
A new partnership to make a difference
John Browne calls for industry to meet the
challenge and opportunity of global warming
and outlines what his oil company is doing
Scaffolding or scaffold?
Neroni Slade argues that the Convention on
Climate Change remains an empty framework,
imperilling the survival of small island states
Turning to the sun
Jai Narain Prasad Nishad outlines India's
strategy for conserving fossil fuels and
mitigating climate change by developing
renewable sources of energy
A matter of convention
Michael Zammit Cutajar examines the philosophy
behind the Convention on Climate Change and
the role that the Kyoto Conference will play
in reaching its goal
Viewpoint: The lion in the dark
R. Shakespeare Maya argues that developing
countries have become their own worst enemies
by failing to take a strong enough negotiating
position on climate change
The South is acting
A. Atiq Rahman describes voluntary action
on greenhouse gases by developing countries,
and says that the North must stop taking the
planet hostage
Carbon for sale!
Christiana Figueres and Anne Hambleton describe
a win-win strategy for reducing greenhouse-gas
emissions in developing countries
Current events
Michael H. Glantz examines the El Niño
phenomenon and discusses suggestions that
recent events may be related to global warming
Averting catastrophe
Hiroshi Ohki
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