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All items tagged environmentOpen Think Tank ArticlesJune 11, 2008 | Addressing the Emerging Challenges of Climate ChangeFrank-Walter Steinmeier & David Miliband: Germany and the UK want to develop an effective European and multilateral strategy to anticipate the new policy challenges of climate security. Indeed, an off-balance global climate will spawn ravaging crises, conflicts, and disasters that require an international response. ... MoreJune 9, 2008 | Olympics Should Serve as an Environmental Wake-up CallMaximilian Müngersdorff: Beijing’s commitments to improve its environmental situation encouraged the IOC to accept its Olympic bid. The challenge is now to prevent economic growth outweighing the improvements that have been made and integrating these into a long-term and countrywide strategy. ... MoreJanuary 3, 2008 | The $100 Barrel is a BlessingThomas Straubhaar: The oil price’s rise towards $100 per barrel is not a cause for concern over economic growth, but has many positive implications for the economy and the climate. ... MoreGlobal Must Read ArticlesNovember 13, 2008 | Only Less Consumption Can Stop the CrashThe disastrous effects of unfettered consumption have been known and understood for 40 years already. Back then, American environmental researchers Paul Ehrlich and John Holdren created the “Ehrlich equation,” a tool that can also be applied to current greenhouse gas emissions. After application of the equation only one radical conclusion remains: unlimited growth and sustainable development are ... MoreOctober 14, 2008 | Education: The Solution to the Environmental CrisisAs the captains of industry continue to rake in profits with the help of bailouts from “government cronies” without a care for the environment, the ecosystem is facing disaster. ++ We live in a “culture of wastefulness,” where a higher standard of living, such as owning a car, often contributes to environmental damage. ++ Education is the solution. ++ The younger generation is more aware of ... MoreSeptember 2, 2008 | "America is Not an Environmental Villain"In many ways the US has always been ahead of Europe in creating tough environmental protection policies and is less lenient in its standards. ++ As for climate change, the US has fallen far behind. ++ However, it is unfair to accuse the US of entirely neglecting difficult changes that are much easier for other economies to handle. ++ Abrupt economic changes in the US would hurt the world economy. ... MoreMay 6, 2008 | Fighting Global Warming While the Earth is CoolingGerman researchers have reported that natural climate variability may offset the noticeable effects of human-induced global warming over the next decade, until 2020. ++ In the short term, policymakers should not ease efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions but welcome the break as a time to cooperate and plan the planet’s environmental future. ++ While a decade is a short amount of time and ... MoreApril 8, 2008 | Green Lighting OpportunitiesLondon’s goal to become the first city with streets illuminated by LED’s indicates a promising trend towards green lighting technology. ++ Indian cities should pay more attention to LED lighting. ++ Through LEDs India could “leapfrog the ‘dirty’ phase of economic growth witnessed in the West.” ++ While China has built the infrastructure needed for advanced LED production, India has yet to follow ... MoreMarch 14, 2008 | The High Cost of Decarbonizing the EconomyThe US and the EU should stop priding themselves for having slowed or reduced their CO2 output mainly thanks to the outsourcing of production to other parts of the world. ++ Environmentally sustainable consumption will require cutting living standards and massively restructuring major economies. ++ As consumption rather than production matters, biofuels and renewables are compounding the problem. ... MoreSeptember 7, 2007 | Blame Governments, Not Climate Change, for Future Failed StatesIdean Salehyan, coauthor of “Climate Change and Conflict: The Migration Link,”argues in Foreign Policy that climate change cannot be the exclusive cause of future wars for water and resources. Corrupt and tyrannical governments should remain under scrutiny. Ban Ki-Moon’s statement linking the horrors in Darfur to climate change is false and misleading: Khartoum is the source of the ... MoreCommentsSeptember 3, 2008 | The US possesses an extraordinary opportunity... |
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