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News of weather events and climate affairs from around the African continent.
GenderCC is a global network and platform of gender activists and experts from all world regions working for gender and climate justice. The website provides access to news, information and other resources.
Island Vulnerability explores the challenges which isolated geographies face when dealing with risk and disasters. Documents from the landmark Small States Conference on Sea Level Rise held in the Maldives in 1989 are available.
And finally,
>1.5 To Stay Alive, a song written and performed by Barbadian performance poet Adisa "AJA" Andwele, marks the 1.5 degree Celsius limit to which global surface temperatures can rise before Small Island Developing States are severely compromised in their ability to adapt to the impacts of climate change.
About the Cyberlibrary
The Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary is a co-production of the Stockholm Environment Institute and the International Institute for Environment and Development. It is sponsored by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency.
Tiempo Climate Newswatch is a weekly on-line magazine with news, features and comment on global warming, climate change, sea-level rise and development issues. The news stories carried by Newswatch are updated weekly. Comment, features, interviews and other sections of the magazine are updated on a weekly to monthly basis.
The Tiempo Climate Portal is a listing of selected websites covering climate and development and related issues.
The Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary is maintained and edited by Mick Kelly and Sarah Granich. The cartoons are created by Lawrence Moore. The site was developed by Mike Salmon and Mick Kelly.
While every effort is made to ensure that information on this site, and on other sites that are referenced here, is accurate, no liability for loss or damage resulting from use of this information can be accepted.
A moral challenge
Lionel Hurst discusses the urgent need to effectively
link global climate change to sustainable development challenges.
Published
Issue 47, March 2003.
Gender – a forgotten
element
Fatma Denton and Jyoti Parikh outline ways in
which they consider the issue of gender should be mainstreamed into
the climate debate. Published
Issue 47, March 2003.
Think before you sink
Gerald Leach has been thinking about carbon sinks and
concludes that much current thinking on the issue should be sunk.
Published
Issue 46, December 2002.
The point seven percent
solution
Calls for a broadening of control commitments to include
developing nations were firmly rebuffed at the Delhi Conference of the
Parties to the climate treaty. Tiempo editors Mick Kelly
and Sarah Granich propose a way forward.
Published
Issue 46, December 2002.
A Sword of Damocles?
John Hay uses a classical legend to underline his
argument that global warming is posing a very real threat to Pacific
Island nations. Published
Issue 44/45, September 2001.
The coming decline of oil
Gerald Leach comments on the hidden bomb behind the
climate debate. Published
Issue 42, December 2001.
North-South dialogue
Peter Zhou discusses equity and sustainable development
perceptions from a Southern Africa aspect.
Published
Issue 40/41, September 2001.
Smoke and mirrors
Mick Kelly steps aside from his role as editor of Tiempo
to make a personal statement on the climate negotiations based on his
experience of the global warming debate over the past 25 years.
Published
Issue 36/37, September 2000.
Challenges for mainland
Southeast Asia
Dave Hubbel discusses the challenges for mainland
Southeast Asia imposed by conventional development.
Published
Issue 33, September 1999.
Ethics for environmental
journalists
Jim Detjen reports on a recent conference that agreed
upon a code of ethics for environmental journalists.
Published Issue 32, June 1999.
So... who was missing in
Buenos Aires?
Paul Metz expresses concern at the missed opportunities
for advancing renewable energy sources in Buenos Aires.
Published Issue 31, March 1999.
The language of global
warming
Michael Glantz considers the importance of word-use in
defining the significance of global warming. Argentina.
Published Issue 31, March 1999.
Stalemate in climate
protection
Emilio Lèbre La Rovere comments on the main
political issues which dominated the latest round of the climate
negotiations in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Published Issue 30, December 1998.
Biomass as an energy
source
David Hall argues that biomass provides an effective
energy substitute for fossil fuels as well as a sink for sequestering
carbon.
Published Issue 29, September 1998.
The missing dimension
Jaro Mayda discusses the need for developing a better
social technology for regional and local decision making on global
change.
Published Issue 28, June 1998.
Key issues in global
change
Kirill Ya. Kondratyev considers priorities in responding
to global environmental change as we approach the 21st century.
Published Issue 28, June 1998.
From Kyoto to Buenos
Aires
Emilio Lèbre La Rovere comments on the outcome of
the Kyoto climate conference with particular reference to Brazil.
Published Issue 27, March 1998.
A Pacific response to climate
change
John E Hay presents his thoughts on the implications of
climate change for small island developing states of the Pacific.
Published Issue 23, March 1997.
AIJ — Africans In
Jeopardy?
Angela Churie argues that African nations should prepare
carefully for participation in joint implementation activities.
Published Issue 20, June 1996.
Life and death in the
mangrove
Alfredo Quarto discusses the impact that commercial prawn
farming is having on the world's mangrove forests.
Published Issue 9, August 1993.
Bright Ideas
Hydrogen-powered buses are carrying passengers on the streets of Reykjavik, Iceland (video)
The Esprimo P7000 Series of desktop computers from Fujitsu supports 0-Watt technology
Progressive Lighting and Energy Solutions makes companies green, one light bulb at a time
Ghent, Belgium, has declared Thursday a Veggie Day, promoting a meat-free, climate-friendly diet for one day of the week
The International Network for Bamboo and Rattan is developing elevated bamboo houses that will lift communities above flood zones
WaveRoller captures kinetic energy from ocean waves as they approach the shore using a bottom-mounted moving wing and converts that energy to electricity
New businesses in Tucson, Arizona, must use rainwater harvesting to meet at least half of their landscaping needs
As well as saving energy and reducing waste, The Edge LED lighting fixtures from BetaLED contain no mercury or lead and comply with Dark Sky regulations
The world's first hydrogen fuel cell canal boat will tour Amsterdam's waterways
The Green Foodservice Alliance is encouraging eco-friendly practices, such as use of spent grease for biofuel production and donation of non-sellable but edible food to a food bank or charity
The world's largest solar thermal steam cooking system, providing 50,000 meals per day, has been installed by Gadhia Solar at the Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust in India
The role of the Panasonic Eco Technology Center is to recover high-quality recyclable materials from home appliances that have reached the end of the life
Sky Vegetables builds sustainable, commercial-scale hydroponic farms on urban rooftops, providing new jobs and nutritious, chemical-free, locally-grown produce while reducing environmental damage
Tiempo Climate Newswatch
Updated: March 12th 2010