“We will restore science to its rightful place.” — President Barack Obama, 2009 : : : : : In 2007, the National Academy of Sciences
Dr. Thomas Lovejoy, biodiversity chair for the Heinz Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment (and honorary directory of the TREE Foundation headquartered in Sarasota,
Saturday, December 12 marks the halfway point for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change meetings (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen, Denmark. At the COP working
Many participants at COP15 (and others around the world) feel convinced that the value of ecosystems – if calculated in the accounting for business and
The UNFCCC meetings (otherwise known at COP15) are held at the Bella Center, just outside of Copenhagen. The public transport is ideal and should be
While Ministers mingled and Bureaucrats bungled, the solution to the climate change conundrum was sitting unnoticed just outside the meeting room doors. If we citizens
Flying through a thick cloud overhanging Copenhagen, I arrived with awe and trepidation to the Bella Center where the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Or, why is climate change a global (not local) issue? For scientists, the challenge of trying to understand the impacts of climate upon the future
From the UNFCCC: The UN Climate Change Secretariat and the Host Government would like to inform all journalists covering COP 15 of the following: The
“Destroying a tropical rain forest and other species-rich ecosystems for profit is like burning all the paintings of the Louvre to cook dinner.” EO Wilson
