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Habib Maalouf (Assafir) Climate Change and “Sustainable Cities” Proposal Habib Maalouf discusses the "Global Greens Congress" in that took place São Paulo, Brazil, on May 1-5, 2008 and the prospective for the green parties work all over the globe. (May 2008)
Alister Doyle (Reuters) World warming despite cool Pacific and Baghdad snow In this article, Alister Doyle tackles the fact that climate change is still nudging up temperatures, even though it snowed in Baghdad for the first since long. She discusses this, showing how climate Global warming has not stopped even though 2008 was predicted to be the coolest year since 2000. (January 2008)
Michael T. Klare (AlterNet.org) Preparing for Life After Oil Michael T. Klare the professor of peace and world security shows how we are entering the age of insufficiency, where oil prices hit new highs and supplies sink, hence having our way of life drastically changed. (November 2007)
Fouad Hamdan (Executive Magazine) Arab States Ignore Climate Change Arab Leaders are ignoring climate change at the peril of their people, argues Fouad Hamdan. Far from being the problem of a distant future, climate change is already affecting Arab countries. Hydrogen, a clean energy suitable to replace oil and petrol can be generated from solar energy. Timely investment in such technologies would more than offset any reduction in oil production, and put the region at the forefront of clean energy suppliers. (April 2007)
Suzanne Baaklini (L'Orient Le Jour) Socio Economic Consequences at all Levels Global Warming: More Drought and Heat in Lebanon Suzanne Baaklini describes the potential effects of climate change on Lebanon, citing heat waves, floods, drought and desertification and their effects on the ecological system of Lebanon and the Lebanese economy, in particular tourism and agriculture, and suggests a number of measures to avoid these effects.(November 2005)
Habib Maalouf (As-Safir) On the Edge of Climate Change: A Late Warning A call for taking on Climate Change as one of the most serious challenges to the existing practices of global cooperation and economy, and to adjust values and behavior towards sustainability and responsibility. (February 2007)
Wikipedia Climate Change Comprehensive overview with multiple links for further reading. (Constantly Updated) |