GBM Blog Archive: June 2010

Biofuels: Recent Report Highlights Problems With Jatropha

June 29, 2010 - 06:55AM
Published by Hannah Smith

Presented as the future of combustible energy, biofuels have been gaining a growing interest and enthusiasm over the past few years. This is due firstly to the oscillation of oil prices and secondly to concerns about climate changes. In fact biofuels are often described as an effective alternative to petroleum in order to avoid its disastrous effects for the environment and for human health. They are biodegradable, offer energy security and produce cleaner and lower emissions in comparison to classical fossil fuels. As a result an increasing number of investments have been made in this sector.

The Nobel Women's Initiative Delegation to the ICC: Part 2 - Africa & The International Criminal Court

June 21, 2010 - 09:20AM
Published by Hannah Smith

From May 28 to June 5, the Nobel Women’s Initiative took a delegation - led by Nobel Laureates Wangari Maathai and Shirin Ebadi - to the first ever Review Conference of the International Criminal Court.

The Nobel Women's Initiative Delegation to the ICC: Part 1 - Gender Justice

June 15, 2010 - 11:50AM
Published by Hannah Smith

From May 28 to June 5, the Nobel Women’s Initiative led a delegation to the first ever Review Conference of the International Criminal Court. The delegation, led by Nobel Laureates Wangari Maathai and Shirin Ebadi, called for a global end to impunity and a strengthening of laws that punish perpetrators of crimes against women.

What's logging got to do with saving the climate?

June 10, 2010 - 09:45AM
Published by Anna Collins

For the last two weeks the UN have again been meeting to discuss climate change at the UNFCCC in Bonn, Germany. I was there to keep up with everything that is going on and try to make sure any decisions that got made, especially with regards to forests were the kind of decisions that we here at Green Belt Movement would consider good ones.

New funding for forests: the launch of the Fast Start REDD+ Partnership in Olso

June 2, 2010 - 08:15AM
Published by Francesca de Gasparis

Last week I joined Wangari and the team in Oslo to attend the launch of the REDD+ Partnership Agreement. This new initiative for forests (2010-2012) came out of the Fast Start funding discussions also known as the Paris-Oslo process.