Land degradation, poverty and inequality
Land degradation threatens the livelihoods of billions of people around the world . This is particularly the case for populations living in rural areas where most of the poor people reside: estimates report
UNCCD
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Desertification: coping with todays global challenges
The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) convened a High-Level Policy Dialogue to discuss
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Adaptation under the frameworks of the CBD, the UNCCD and the UNFCCC
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in its Fourth Assessment Report, re-emphasized the need for adaptation to address the impacts of climate change on lives and livelihoods across all sectors.
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Boiling point
Climate change negotiations get emotional because carbon dioxide emissions are closely related to individual lifestyles and to national economies. For instance, the per capita GHG emissions of one US citizen were equal to those of 19 Indians in 1996
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Biodiversity
To energise the biodiversity convention, the world will have to first deal with difficult countries like the US
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Rio s stepchild
Northern countries still see desertification as a local problem caused by population pressures rather than international trade patterns and market demands
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Toxic travellers
Developing countries are wary of the proposed treaty as chemicals like DDT are still used in many malaria prone regions for vector control
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Wood headed proposal
After almost 10 years of fighting for or against a forest convention, there is not even a common view on why forests are under threat and what should be done
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Free, not fair
Does a country have the right to demand that its domestic standards on environmental protection be applicable to all countries?
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MAIght of OECD
A no holds barred treaty on investments would hand over the world on a platter to MNCs
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Polluter says principle
GEF should have been a liability fund, rather than a guilt fund set up by the North to make up for the global damage it had caused