08 June 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe BOSNIA: President Dodik of the Serb Republic in Bosnia banned textbooks teaching the siege of Sarajevo and the Srebrenica genocide. EU: The president of the European Council has asked the president of the European Commission to block Gazprom’s Nord Stream 2, the proposed Russian gas pipeline… Continue reading Issue 108:2017 06 08:Week in Brief International
Tag: Paris Agreement
Issue 96: 2017 03 16: The WWF Living Planet Report 2016 (Lynda Goetz)
16 March 2017 The WWF Living Planet Report 2016 Naively optimistic or realistic vision? by Lynda Goetz Most of us recognise the panda symbol, but how many of us really know what the organisation it represents actually does? WWF was founded in 1961 and registered under Swiss law. The initials originally stood for World Wildlife… Continue reading Issue 96: 2017 03 16: The WWF Living Planet Report 2016 (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 33: 2015 12 17: An Agreement From Paris
17 December 2015 An Agreement From Paris Will the process succeed? By John Watson My favourite clause of the Paris Agreement is article 7.5 which runs as follows: Parties acknowledge that adaptation action should follow a country-driven, gender-responsive, participatory and fully transparent approach, taking into consideration vulnerable groups, communities and ecosystems, and should be based… Continue reading Issue 33: 2015 12 17: An Agreement From Paris
