India unveils National Action Plan on Climate Change

The Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, recently unveiled a National Action plan on climate change. This plan has been strategically designed to promote sustainable development, but without any commitment to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Read this Time of India article to get more information about the plan.
Perhaps this is a first [...]

Desforestation is happening

I realize that the course is long over, but I came across this article that I thought might interest some.   Specifically, it addresses the heated topic discussed at lunch a few weeks ago.  There are some skeptics out there who do not believe that deforestation is happening and that all is rosey.   While the rate [...]

Sustainable development and finance

Sustainable development becomes a reality for the world of finance.

Indeed, a growing amount of money is invested in environmental funds. For example, in Europe according to Watson Wyatt, a investment consultants, 15.2 % of net investments in equity funds were invested into environmental funds during the first seven months of 2007, against 2.6 per [...]

Sustainable Home Construction

We have talked a lot about reducing car emissions.. but what about homes? According to Natural Resources Canada, “housing” accounts for 16% of the greenhouse gas emissions in Canada. 
With this in mind a Crown corporation called Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) did a survey, found that 90% of home buyers are interested in the [...]

How climate change effects world health

I found this article on climate change very interessant for few reasons. As we saw in course, the climate change is one of the major problem of our century. This article explains that the climate doens’t move rapidly but it has necessary a real impact on population, and especially on vulnerable populations.
Keep attention at the [...]