With the fall of the Berlin Wall in the 1990s, capitalism was seen as the ultimate model of success. A quick look however, at the environmental crisis facing the world today and the social inequalities that continue to persist, reveals that as an economic model, it has failed to secure planetary and human well-being. We’re beyond [...]
With only about 2 weeks left for Copenhagen at the time of writing, let’s take a pause and look at how we got here: Climate talks timeline: From 350 to Kyoto to Copenhagen and beyond on Dipity. If I had to choose one historic day on this timeline, it could well be the one that [...]
Today’s Guest writer is Chris Tobias, Celsias Editor-at-Large and Lead Strategist at Forward. He has been creating a positive future for our planet in the sustainable development/CSR space for five years. The upcoming climate negotiations in Copenhagen have highlighted an interesting dilemma. Nations worldwide are trying to shirk their responsibilities around emissions and [...]
Today’s Guest writer is Chris Tobias, Celsias Editor-at-Large and Lead Strategist at Forward. He has been creating a positive future for our planet in the sustainable development/CSR space for five years. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a critical issue across Asia. From local companies to multi-national conglomerates, how successfully business interacts with its [...]
Thursday, 12th November 2009 saw the public launch in Singapore of “HIGH STAKES” a movie on the Economics of Climate Change in SE Asia based on the report by the Asian Development Bank. The 29 minute documentary is made by the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) and features several experts – executives, economists and environmentalists including Dr. Rajendra [...]
Inaugurating the seminar on Low Carbon Growth on 12th November, 2009 (organised by the British High Commission, Singapore in partnership with SEAS and supported by SBF ), the Acting British High Commissioner Ms Amanda Brooks introduced the new interactive map released by the Met Office Hadley Centre in collaboration with several organisations engaged in climate change research. [...]
By Bhavani Prakash Palm Oil is the largest plantation crop in the world, and much of it is grown in Malaysia and Indonesia where primary rainforests that are rich in biodiversity and home to millions of species are being rapidly cleared. Rapid expansion of plantations releases huge amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere as peat swamps are [...]
This is Part 5 of a 10 part series of blogs in support of the 10:10 campaign initiated by Director, Franny Armstrong’s team to complement the documentary on global warming, “The Age of Stupid”. It is to enable each one of us to take action and reduce our carbon emissions by 10% in 2010. Download the [...]
“You’re a part of this planet. Feel good about the rippling message now going out around the earth: if we shout it loud enough, even our leaders will hear.” BILL MCKIBBEN The International Day of Climate Action on 24th October 2009, was a truly historic event with over 5,200 events organised in 181 countries (on [...]
We have seen in Part 1 of this blog covering how social media is being used for climate change activism. Climate Change is the most significant threat that humanity has ever faced.We as individuals play an important role in spreading the message of Climate Change in our social networks, both online and offline, and in influencing world leaders in [...]
