WORLD leaders may continue to defend themselves, but it will not change the fact that they failed to live up to the world’s expectations at the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15). Indeed, the Copenhagen Accord — the “deal” that governments agreed to take note of at COP15 — did not spell out the […]
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Humankind needs two Earths to survive: Foundation
KOTA KINABALU, 11 Feb 2009: Come 2050, humans’ existence will be severely threatened — unless there is another planet earth to cushion the blow! This is the prediction of Asia-Europe Foundation’s regional environment centre executive director Marta Szigeti Bonifert. She expects a demographic explosion by 2050 when there will be food and water shortage, and […]