http://www.greenkampong.com Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:35:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/timorese-leader-at-un-calls-on-asia-to-lead-the-way-on-climate-change/ http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/timorese-leader-at-un-calls-on-asia-to-lead-the-way-on-climate-change/#comments Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:52:16 +0000 green team http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=3975 Timorese President José Ramos-Horta today exhorted his fellow Asians to take the lead on tackling climate change, telling the General Assembly that his continent needs a common agenda to promote sustainable development, environmental protection and better land and water management. Mr. Ramos-Horta told the third day of the Assembly’s high-level debate that almost a year [...]]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/timorese-leader-at-un-calls-on-asia-to-lead-the-way-on-climate-change/feed/ 0 http://www.greenkampong.com/business/a-carbon-border-tax-can-curb-climate-change/ http://www.greenkampong.com/business/a-carbon-border-tax-can-curb-climate-change/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:51:55 +0000 green team http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=3847 As global growth picks up after the economic crisis, carbon emissions are going back up too. With China and India back on track to double their gross domestic product every decade, and with coal providing nearly 30 per cent of global energy, the chances of stabilising and reducing emissions are low. Indeed, little progress has [...]]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/business/a-carbon-border-tax-can-curb-climate-change/feed/ 0 http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/cop15-concludes-the-climate-deadlock-doesnt/ http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/cop15-concludes-the-climate-deadlock-doesnt/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:25:17 +0000 Lian Kor http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=3326 President Obama called the Copenhagen Accord – as the outcome of the two-week climate summit in the Danish capital came to be known as – ‘an important first step’. Essentially, the Copenhagen Accord is a 12-paragraph document outlining an agreement that the global average temperature increase must be kept to below 2degrees Celsius to avoid [...]]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/cop15-concludes-the-climate-deadlock-doesnt/feed/ 0 http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/cop15-halftime-report-%e2%80%93-inequity-concerns-take-centre-stage/ http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/cop15-halftime-report-%e2%80%93-inequity-concerns-take-centre-stage/#comments Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:07:03 +0000 Lian Kor http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=3313 And so it began: the countdown timer at the United Nations Framework for Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) website struck 0. On Monday December 7th, COP15 President Connie Hedegaard declared: ‘Time is up! We have had enough wake-up calls. And we have hit the snooze button one time too many. We can make Copenhagen that turning [...]]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/cop15-halftime-report-%e2%80%93-inequity-concerns-take-centre-stage/feed/ 0 http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/cop15-it-makes-sense-to-mitigate-even-if-youre-skeptical/ http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/cop15-it-makes-sense-to-mitigate-even-if-youre-skeptical/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:36:54 +0000 Lian Kor http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=3285 The 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) is happening this week, from Monday Dec 7th to Friday Dec 18th. Lord Nick Stern of the LSE has rightly called COP15 ‘the most important international gathering since the Second World War’. Having been involved in Nick’s work for about a year now, I hope to bring to your [...]]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/cop15-it-makes-sense-to-mitigate-even-if-youre-skeptical/feed/ 0 http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/what-is-copenhagen-and-cop15/ http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/what-is-copenhagen-and-cop15/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:31:17 +0000 green team http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=3268 From the (messy) desk of Benjamin (Mr Miyagi) Lee: There seems to be little or no awareness in Singapore of the Copenhagen Summit. It’s not surprising, given our general attitude that can be summed up as, “we’re a small country, it’s not our problem, let’s see what the big boys do, then we might follow”. [...]]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/what-is-copenhagen-and-cop15/feed/ 1 http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/indochine-green-festival-nature-is-changing/ http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/indochine-green-festival-nature-is-changing/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:47:34 +0000 green team http://www.greenkampong.com/?p=3126 One of the events at this year’s Indochine Green Festival is a public lecture, “Nature is Changing – Copenhagen and Beyond. What does it mean for Asia”, featuring speakers from the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The event will be held on 11th November at the LKY School of Public Policy. Admission is free [...]]]> http://www.greenkampong.com/green_reporter/indochine-green-festival-nature-is-changing/feed/ 0