CANCUN—December 4, 2010—The International Institute for Sustainable Development and the Alternatives to Slash and Burn Partnership at the World Agroforestry Centre (ASB-ICRAF) have launched the second phase of their project—Building REDD Capacity for Developing Country Negotiators and Land Managers—to help developing countries get the most from complex negotiations at the climate change talks.
REDD-plus is about reducing [...]
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Dr. George Lakaoff a professor of cognitive linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley believes that “Global warming” is the wrong term: “Warm” seems nice. So people think, “Gee, I like global warming, Pittsburgh will be warmer.” “Climate change” is the attempt to be scientific and neutral. “Climate crisis” would be a more effective term. In [...] |
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