Environmental sustainability

(MDG 7) This group focuses on the seventh Millennium Development Goal, which deals with environmental concerns. The Goal is precisely about linking environmental protection to poverty reduction through sustainable development. The topics here include climate change, pollution levels, environmental performance and threats.

350.org, resource for environmental action

Resource (link) submitted by brucedonigan on 18 Nov 2009

Web link: 350.org; Resource type: Web site

Explore the site www.350.org, a source of information and a call to action regarding climate change legislation.

The mission of 350.org is as follows:

350.org is an international campaign dedicated to building a movement to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis-- [ read more ]

Powerful Speech from President Mohammed Nasheed, President of the Maldives

Resource (link) submitted by brucedonigan on 18 Nov 2009

Web link: Climate Vulnerable Forum; Resource type: Web site

Address by His Excellency Mohamed Nasheed, President of the Republic of Maldives, at the Climate Vulnerable Forum on November 9, 2009.

We gather in this hall today, as some of the most climate-vulnerable nations on Earth. We are vulnerable because climate change threatens to hit us first; and hit us hardest. And we are vulnerable because we have modest means with which to protect ourselves from the coming disaster. [ read more ]

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