Green diplomacy
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Developed as well as developing countries should push environmental programs to avert the possible damages of global warming which are predicted to intensify within the next 100 years. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predict increased disease in Latin America, increased water shortages in East Asia and the disappearance of 50% of coastal wetlands in North America. The European Union has proposed the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 15% below the 1990 levels. The UK has promised to cut CO2 emissions by 20% while China and India are tackling the problem.
Publication Name: New Perspectives Quarterly
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0893-7850
Year: 1998
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From behind the Cyrillic curtain: the Green Patriarch speaks
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Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I expressed his concerns about the environment in light of the global warming conference held in Kyoto, Japan in Dec 1997. He cited the self-centered behavior of nations toward global warming which is symptomatic of an alienation from each other. He then called for the unification of nations aimed at unilaterally curbing climate change and in fulfilling God's will of preserving His creation through asceticism.
Publication Name: New Perspectives Quarterly
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0893-7850
Year: 1998
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PEN goes green and looks south
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Renowned Mexican poet, novelist and environmental activist Homero Aridjis, the new president of PEN International, discusses his plans for the organization. Aridjis is also the president of the environmental movement of writers, Group of 100. In its 76 years of existence, this is only the second time that a Latin American writer will head PEN International. He also describes his other interests as a human rights activist and an environmentalist.
Publication Name: New Perspectives Quarterly
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0893-7850
Year: 1998
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