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NEWS FROM THE WORLDWATCH INSTITUTE
Contents:
1. Apology for Multiple Message Problem
2. Special
Offer: Free Downloads of New Articles on Global Warming
3. Hilary French to
appear on global environmental governance panel
4. Worldwatch participates
in 6-part environmental series on CNN
1. Multiple Message Problem
2. SPECIAL OFFER: FREE CLIMATE CHANGE ARTICLES AND MAP
The most important international climate conference since
the 1997 Kyoto summit
is taking place now in the Hague, Netherlands. From
November 13-24 at the Sixth Conference of the Parties (COP6) to the U.N.
climate change treaty, governments are scheduled to wrap up two long years of
negotiations on a range of issues surrounding the Kyoto Protocol. Yet, as
evidence of dramatic ice melting at the Earth's poles and other signs of
warming heighten the urgency of addressing the climate problem, many unresolved
differences remain. To mark COP6, the Worldwatch Institute is offering free
online access to its
feature articles on climate change, which appeared in
the Worldwatch magazine's
November/December 2000 issue. Go to
http://www.worldwatch.org
"The Hydrogen Experiment" examines Iceland's grand
experiment that may end the
country's-and the world's-reliance on fossil
fuels forever.
"The Oceans Are Coming Ashore" focuses on how in this
century increases in sea
levels of just one meter could displace up to one
billion people and cause
countless ecological tragedies around the world.
This article addresses global
aspects of the climate change problem and why
governments have been slow to act
on this disaster waiting to happen.
Also available at the web site is the Worldwatch "Ice-melt Map of the
World,"
which graphically illustrates the devastating effects that global
warming is
having around the world. The map indicates thinning sea ices,
shrinking
glaciers and cities that are highly vulnerable to sea level rise.
"The Hydrogen Experiment," "The Oceans Are Coming Ashore,"
and the "Ice-melt
Map of the World" are available for free download until
the end of COP6,
November 24 from the Worldwatch website:
http://www.worldwatch.org
Media organizations wishing to reproduce the Ice-melt Map of
the World, please
contact Niki Clarke: email: nclarke@worldwatch.org ;
telephone: (1 202)
452-1999 ; fax: (1 202) 296-7365.
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3. Hilary French on Global
Environmental Panel
If you are in the Washington, D.C. metro area, Hilary French
will be appearing
on a panel on global environmental governance at the
Woodrow Wilson Center on
Friday, November 17, from 1:30 PM to 3:15 PM. The
program is sponsored by the
Environmental Change and Security Project and
the Harrison Program on the Future
Global Agenda of the University of
Maryland.
The title of the panel is: "Global Environmental
Governance--Multilateral or
Unilateral." French's last book, "Vanishing
Borders:Protecting the Planet in the
Age of Globalization," deals
extensively with the need to strengthen global
environmental governance.
The Woodrow Wilson Center is in the Ronald Reagan Building,
located at 1300
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. A map is available
at
http://wwics.si.edu. The event is free and open to the public. For
further
information, call 202-691-4130.
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4. "People's Planet" TV Series Opens on CNN
A new 6-part TV series based loosely on State of the World
1999 will open on CNN
at 10 PM EST on CNN on November 19, 2000. The series
focuses on the
environmental revolution needed to bring our activities into
balance with the
natural world. The series argues for major, joint
initiatives by civil society,
governments and companies to improve our use
of resources and to minimize our
global impact. It is intended as a scene
setter for the next UN Earth Summit, in
the summer of 2002.It was shot in
24 countries on five continents.
The program will air on successive Sundays through December
24, 2000. The titles
of the six 45-minute programs are: Beyond Consumerism,
Transforming Our Cities,
Feeding Nine Billion, Re-valuing Nature, The
Search for Global Justice, and
Racing for the Sun.
In addition to working with the producers of the series,
Worldwatch President
Chris Flavin and Chairman of the Board Lester Brown
are among the distinguished
group of interviewees, which also includes
Vadana Shiva, Paul Hawken, Wangari
Maathai, Amory Lovins, and Jane
Goodall. |
