Kyoto to Copenhagen: a dangerous gulf between policy and action
Blog / 2nd April 2009The climate change conference in Copenhagen during March 2009 highlighted a growing gulf between science, policy and action – a fatal flaw that increases the risk of an abrupt and irreversible climatic shift. A backgrounder by STWR.
Spotlight on the ‘Kyoto II’ climate change negotiations in Poznan
Blog / 3rd December 2008As world nations meet in Poznan, Poland, to continue negotiations on a new climate treaty to succeed the Kyoto Protocol in 2012, serious questions are being raised about the possibility of slashing global carbon emissions by the necessary minimum of 50% by 2050.
In search of a better world
Blog / 18th April 2008A new book by Dr Zeki Ergas, based on a collection of short essays originally published in Share The World’s Resources (STWR), explores the major threats facing humanity in the 21st century and outlines the systemic, structural and institutional changes necessary to avert a global catastrophe.
Sharing, justice and peace
Blog / 3rd November 2003A peaceful world may be the goal of many of our nations’ leaders and is certainly a concept close to the hearts of many billions of people world-wide. However we are clearly far from achieving this target.
Exploring the current global crisis facing the world.
Blog / 11th August 2003Now, more than ever, it is of paramount importance that we realise the extent to which our planet is in crisis and that we act upon this knowledge in order to facilitate major change. Quite simply what is necessary is a redistribution of the world’s resources and the embracing of the principle of sharing at all levels of society.