Worldfocus » developing countries http://worldfocus.org International News, Videos and Blogs Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:35:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Greener governments, businesses address climate change http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/09/03/greener-governments-businesses-address-climate-change/7110/ http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/09/03/greener-governments-businesses-address-climate-change/7110/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:01:46 +0000 Worldfocus http://worldfocus.org/?p=7110 Michael Allegretti, a senior adviser at The Climate Group, an organization of businesses and governments trying to promote an international agreement on curbing greenhouse gases, joins Daljit Dhaliwal to discuss how business and governments can address the challenges and economic opportunities of climate change.

In anticipation of the United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen later this year, Allegretti address the limits imposed on developing nations, greener agendas for governments and how business can take action in smart way.

(View full post to see video) Michael Allegretti of The Climate Group addresses how business and governments can address the challenges and economic opportunities of climate change in anticipation of the United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen later this year. http://worldfocus.org/files/2009/09/th_climatechange_allegretti.jpg http://worldfocus.org/files/2009/09/th_climatechange_allegretti.jpg ]]> http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/09/03/greener-governments-businesses-address-climate-change/7110/feed/ In quest to develop, Africa risks squandering environment http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/04/09/in-quest-to-develop-africa-risks-squandering-environment/4894/ http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/04/09/in-quest-to-develop-africa-risks-squandering-environment/4894/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:50:02 +0000 Worldfocus http://worldfocus.org/?p=4894 Africa’s Congo Basin is the world’s second largest tropical forest — about twice the size of France, spanning 11 countries. But the vast rainforest is subject to deforestation as people cut trees for logging, fuel, road building and other development. The effects on the environment, and on people, have been devastating.

Wangari Maathai is an environmental and political activist and the founder of the Green Belt Movement in Kenya. She also won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. She joins Daljit Dhaliwal to discuss how to balance the economic needs of developing countries with the need for conservation, as well as the impact of climate change on Africa and how African governments are dealing with environmental challenges.

For more, listen to our online radio show on resources in the developing world.

Also, read more about the relationship between natural resources and war in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Rich natural resources partly fuel crisis in Congo.

Wangari Maathai will also be featured in ”Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai” on the PBS series Independent Lens next Tuesday, April 14.

Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmental activist Wangari Maathai discusses how to balance the needs of developing countries with the need for conservation, as well as the impact of climate change on Africa and how African governments are dealing with environmental challenges. http://worldfocus.org/files/2009/04/th_congo_maathai.jpg http://worldfocus.org/files/2009/04/th_congo_maathai.jpg ]]> http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/04/09/in-quest-to-develop-africa-risks-squandering-environment/4894/feed/