Is Justin Timberlake the new Al Gore?

Source: Washington Post | By Associated Press

Justin Timberlake has been lauded for his work in music, TV and film. Now he’s about to get an accolade for trying to better the environment. The Environmental Media Association says Timberlake will receive its Futures Award, which represents future environmental leaders in entertainment.

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Island nations beg for help: they’re disappearing underwater

Source: The Washington Post | By Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS — The Palestinians want the United Nations to recognize a state. And the island nation of Tuvalu wants the United Nations to act — now — to keep their state above water. The high drama surrounding the historic Palestinian bid for statehood has to a degree overshadowed other issues facing the U.N. General Assembly, which Saturday heard from the leaders of island nations where the impact of climate change is already having a profound effect.

Food for thought on climate change and global warming

Here is an interesting article on global warming by James Taylor of Forbes. We believe however that the future of planet Earth is all about common sense and not necessarily scientific data. Global warming and climate change are real threats and have repercussions on security, human rights, migration trends, small island nations, biodiversity, and much more. Food for thought!

New website to track $30 billion in climate aid

Source: Reuters | by Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent

A website launched on Friday will help track whether rich countries are keeping a pledge to come up with $30 billion in climate aid for the poor, seen by the U.N. as a “golden key” to progress in talks on global warming.

Washington Post interviews former UN climate chief

Source: Washington Post | by Juliet Eilperin

Until this month, Yvo de Boer served as executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, the body that oversees international climate negotiations. After supervising the Copenhagen climate talks last year, a process he has called frustrating, de Boer suddenly announced in February that he would be stepping down. After nearly four years on the U.N. job (he describes it as “three years and 11 months,” but who’s counting?), he just started work as an adviser on climate change and sustainability at KPMG International in London. The Washington Post’s national environmental reporter Juliet Eilperin spoke with de Boer last week about leaving the United Nations, why he never kept Al Gore out in the cold and how President Obama has his brain in the right place.

World leaders welcome the Copenhagen Accord

Source: COP-15 Copenhagen | by Rie Jerichow

Despite its lack of targets to curb emissions, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other leaders agree to defend the new climate deal.

Backgrounder: U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen

Today began the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. The United Nations Office in Washington DC has prepared a background note to understand what the conference is and its importance in the negotiations towards a new international treaty to fight global warming.

Climate change: UN Chief in Washington to lobby US Congress

Source: United Nations

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the United States to take a leading role in forging a new international pact to combat global warming, warning that the consequences of failure outweigh the cost of tackling climate change.