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07.12.2007 Centre for Science and Environment, an India-based organisation, rubbishes the clean development mechanism, saying that developed nations are more interested in capturing markets in developing economies than addressing the issue of clean development. No high-end technologies have been transferred from the rich to poor countries, claims its director Sunita Narain.

07.12.2007 A two-day national seminar on ‘Adapting to Climate Change’ in Pune, a city in Indian state of Maharashtra was held to take a dedicated view of global warming and its impact on water resources in the wake of projections about intense changes in the hydrological cycle. It has called for a review of five-year old national water policy to counter climate change.

06.12.2007 Earthquake of 2004 and the tsunami that followed had destroyed the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, a part of India in the Bay of Bengal. Tourists stopped flocking the picturesque islands out of fear. The worried government began promoting tourism by sending its employees for excursions granting them leave travel concession but this policy is now proving to be disastrous.

03.12.2007 "L'acqua è un diritto, non una merce: ripubblicizziamola!". E' la richiesta della manifestazione promossa sabato scorso a Roma dal "Forum italiano dei movimenti per l'acqua" che ha visto la partecipazione di 40mila persone appartenenti a comitati territoriali e associazioni, forze culturali e religiose, sindacali e politiche per sostenere la legge di iniziativa popolare per la tutela e la gestione pubblica dell'acqua. Un proposta di legge per la quale sono state raccolte più di 400 mila firme, ma che al momento giace in qualche cassetto parlamentare anche se il decreto fiscale appena approvato ha bloccato per un anno la privatizzazione dei servizi idrici. Il ministro per la Solidarietà sociale Paolo Ferrero promette che la "ripubblicizzazione dell'acqua sarà uno dei punti della verifica di governo a gennaio".

03.12.2007 Faced with the shortage of fodder, the villagers of north Indian state Himachal Pradesh went against the government's planting of pines in favour of broadleaved species of trees, which could also be used as food for cattle.

03.12.2007 Maanantaina avatussa YK:n ilmastokonferenssissa aloitetaan neuvottelut, joiden tavoitteena on laajan ilmastosopimuksen solmiminen vuonna 2009. Balilla Indonesiassa järjestettävään kaksiviikkoiseen kokoukseen osallistuu yli 10 000 delegaattia.

03.12.2007 Goresan cat di kanvas putih ala 'Seni Perlawanan' mengawali pembukaan acara Forum Masyarakat Sipil (Civil Society Organization Forum/CSF) Indonesia untuk Keadilan Iklim di Kampung CSO, BTDC, Nusa Dua, Bali, Senin (3/12) pagi.

02.12.2007 Koalisi Masyarakat Sipil untuk keadilan iklim (Indonesian Climate Society Forum for Climate Justice/CSF) menggelar pertemuan, Sabtu (1/1), guna menggalang dukungan publik untuk mendesak UNFCC agar tidak terjebak dalam fundamentalisme pasar dalam menyelesaikan persoalan perubahan iklim global.

01.12.2007 Letusan senapan Kalashnikov AK 47 mewarnai aksi damai yang dilakukan aktivis Greenpeace di Pembangkit Listrik Tenaga Uap (PLTU) Tanjung Jati B di Jepara, Sabtu (1/12/2007) pagi kemarin.

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