tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754440720637307312.post4207891843443170401..comments2023-02-28T12:46:20.040+01:00Comments on Ecowar: The financial crisis: nothing specialBennohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02192096337281267499noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754440720637307312.post-65847235558099033492008-10-16T22:07:00.000+02:002008-10-16T22:07:00.000+02:00UN: crisis must not stop climate change action""Th...<A HREF="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iVNkthqWXZuZD9P6lr9Kh3AxSkBQD93QJE200" REL="nofollow">UN: crisis must not stop climate change action</A><BR/><EM>""There was a very strong consensus that the current financial turmoil should not be an excuse to slow down action on climate change," Yvo de Boer, executive secretary for the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, told The Associated Press after the talks.<BR/><BR/>"Many ministers said that <STRONG>addressing climate change can deliver important economic benefits</STRONG> that are important in the light of the current financial situation as well," de Boer added."</EM>Bennohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02192096337281267499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754440720637307312.post-56119208696835332422008-10-16T18:10:00.000+02:002008-10-16T18:10:00.000+02:00European Union / THE ECONOMICS OF ECOSYSTEMS AND B...<A HREF="http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/biodiversity/economics/index_en.htm" REL="nofollow">European Union / THE ECONOMICS OF ECOSYSTEMS AND BIODIVERSITY<BR/></A><BR/><EM>"Human well-being is dependent upon "ecosystem services" provided by nature for free, such as water and air purification, fisheries, timber and nutrient cycling. These are predominantly public goods with no markets and no prices, so their loss often is not detected by our current economic incentive system and can thus continue unabated. A variety of pressures resulting from population growth, changing diets, urbanisation, climate change and many other factors is causing biodiversity to decline, and ecosystems are continuously being degraded. The world’s poor are most at risk from the continuing loss of biodiversity, as they are the ones that are most reliant on the ecosystem services that are being degraded."</EM>Bennohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02192096337281267499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754440720637307312.post-74468371801639809982008-10-14T18:46:00.000+02:002008-10-14T18:46:00.000+02:00Actually I put a related article on my Newsvine co...Actually I put a related article on my Newsvine column the other day: <A HREF="http://benno.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/11/1986411-climate-change-investments-to-tackle-financial-crisis" REL="nofollow">Climate change investments to tackle financial crisis</A>.Bennohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02192096337281267499noreply@blogger.com