William Moomaw

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Time for a rethink

The climate regime needs to get out of the rut it is in

Herbal heist

Hand-in-glove with the forest department, traders of medicinal plants and herbs make hay while communities who depend on herb gathering for …

Time to act

People in the us should realise that only if they reduce fuel consumption will prices fall

Convenient yardstick

Despite its disproportionately large carbon emissions, the US wants proportionate restrictions on the developing countries

A southern fault

The South is to blame for the shattering of a dream called Rio

The South needs sit-ups

Although the World Trade Organization is not the South's favourite negotiating platform, the latter must strengthen itself against the Northern moves

The unsustainable city

The debates, diatribes and rhetoric over the concept of sustainable cities have all been met with the resounding illogic of warped priorities: …

Beyond home

Bill Clinton's absence from the Copenhagen summit on social development underscores the post-Cold War parochialism that has gripped the American …

A green front is not enough

It is time to question whether the new green urgency of big business is a genuine change of heart

The year of ecobabble

Despite numerous proclamations of eco-friendliness and a deluge of treaties, not much was done in 1993 to make fuelwood and clean water easily …

And miles to go before we meet

The North-South divide is not a fabrication: for three-fourths of the world, it is a fact of daily existence. Ignoring it will not make it …

An identity crisis for the South

The developing world needs to define what the South represents, for otherwise it risks its legitimacy as a negotiating bloc

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