Professor Emeritus of International Environmental Policy, Tufts University
Old forests are critically important for slowing climate change and merit immediate protection from logging
A majority of national forest area that is mature and old growth is not protected from logging
A southern fault
The South is to blame for the shattering of a dream called Rio
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
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