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Nobel Laureate and Climate Change Task Force member Professor Mohan Monasinghe spoke at the University of Southampton's Multidisciplinary Research Week on 18 March, 2013, discussing climate change, poverty and over-consumption.
Monasinghe said "over-consumption" is driven by several points, namely "we are using as a human race more than the equivalent of one planet earth, 1.5 planets earth equivalent (and) of this consumption, 80% is done by the 1.4 billion people who are the richest on the planet."
"So if the richest people on the planet are consuming more than one planet earth, where are the resources to raise the 2 billion out of poverty?"
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Green Cross International held a panel discussion on 13 December 2012 titled "Responsible Research for Global Biosecurity: Progress to Date" as part of the Meeting of States Parties of the Biological Weapons Convention, at the United Nations in Geneva.
Senior Research fellow at Global Green USA, Marina Voronova-Abrams, discusses the biological threats and challenges facing the former Soviet Union, as well as potential solutions to these issues.
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- Press release: Biological Weapons Convention must be strengthened
- Official UN website
- Green Cross Environment Security and Sustainability programme
- Interview with Paul Walker on BWC (World Radio Switzerland, 12 Dec 2012)
- Contact: Paul Walker, Director, Green Cross Environment Security and Sustainability programme
Green Cross International held a panel discussion on 13 December 2012 titled "Responsible Research for Global Biosecurity: Progress to Date" as part of the Meeting of States Parties of the Biological Weapons Convention, at the United Nations in Geneva.
Leading US expert Carrie Wolinetz discusses the challenges and threats facing security and science experts in attempting to seek solutions to the menace of biological weapons.
Related content:
- Press release: Biological Weapons Convention must be strengthened
- Official UN website
- Green Cross Environment Security and Sustainability programme
- Interview with Paul Walker on BWC (World Radio Switzerland, 12 Dec 2012)
- Contact: Paul Walker, Director, Green Cross Environment Security and Sustainability programme
From all at Green Cross, we wish you a restful, peaceful and joyous holiday season and a happy 2013. We are looking forward to letting you know more about our 20th anniversary plans in 2013.
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Representatives from Green Cross International (GCI) and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) briefed the media in Geneva, Switzerland, on 11 December 2012 on the opening of nominations for the 2013 Green Star Awards.
The awards are a collaborative initiative between GCI, OCHA and the United Nations Environment Programme, and recognize outstanding efforts to reduce the environmental and humanitarian impacts of disasters and conflicts.
Nominations will be open until 15 March 2013 and awardees announced on 2 September 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland during GCI's 20th anniversary celebrations.
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Green Cross consultant and Director of the University of Southern California Institute for Global Health, Jonathan M. Samet, M.D., M.S., discusses the human impact of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the challenges that will face affected people for decades to come.
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Chief Executive Officer Tsunehiko "Tom" Kawamoto of Green Cross Japan discusses the consequences of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and the challenges that will face affected people for decades to come.
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