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Issue No. 233 (Jan 2010)
COVER:
UN Climate Change Talks: The Copenhagen Debacle
Copenhagen
climate summit ends in discord
The failure of the Copenhagen UN Climate Change Conference in December
to successfully adopt even the weak accord it produced was the tragic
denouement of the attempts by the host nation and some Western leaders
to hijack the summit.
BY MARTIN KHOR
The
real tragedy of Copenhagen
The tragic outcome of the Copenhagen
climate summit could have been averted by pursuing an alternative, more
fruitful course.
BY MARTIN KHOR
Attempts
to make Copenhagen Accord a 'plurilateral
agreement'
After its decision to merely
'take note of' the Copenhagen Accord, the summit was plunged into a
bitter controversy as to the legal implications of its move.
BY MEENA RAMAN
Developing
countries call for working groups to resume climate talks
A number of developing countries have called for the resumption
of the two-track process of negotiations agreed to at the 2007 UN Climate
Change Conference in Bali.
BY MEENA RAMAN
Copenhagen
failed because of 'irresponsible attitude' of rich nations - Hugo Chavez
The blame for the summit's
failure is put squarely on the rich nations.
ECOLOGY
Strides
towards sustainability
Cuba's successful models of sustainable development are now widely
replicated throughout Latin America.
BY HELEN YAFFE
HEALTH & SAFETY
From
public health to public anxiety
Conflicts of interest in public
health can have devastating consequences.
BY T JAYABALAN
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ECONOMICS
Significant
link between low-interest policy and bank risk-taking
There is evidence of a significant link between the extended period
of low interest rates prior to the financial crisis and increased risk-taking
by banks.
BY CHAKRAVARTHI RAGHAVAN
WORLD AFFAIRS
Target
Mauritania?
US involvement and threats to peace in Mauritania
Mauritania’s turbulent
political landscape is further destabilised by the Obama administration's
prosecution of the 'war on terror' begun by Bush.
BY JESS SHANTZ
Catastrophe
in Haiti: The natural
and not-so-natural factors
In addition to the natural
faultline along which the January quake occurred, there has been a second
faultline - US imperial policy towards Haiti.
BY ASHLEY SMITH
Iran
uses fear of covert nuclear sites to deter attack
While the Western media alleged that
Iran was operating secret uranium enrichment facilities to build a nuclear
bomb, the truth may well be very different.
BY GARETH PORTER
HUMAN RIGHTS
Last
year was deadliest yet for civilians in Afghanistan, says UN
Besides claiming the highest
civilian death toll in 2009, the Afghan conflict has also intensified
and spread to areas previously considered safe.
BY KANAGA RAJA
WOMEN
North
African women at forefront of legal reform
Women particularly from the
Maghreb region have taken some impressive strides in their struggle
for equality.
BY FATIMA SADIQI
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