Comment Global Apr-Jun 2008

June
*New EU greenhouse gas figures show countries are flagging on tackling climate change, FoE, June 18 Friends of the Earth, June 18 topic, place
May
*Majesty, We Have Gone Mad, An open letter to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, George Monbiot, May 27 Monbiot.com, May 27 topic
April
*"We're going to look at every place that a reader or a listener or a viewer or a user has been locked out, has been served up passive or a fixed or a canned experience, and ask ourselves, "If we carve out a little bit of the cognitive surplus and deploy it here, could we make a good thing happen?" And I'm betting the answer is yes." Clay Shirky at a Web 2.0 conference, April 23, 2008. / Inspiring Quotes 2, topic
*Indigenous peoples must be included in global negotiations aimed at combating climate change, Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, April 22 United Nations, April 22 
*IAASTD report recommends small-scale farmers and agro-ecological methods are the way forward if the current food crisis is to be solved and to meet the needs of local communities, declaring indigenous and local knowledge play as important a role as formal science, Greenpeace International, April 15 Greenpeace International, April 15 topic
*Civil society groups from around the world concerned that World Bank climate investment funds will be used for carbon offsetting schemes including industrial-scale tree plantations, coal projects and other polluting, energy-intensive industries and could undermine international efforts to tackle climate change, April 11 Friends of the Earth, April 11 topic
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