Wednesday 26 December 2007

Tsunami homeless three years on

More than 40,000 people in India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands made homeless by the 26 December 2004 Asian tsunami are still living in temporary shelters.

Link to BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | Tsunami homeless three years on

The Big Question: Three years on from the Boxing Day tsunami, have the countries recovered?

Sunday 23 December 2007

World Capitals: We reveal the greatest city on earth - Independent Online Edition

Welcome to World Capitals, where we explain our methodology to determine a league table of great cities.

The information is in three parts. First, “World Capitals – How We Did It” explains the criteria chosen and the sources used (together with any deficiencies we identified in the data). It describes the formulae applied to the data – in other words, the weighting we gave to every piece of information. And it points out drawbacks with each criterion that may favour particular locations.

Link to World Capitals: We reveal the greatest city on earth - Independent Online Edition > News & Advice

Wednesday 19 December 2007

Green light for long-haul scampi?

It sounds mad: shipping UK-caught langoustine thousands of miles to be processed, then back again to be turned into breaded scampi and put on sale.

That's what leading seafood producer Young's started doing last year, triggering a storm of protest from environmental campaigners. They called the huge journey another example of food mile madness.

Link to BBC NEWS | UK | Green light for long-haul scampi?

What's in your fridge?

Kenya SA France Palestine India

Link to BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Kenya: What's in your fridge?

Monday 17 December 2007

Wednesday 12 December 2007

Five carbon lives

 

How much of a country's emissions are down to the way its people live? Countries like China and India may be among the world's worst CO2 emitters - but a great many of their citizens' carbon footprints are very small. Use the links below to meet ordinary families in the USA, UK, United Arab Emirates, India and China and get a glimpse of their carbon lives.

Link to BBC NEWS | Special Reports | 629 | 629 | Five carbon lives

Monday 3 December 2007

Sustainable Aviation - Home

 

Sustainable Aviation is a long term strategy which sets out the collective approach of UK aviation to tackling the challenge of ensuring a sustainable future for our industry. A world-first, Sustainable Aviation was launched in 2005 and brings together the main players from UK airlines, airports, manufacturers and ATM providers. We published our first Progress Report in 2006

Link to Sustainable Aviation - Home

Sunday 2 December 2007