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By Ede Ijjasz-Vásquez* The upcoming summit in Rio de Janeiro presents an opportunity to reach agreements that can prevent the world from passing the point of no return in the unsustainable use of natural resources. |
By Risto Isomaki* The use of new technologies to extract previously inaccessible hydrocarbons from the bowels of the Earth could ultimately lead to an ecological nightmare. |
By Peter Newell * Strong rewards are needed for those businesses that are willing to invest in a low carbon future. |
By Bhaskar Menon * If civil society activists create their own action plan to save the planet, there would be no need for governments to negotiate common standards for nations and communities widely unequal in wealth and technical capacity. |
By João Meirelles and María José Barney González A delicious 500-gram Amazonian beef steak produced with 7,000 grams of carbon dioxide and 7,000 liters of water, mixed with belched methane, is the ideal recipe for climate change. |
By Gunter Pauli * The reality of a globalized economy seems to be that poverty is its only sustainable phenomenon, says entrepreneur Gunter Pauli in this column. |
By Daisaku Ikeda * The rethinking of energy issues in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster will give rise to a new current in human history, says Japanese Buddhist philosopher Daisaku Ikeda in this column. |
By Mark Sommer * Algae are rapidly gaining traction in the private sector and academia as their potential becomes clear. |
By Dietrich Fischer * If insurance companies are unwilling to risk their money insuring against nuclear accidents, why should people be forced to risk their lives?, writes Dietrich Fischer, author of "Nonmilitary Aspects of Security" and "Preventing War in the Nuclear Age." |
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