Report back from the Indigenous Peoples' s Global Summit on Climate Change; how to stop the Arctic resource rush; the Arctic's place in the climate tipping point story; oil company attempts to buy-out local opposition to drilling.
The second of two episodes featuring Jess Worth – a co-editor of New Internationalist - who has recently finished editing an issue of the magazine which takes an in-depth look at the Arctic from the perspective of its indigenous peoples and climate change.
This week, we look at the historic Indigenous Peoples’ Global Summit on Climate Change and its implications for the UN climate talks in Copenhagen at the end of the year; the Arctic’s central position in the climate tipping point story; and the rush to exploit the fossil fuel resources in the Arctic opened up by the sea ice melt. We also hear from Vietnam vet and Arctic National Wildlife Refuge campaigner, Robert Thompson, about the effect an oil spill would have and about the oil company tactic of bribery that has attempted to split and buy-out local opposition to oil drilling.
New Internationalist – Arctic Issue
http://www.newint.org/issues/current
Resisting Environmental Destruction on Indigenous Lands (REDOIL)
http://www.ienearth.org/redoil.html
Indigenous Peoples’ Global Summit on Climate Change
http://www.indigenoussummit.com
The Anchorage Declaration
http://www.indigenoussummit.com/servlet/content/declaration.html
Summit press release
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-04/unu-ipa041309.php
Antarctic Environmental Protocol (prohibits commercial exploration of mineral resources)
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_antarctica/geopolitical/environmental_issues/environmental_protocol.php
Costing the Earth – Antarctic Treaty (BBC Radio 4, 9 April 2009)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00jhp5g
Hillary Clinton - Antarctic Treaty 50th Anniversary speech
http://hillaryunleashed.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/50th-anniversary-of-the-antarctic-treaty
International Polar Year (IPY) “State of Polar Research” report (Feb 2009)
http://ipy.arcticportal.org/images/uploads/IPY_State_of_Polar_Research_EN_web.pdf
IPY Report press release (Feb 2009)
http://ipy.arcticportal.org/images/uploads/ipy-pr-en.pdf
Extreme Ice Survey
http://www.extremeicesurvey.org
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The 300-350 Show is made for ResonanceFM in London and is syndicated free to not-for-profit community radio stations and independent media outlets around the globe. The programme is named after what is now believed to the safe level in parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This finding is based on the work of James Hansen and his team in a paper titled "Target Atmospheric CO2: Where Should Humanity Aim." http://arxiv.org/abs/0804.1126
This week, we look at the historic Indigenous Peoples’ Global Summit on Climate Change and its implications for the UN climate talks in Copenhagen at the end of the year; the Arctic’s central position in the climate tipping point story; and the rush to exploit the fossil fuel resources in the Arctic opened up by the sea ice melt. We also hear from Vietnam vet and Arctic National Wildlife Refuge campaigner, Robert Thompson, about the effect an oil spill would have and about the oil company tactic of bribery that has attempted to split and buy-out local opposition to oil drilling.
New Internationalist – Arctic Issue
http://www.newint.org/issues/current Resisting Environmental Destruction on Indigenous Lands (REDOIL)
http://www.ienearth.org/redoil.html Indigenous Peoples’ Global Summit on Climate Change
http://www.indigenoussummit.com The Anchorage Declaration
http://www.indigenoussummit.com/servlet/content/declaration.html Summit press release
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-04/unu-ipa041309.php Antarctic Environmental Protocol (prohibits commercial exploration of mineral resources)
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_antarctica/geopolitical/environmental_issues/environmental_protocol.php Costing the Earth – Antarctic Treaty (BBC Radio 4, 9 April 2009)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00jhp5g Hillary Clinton - Antarctic Treaty 50th Anniversary speech
http://hillaryunleashed.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/50th-anniversary-of-the-antarctic-treaty International Polar Year (IPY) “State of Polar Research” report (Feb 2009)
http://ipy.arcticportal.org/images/uploads/IPY_State_of_Polar_Research_EN_web.pdf IPY Report press release (Feb 2009)
http://ipy.arcticportal.org/images/uploads/ipy-pr-en.pdf Extreme Ice Survey
http://www.extremeicesurvey.org ---
The 300-350 Show is made for ResonanceFM in London and is syndicated free to not-for-profit community radio stations and independent media outlets around the globe. The programme is named after what is now believed to the safe level in parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This finding is based on the work of James Hansen and his team in a paper titled "Target Atmospheric CO2: Where Should Humanity Aim."
http://arxiv.org/abs/0804.1126
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