photo: Kartikeya Kaul via flickr. India the world’s last major emitter to formally back the Copenhagen Accord has done so. Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said the decision reflected India’s contributions in shaping the Accord. Ramesh... 

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Photo via L’Echo Yvo de Boer Resigns from Top Climate Position Yvo de Boer, the head of the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat, has formally announced he’ll be leaving the post this July. The decision is widely thought to come from... 

Image: PBS Brad Pitt’s vision for a green rebuild of the Lower Ninth Ward is being realized by Make It Right , an innovative organization whose cutting-edge designs , sculpted by world-class architects, are both stunning and controversial. Tom... 

Photo via FBUSD As you’re likely aware, the COP15 meeting in Copenhagen ended with a whimper–in lieu of any binding agreement, nations signed onto the Copenhagen Accord. Which basically meant signing a statement of intent–and nations... 

Images: Structured Green I haven’t done it yet, but for a long time I’ve wanted to write an article, some kind of hefty feature piece, rounding up a selection of the greenest, most eye-pleasing design and architecture coming out of the... 

With ten days to go before countries have to submit their plans for reducing emissions and signing onto the thoroughly non-binding, it was the best we could do, trust us, Copenhagen Accord , none of the world’s major economies have actually done... 

Rob Hopkins and Gordon Gecko Jesse Ashlock was the last editor of ID Magazine , and is the moderator of the Conversations in Design: A World Without Oil He laments that we may well be living in a world without magazines long before we live in a world... 

Despite the disappointment felt in the wake of COP15 last month, which ended with less than 30 of the 192 nations present pledging to sign the resulting agreement, representatives from Brazil , China , India , and Original post: Key Nations to Meet... 

Image credit: Good The reaction to the COP15 conference has ranged from optimistic to desperate , but, mostly, the reaction has been one of uncertainty. If anything, the conference served to generate a lot of questions . Good focuses on a few of them...